Cambry Kaylor watches her equestrian vaulting students practice moves on barrels before moving to the back of a horse during the beginners' practice on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Silver Springs Barn ...

STANWOOD — Riding a horse with stirrups and a saddle is hard enough, but imagine standing upright on a horse’s back, perhaps on one foot. Or balancing on someone’s shoulders. Or even being turned ...

Clad in a sequin-embroidered unitard, Devon Maitozo scissor-kicks from a spinning handstand to a backflipping dismount. Coordinated to music, the move is already a spectacle—add the cantering horse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 29—Last Friday afternoon, a bluebird day with the sun shining, Brandy Ayala and two of her young friends, Verity Krantz, 9, ...

BACK in 2005, when Miranda Marcantuno was 5, she attended a 4-H show here with her mother. She went on a pony ride, and afterward the pony’s owner handed her a flier. On it was a picture of something ...

When the young members of the Flying Star Vaulting Team tell their friends they do gymnastics on horseback, the response is … skeptical. “They’re like, you’re lying,” said Haley Haberger, 11. “When ...

Tucked in among fields and farms of West Suffield sits the Copper Hill Equestrian Center, home of the Copper Hill Vaulting Team. Kristen Soto, owner and coach, describes equestrian vaulting as ...

If gymnastics and dancing on the back of a moving horse sounds like something you'd like to try, join the Great Lakes Equestrian Vaulting Club. Great Lakes Equestrian Vaulting Club is both a ...

The term horse vaulting is a bit misleading. It brings to mind the aerial leaps performed in gymnastic competitions on a padded stationary block. But the actual sport of horse vaulting is one of the ...