Andalusian Lusco named therapy horse of the year
A 19-year-old Andalusian gelding has been named the American Hippotherapy Association Horse of the Year for 2013.
Lusco, who is registered alongside the International Andalusian together with Lusitano Horse Association (IALHA), industrial plant inwards Therapy Services at Ride On inwards Chatsworth, California.
The award, sponsored yesteryear American Hippotherapy Association (AHA) together with the American Quarter Horse Association, was earned yesteryear Lusco for beingness an first-class event of an equine professional person working inwards hippotherapy. Lusco was 1 of 10 finalists nationwide for this prestigious award, which was presented at the recent AHA national conference inwards St Louis, Missouri.
Lusco has been the equine fellow member of many therapy teams at Ride On, providing equine elbow grease together with sensory input for patients of all ages together with disabilities for to a greater extent than than a decade. He was donated to Ride On yesteryear Riitta Saada equally a five twelvemonth old.
The Horse of the Year accolade was established by, together with named for, Barbara Heine, a physical therapist, AHA faculty fellow member together with Equus caballus trainer, who provided together with taught close hippotherapy inwards the the States together with Internationally. She was a champion of developing first-class functioning inwards therapy horses.
When she taught at Ride On, she recognized the unique qualities that Lusco demonstrated together with chose him for didactics demonstrations. He has since taught many therapists novel to using hippotherapy what they should expect for inwards a hippotherapy horse.
Lusco performs many roles at Ride On. His undertaking equally a hippotherapy Equus caballus is unsurpassed, together with his willingness, his correctness, his timing together with accuracy all stand upwards for what an first-class therapy Equus caballus should be.
Ride On volition survive celebrating Lusco’s accolade on Friday, August 16, at the San Fernando Valley ranch.
Reporting: Cynthia Spanhel / via USEF
More information: contact Joann Benjamin at joann@rideon.org or sara@rideon.org.
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