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Rule number one for horse-owners: every accident that happens to a horse is a freak accident

Once you grasp that you are on your way to understanding the nature of the bind you’re in

10 January 2015

9:00 AM

10 January 2015

9:00 AM

Every accident that happens to a horse is a freak accident. Rule number one. Once you grasp that as a horse-owner you are on your way to understanding the nature of the bind you are in.

When Gracie went suddenly lame on a routine hack a few years ago, you may remember, it turned out she had trodden on a piece of old animal bone, which pierced the soft part of her foot.

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