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  • Cover Story - Senior Horse Issue
    Lessons Learned from Older Horses
    Also in the October issue:
    • Tips for giving a senior horse extra TLC
    • How riding horses changed the lives of two young boys
    • Mature equestrians approach new horse journeys
    • Horses helping in the Second Chances program
    • Visit Hungary’s national stud of famed Lipizzaners
    • American Warmblood
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  • Lindsay Hunter, equestrian interior designer
  • Adoptable Horse of the Month, Draco
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Wildlife Safety While Trail Riding

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