With watchful eyes and gentle pressure on the rope, Joe Mastanduno effortlessly — and wordlessly — guided Ranger, a quarter horse, through a figure-eight course. “It’s a powerful feeling: You can move ...

Good Samaritan Boys Ranch is asking for donations of horses for equine therapy to help children in foster care.

Alison Ungaro conducts a sound bath during Horses and Healing: Finding Strength After the Fires, a class held at the Healing Equine Ranch in Agoura Hills. (Jennifer McCord / For The Times) After ...

CHAMPION, ONE OF THE LARGEST HORSE RESCUES IN THE COUNTRY IS RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. AND IT ALL WITH ALISON WHEATLEY. HAD A DREAM OF OWNING A HORSE ONE DAY, AND THAT DREAM CAME TRUE TRUE TO THE ...