A disabled Ohio girl will keep her service horse, according to a settlement between the city of Blue Ash, the girl’s mother, and a fair horsing advocacy group.

In 2014, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) and Ingrid Anderson filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Blue Ash on grounds that the city violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by classifying a Miniature Horse belonging to Anderson’s daughter—who has multiple illnesses and uses the trained service animal to get exercise and spend time outdoors—as livestock. The act states that a trained service horse can be used as an alternative to service dogs in appropriate situations.

The city of Blue Ash maintained that Anderson previously failed to dispute the city council and court findings denying the Miniature Horse service animal status. The city also said it had received complaints that the horse posed a threat to neighbors’ health and safety.

An Ohio U.S. District Court dismissed the Anderson’s case against the city, and Anderson subsequently appealed the decision. In response to the appeal, the city asked the court to uphold the lower court’s ruling, noting that neither Anderson nor HOME established that Anderson had a right under the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Federal Housing Authority to keep the horse on her residential property