Horse Lover

It’s that time of year when the weather is always changing. Warm to cold, wet to muddy, rain to snow. The horse blanketing question surfaces. How should Larry be dressed for turnout? Does he need his thin stable sheet with a rain sheet over top? Or his heavier stable sheet with an insulated turnout blanket over top? It’s the eternal horse blanketing question: what should Larry wear as the weather gets colder? The other day it was half-raining, half-snowing, and…

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I’m sure you’ve seen the bumper sticker that reads, ‘My treasure is in the barn’. I want to introduce you to my treasure, an off-the-track Thoroughbred (OTTB) named Larry’s Dream. Larry is 13 years old. He was bred to be a race horse. His sire was D’wildcat and his dam, Tangled Dreams. Further back in his pedigree, I recognize several famous names. Five generations back: Northern Dancer. I’ve heard that nowadays, it’s hard to find a Thoroughbred race horse that…

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