By Alexander LaCasse November 3, 2021 EXETER — Seeking to ease the mental health crisis plaguing the nation, Saco, Maine resident Gerry Scott believes he has come up with a solution. All people need to do is come meet his black Friesian horse, Hercules, and his sidekick yellow lab, Molly. Scott has started the nonprofit “Horses […]
BY BROOKE COUPAL DECEMBER 30, 2021 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (WHDH) – A therapy horse decided to have some fun when it discovered a pile of snow in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Video of Hercules the horse showed it laying in a snow pile before attempting to make what appeared to be a snow angel. Hercules eventually stood […]
By Bob Dumas June 15, 2021 WORCESTER, Mass. — It’s not surprising to see Worcester Police patrolling Polar Park on a game night for the Worcester Red Sox, but the Mounted Unit actually has a mission beyond crowd control. “The city, the police department wanted to start to bridge a gap between the youth in […]
By Lara Bricker November 3, 2021 EXETER — Seeking to ease the mental health crisis plaguing the nation, Saco, Maine resident Gerry Scott believes he has come up with a solution. All people need to do is come meet his black Friesian horse, Hercules, and his sidekick yellow lab, Molly. Scott has started the nonprofit… […]
BY 7 NEWS WHDH October 7, 2021 EVERETT, MASS. (WHDH) – Everett residents got a special visit from Hercules the therapy horse on Thursday as the first of a series of visits across the Bay State. Hercules was joined by Retired U.S. Colonel Gerry Scott for the visit, which was organized by Horses Over America. The […]
By Kellie Bigos 7/23/2020 A ray of hope can appear when you least expect it. For the past four weekends, it has come to Boothbay Harbor in the form of a big, black horse named Hercules. He was brought here by owner Gerry Scott, a retired military veteran and commander of a U.S. Army horse […]
By Kristen Carosa May 27, 2021 A man from Maine hopes horses can help improve their mental health and is bringing his idea to New Hampshire. Creator of Horses Over America, Gerry Scott, said he came up with the idea for this program because he saw a need for mental health services during the pandemic. […]
BY KATHLEEN O’BRIEN August 11, 2021 It’s not every day a horse clomps through downtown Bath, occasionally stopping to pop its head into shops and restaurants and allowing passers by to pet it. But for Horses Over America Founder Gerald Scott, it’s just another day at the office. “I’ve observed the effect horses have on […]
