The Equestrian Lift is an electrically powered, vertical-mast lift designed to hoist a person onto a horse. It's available as a stationary unit to be installed in a permanent location or as a portable unit to be installed on a trailer for added mobility. A chain inside the lift mast (driven by two electric motors at the top of the mast) carries a horizontal arm up and down the mast. The arm has two sections, the side-to-side pivoting movement of each controlled by a motor. A set of "hands" at the end of the lift arm (see figure) slide under the rider's arms and legs as he/she is hoisted to the level of the horse.