Meet the horses

The therapy horse is a warm, flexible and responsive animal, friendly and undemanding.

The horses walking action is three-dimensional, with movement up and down, side to side and backwards and forwards - a pattern which corresponds to the physiology of the human walk.  

Adjustments by a rider's body to these rhythms while striving to maintain balance, alternately activates and relaxes the muscles, particularly those of the trunk, spine, hips and pelvis. 

Many riders do not use saddles, but ride on cloths or sheepskins to gain maximum benefits from the warmth and movement of the horse.