Mans Other Best Friend The Horse Hannah Stonefield September 30, 2003

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Mans Other Best Friend The HorseHannah
StonefieldSeptember 30, 2003
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• Horses have given man the ride of his life. They
  have carried men all over the world, into battle
  and into the show ring and more. Horses have
  always been there and will continue to. Even if
  we put them out to pasture, they will always be
  ready to be your loyal companion.

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Look back at our struggle for freedom, trace our
present days strength to its source And youll
find mans pathway to glory is strewn with the
bones of a horse. -Anonymous
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• He will be brought over for a brief parade under
  silks on the course which once knew the thunder
  of his galloping hoofs.
• -New York Times, 1931

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Beyond jumping, hauling, conveying, racing, or
any other work, the horse teaches. Sometimes
its confidence other times, humility. Or
respect. Honesty, Fairness. A lesson in
overcoming this penchant we have for impatience
or in defeating fear--of falling, of failing, or
even of loving something frail as a horse or any
other creature.-Michael J. Rosen
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God forbid that I should go to any heaven in
which there are no horses. -R.B. Cunningham
Graham