In Lancaster Amish country, it is sometimes called a trip -- the number of miles a horse can pull a buggy in a single-day trip to town and back home. Seventeen miles one-way, 34 miles total. Amish ...

I drive through the Amish territory around Monterey and have noticed something that has made me wonder. I know Amish use blinders on horses, but at least half a dozen times I have seen what looks like ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — You can take a break from modern forms of transportation and hop on one of Aaron and Jessica’s Buggy Rides. Their family was one of the original families in the United States, ...

Things weren’t looking good for Woody. The saddlebred horse was too thin to win the hearts of bidders at the Amish Country auction. If someone didn’t take Woody, he’d be shipped across the border to ...

Last October, Joy Rodak bought six American saddlebred horses from a meat broker who had planned to send the horses to slaughter in Canada. The broker's plan wasn't typical. Most brokers who buy ...

Friendly, a striking brown American Saddlebred horse with a gleaming coat and thick, gnarly ankles, stood looking at his owner and whinnying to get busy on a recent, sunny afternoon. The 13-year-old ...

Friendly, a striking brown American Saddlebred horse with a gleaming coat and thick, gnarly ankles, stood looking at his owner and whinnying to get busy on a recent, sunny afternoon. The 13-year-old ...