horses
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A Horse’s Friend, A Horsemanship Program
Love Horses? A Horse’s Friend Might Be For You. Fresh Snow at A Horse’s Friend Rush NY The end of the year and the start of a new one often have us looking back at what we accomplished or failed too, as well as making plans for the future. Among the items that struck me hard for failing to do were not being around horses and not doing any volunteer work. While I am not a great rider, I do enjoy trail rides. I genuinely enjoy just being around horses. My answer for 2023? Volunteer at A Horse’s Friend! Being in the Boy Scouts growing up, volunteering became a part…
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Standardbred Horse Racing
Those who know me, know that years ago I owned a large standardbred training facility and had a number of horses. Okay often over a dozen. However, negative impacts after 9 11 caused the racing industry to nearly collapse and I was one of many who could no longer stay in the industry. The cost to keep a race horse in training can be about $5,000 a horse and if they are not earning purses that all comes out of the owners pocket. Sally De Vie being led out to her training. Dewey Ann When I originally wrote this article bak in May 2017, I owned 1% of…