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 ...

When the children show up for equestrian vaulting lessons, their Irish draught horse Moira always seems to get a twinkle in her eyes. “She wants to nuzzle, and sniff them, and say ‘hi,’” said Michelle ...