Happy Friday, everyone. Here’s what’s been going on in the horse world this week. Read on so you’ll have plenty to talk about at your barn’s Christmas party.
That’s it for this week. Happy remaining days of Hanukkah, happy solstice, happy Christmas and happy Kwanzaa. And if you don’t celebrate any of those, have a great week!
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Leslie Potter is Sr. Associate Web Editor of HorseChannel.com. Follow her on Twitter: @LeslieInLex.
Leslie Potter is a graduate of William Woods University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Equestrian Science with a concentration in saddle seat riding and a minor in Journalism/Mass Communications. She is currently a writer and photographer in Lexington, Ky. Potter worked as a barn manager and riding instructor and was a freelance reporter and photographer for the Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar and Saddle Horse Report before moving to Lexington to join Horse Illustrated as Web Editor from 2008 to 2019. Her current equestrian pursuits include being a grown-up lesson kid at an eventing barn and trail riding with her senior Morgan gelding, Snoopy.
hate hearing about the FL deaths
Yay, for Charlotte!
sad for the horse owners in FL
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