THE amazing team at the ChildVision Equine Assisted Therapy Centre in Dublin should be celebrated for all number of reasons this Christmas; for delivering therapeutic riding to up to 150 children a week from their little yard, for supporting the parents, many whose children have impaired vision, neurodiverse backgrounds, and or disability, and for ensuring the horses and ponies who deliver the sessions are perfectly fit for the job.

Horses are unique partners to occupational and physical therapies at ChildVision. Fit and healthy horses make every step for their often-tiny riders a healthy rhythm and a smooth transition. The rider I saw was only three-years-old, and though was visually impaired, was so full of confidence and smiles aboard his pony, encouraging him to go forward and faster, having the time of his life!