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Horses in the time of coronavirus

Like everyone else, I have been grappling with the ways the pandemic has disrupted my life. Even where I live, amid the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, the realities of quarantines and social distancing have altered the ways I spend time with my family, friends and horses.

I’ve been a horse owner for more than

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