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Pat Raia

Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who covers a range of equestrian lifestyle topics. When she’s not working, Raia unwinds with her Tennessee Walking Horse, Santino.

How Equine-Assisted Therapy Can Help Alzheimer’s Disease

Tom Mannigel didn’t know much about horses until his wife, Diane, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Thanks to an equine-assisted…

4 months ago


What is the Cost of Horse Ownership?

How much does horse ownership cost? That depends on several factors, from where you live to how you plan to…

9 months ago

Forming Bonds with Adopted Senior Horses

When she was a girl, Joni Miller would save her lunch money to afford to ride at a local barn.…

1 year ago

How Santa Anita Changed Horse Racing

"People just love the horses—they love to pet them and they love to watch them run,” says Fran Burns, head…

2 years ago

Reversing Time: Seniors Adopting Senior Horses

When she was a girl, Joni Miller would save her lunch money to afford to ride at a local barn.…

2 years ago

Horses and Divorces: Deciding Who Gets Custody

From making the big decision to divorce to divvying up the property, everything about the process is complicated, emotional and…

2 years ago

For Women Only: Serenity Ranch’s Equine Therapy Program for Female Veterans

Cari Simmons faced her share of challenges during her 25-year career in the U.S. military, but none of them compared…

2 years ago

Equine Legislation and the Democratic Congress

In 2007, 59 slaughter-bound horses were en route from Indiana through Illinois to a sale barn in Minnesota when the…

3 years ago

Why Women Love Horses

Why women love horses - the connection between horses and girls—and later women—existed below sociologists’ radar until recently. Seventeen-year-old Corrie…

3 years ago

Equine Animal Communicators Listening to Horses

When the performance of one of her horses began to slip, rider and trainer Sue Lyman called in an equine…

3 years ago