But now Jan couldn’t be prouder. Here mother and daughter Imogen give their side of the story, and Imogen explains why the academic life was never for her.
Susie Blackmon‘s insight:
Good for Imogen!
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When her academic daughter abandoned studying at the Sorbonne for life as a horsewoman, Jan Barden’s dreams of a golden future for her lay in tatters
Bud, Britain’s bravest police horse, returns to duty after being punched by football thug
Bud, who belongs to the West Yorkshire force, was hit by a Newcastle United fan following the team’s defeat to arch-rivals Sunderland last month.
Susie Blackmon‘s insight:
It’s hard to believe someone would want to punch a horse.
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Carousel Horses Return Home to Brooklyn
This weekend, the B&B Carousell horses will once again spin in the salubrious breezes on Coney Island.
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Saratoga marks 150 years of Thoroughbred horse racing
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — “Mineral springs, gambling and horses.
In this world-famous thoroughbred racing hotbed, the four-legged stars who have drawn people here since the bloodiest days of the Civil War actually took third billing coming out of the 19t”h-century tourism starting gate, trailing the resort spas and the casinos that offered visitors a diversion in between the taking of the waters.”
Continued here.
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A Horse Stable Gets Converted Into A House
A Horse Stable Gets Converted Into A House – DesignTAXI.com
Susie Blackmon‘s insight:
Would love to see more wood and brick, but I wouldn’t be complaining if this was mine!
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‘I thought this was it’: Horrifying moment jockey was knocked out and dragged 200 yards by his horse
Oliver Wadlow’s only memory of the freak accident is waking up in the back of an ambulance, with paramedics telling the Bristol man he was lucky to be alive.
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Weekend reining competition in Ocala will showcase Florida’s reining community
When Terry Carter took up reining five years ago, he never thought it would become an all consuming part of his life.
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Weekend reining competition in Ocala will showcase Florida’s reining community
When Terry Carter took up reining five years ago, he never thought it would become an all consuming part of his life.
Susie Blackmon‘s insight:
I wish Lyle Lovette was going to be competing here!
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Redden Performs 55th Lower Limb Amputation in Open-Air Surgery on Injured Texas Stallion
The Galveston County (Texas) Daily News reports a group of nearly 20 curious veterinarians, veterinary students, farriers and horse enthusiasts stood Monday in the shade provided by trees at the Equine Recovery Center in Dickinson.
Redden said he planned to remove one of the lower leg bones, possibly take a piece of a healthy hoof frog, the piece of the hoof that acts as a cushion and shock absorber, to graft onto the remaining stump and then drill two pins into the cannon bone that the cast, and then the prosthetic leg, will be built around.
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@HoofcareJournal writes: Redden said that this was his 55th amputation, and the report says it was performed on the grass under some trees.
Photo of Dr Redden from Hoofcare and Lameness archives.
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The Florida Horse Park wants covered arena, decision still unmade
The Florida Horse Park has yet to make a formal decision as to what it will do with a $2 million award by Gov. Rick Scott this week, but building a covered arena tops its list.
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