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    Since I was about ten, I have been obsessed with horses. Obsessed truly is a good term for my enchantment with equines, but a girlhood obsession is much different from the obsession of young adulthood. My interest persisted long after most childhood infatuations do. I began by researching horse breeds extensively and learning to draw the animals. Eventually, my mother appeased me with regular horse lessons, but horseback riding is an expensive hobby. Riding requires lots of equipment from…

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    Making it illegal to pass a horse too close and fast should be put in place… Do you agree? We all hear about horse accidents on the road due to drivers being inconsiderate when passing by. This could be stopped by putting a law in place so that drivers have to take consideration and pass slowly and widely which could reduce the amount of injuries happening to horses and riders when riding on the road. Many riders have no choice whether to cross the road or not, some may have to cross the road to…

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    Lunging a horse is the basis of all your training. It helps with many things such as relaxing their body, getting their freshness out and having them focus their attention on you. When done correctly, lunging is an incredibly beneficial tool when it comes to starting a colt and getting them to truly understand what you are asking them to do. Lunging is even beneficial to people who own broke horses because it is great for warming up and cooling down a horse. It is especially useful to people…

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    stable, where my white racing horse was waiting. It neighed lovingly at me, and I smiled back. I petted my horse, fed it, and went inside my cabin to have some breakfast.…

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    hearted, naive child to a determined, well-rounded young woman. The journey I have taken during high school reminds me in many ways of what my horse has gone through over the past years. She has had a lot of bumps along the road, as have I in my personal life. Many people might have given up a long time ago. My hard work in both my own life and the training of my horse are starting to pay off. Similar to my mare going through training, my high school career has come with highs and lows; however,…

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    Seabiscuit Book Report

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    *Seabiscuit arrives in California, he receives no attention from the press and others. *Smith witnesses a record breaking kind-of-speed, in Seabiscuit, Smith is shocked and tries to keep it a secret. *In 1936, Seabiscuit and Pollard, wins at Bay Bridge Meadows as well as, breaking its track record, clocking in at 1min:36 seconds. * On December 12th, they go back and win at Bridge Meadows for the World’s Fair Handicap, also breaking their own track record. *Seabiscuit, goes to Santa Anita, for…

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    and then i finally reached up to the barrel and sharply turned around it. She turned around the barrel like hot cakes. She was what i wanted. A good barrel racing horse and that’s what she was sowe ended up taking her home with us. When we finally arrived bringing her home i unloaded her into the field and she ran out and greeted the other horses and was settled into her new home in no time. Months of riding and training went by and it was time for her and i to compete in our first rodeo…

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    Would you like to learn about barrel racing? So, barrel racing has no judges, which means it depends on time. Barrel racing is a graceful, and simplistic event when one woman goes around three barrels as quickly as possible in a clover leaf pattern. Ride quickly and win, hesitate and lose. The horse not only must be swift but it has to be intelligent enough to get around the barrel without tipping them. The horse must be able to withstand the long roads a every person has to go to get to the…

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    Crafty-Personal Narrative

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    I was riding before I was a year old, it's almost second nature for me. Last year mum decided she would take on some boarders. As I had “grown out” of my pony Crafty, we looked for a new horse for me. We found a horse who passed mum’s many high standards. We had this horse, Reg was his name. On our farm for a long time and I had grown very attached to him. My mum, her boss and I had ridden him before, though mum said I brought the best out of him. I had been riding Reg many months and one day…

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    INTRODUCTION OF THE ORGANISATION Hadaybit Asalem Endurance is the stable of Endurance horses located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, established on Feb 2003. The Director and Trainer of Hadaybit Asalem Endurance, Mr. Hassan bin Ali who had luck enough to be the racing manager for HH Shk Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum for years.Endurance Rides are races over a trail of 50 to 150 miles. Hadaybit Asalem Endurance is well regarded for having one of the UAE’s most comprehensive systems of administering…

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