A stable environment: Horses offer Oklahomans therapy

 
BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL
Published: December 31, 2008

Doctors didn’t expect Courtney Johnson to live past age 2. The 13-year-old was not expected to ever walk or talk because of a brain injury she suffered as a toddler.

But she does walk and talk, and a lot more. Tuesday afternoon, Courtney rode a horse during an exhibition at the fourth annual Oklahoma Holiday Classic, an Oklahoma Paint Horse Club show. She was one of nine children and adults showing the benef...


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