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Article: Healing horses Therapeutic riding program helps kids physically, emotionally.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2000
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Words don't come easily to Kelsey Sundquist of Crystal Lake.
But when she arrives at Kickapoo Farms in Barrington Hills for her weekly riding lesson, her excitement is easy to see.
"Are you ready to ride, Kelsey?" asks physical therapist Monica Salazar, as she adjusts the 4-year-old's riding helmet and belt.
Kelsey's smile gets even wider. "Yeah," she says.
Her enthusiasm is typical among the 13 kids who participate in Cowboy Dreams of Illinois, a year-old horseback riding program for children with special needs.
Founded six years ago in Colorado, the not-for-profit Cowboy Dreams has been operated locally out of Kickapoo ...