Day: June 13, 2006

FORT WORTH, TEXAS—When Marilyn Schlacht of West Farmington, Ohio, was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, she didn’t realize just how much help her 7-year-old sorrel overo Paint Horse mare, Prayer Of Hope, would be in aiding her recovery. “I didn’t realize how therapeutic horses really are,” said Schlacht. “They are very sensitive animals and it’s like they know what you are feeling.” When Schlacht and her husband, John, bought “Hope” two years ago for their granddaughter, they didn’t know at the time just how appropriate that name would come to be in Marilyn’s life. After Schlacht