OH, TO BE young, agile and with a lithe body able to take a running leap onto the back of a moving horse to perform acrobatic moves! As I’m none of the above, all I could do was dream about the ...

Veteran equestrian vaulter Max Andrews guided us through moves with names that sound like menu items at an acrobatic café: “around the world,” “reverse strawberry twist,” “scissors,” “half-flag,” and ...

It’s hard to live in Montana and be unaware of how important horsemanship is to the state’s culture. Events like barrel racing, calf roping, and bronc riding are a fixture of every county fair, and ...

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 ...

The four members of the Flying Stars team — Haley and Sidney Haberger, Greta Lee, and Aili Varner — call what they do gymnastics on a horse. Their coach has another description of equestrian or horse ...