At first glance, I thought this was a joke.

But on second look, it’s real. And it makes sense.

In the spirit of the therapy dogs that are showing up at airports nationwide to ease the journey for travelers, earlier this week Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) invited a local farm to begin bringing some miniature-therapy horses to the airport.

It’s Kentucky Derby season, so for the first visit the horses showed up in the main terminal dressed in Derby attire.

They’ll be back – in ‘street clothes’ twice a month.