Patients of all ages benefit from therapy with horses

Hold Our Horses is a non-profit which provides therapy through miniature horses. The goal of these specially trained animals is to provide a boost of encouragement.

Six-year-old Finnegan is one of the children who regularly visits a farm of miniature horses and other animals in Valrico.

"They're called F.R.I.E.N.D.S and it's a group of Down syndrome children," explained April La Cava, the founder of Hold Our Horses, a non-profit which provides therapy through miniature horses.

The goal of these specially trained animals is to provide a boost of encouragement.

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