Strebors Black Magic On Demand, a Miniature Horse registered with the American Miniature Horse Registry, is spreading her own magic as a therapy horse. Known to her many fans as Magic, the black mini with blue eyes was recently named the Most Heroic Pet in America by the AARP.

Magic, owned by Debbie and Jorge Garcia-Bengochea of Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses in High Springs, Fla., is featured in the May/June issue of AARP Magazine for her heroic efforts as a therapy mini.

"I am so proud of her," Debbie Garcia-Bengochea said. "She has worked with over 4,000 people, but the story that helped her win the Most Heroic Pet title has to do with a woman who hadn’t talked in three years."

Garcia-Bengochea said that in September of 2009, a reporter from the Ocala Star-Banner newspaper was taking photos of a Gentle Carousel visit at an assisted care facility