Archive: March 8, 2019 - Gary Borders

A Horse On A Treadmill, And A Kangaroo

DENTON – On the same day, we saw: A reining horse that could slam on the brakes from a gallop and slide through the dirt of the largest indoor horse arena in America, then put it into reverse and rapidly turn circles that made me dizzy just to watch. A horse clomping along on a giant treadmill as a trainer loosely held the reins. Sydney the kangaroo, who wore a diaper and hopped about inside a prime steakhouse, which is a feature of another horse farm. JoJo the camel, who is fond of licking folks’ ears and hangs out in a pen with a cuddly lamb and a stinky goat. Mounted cowboys...

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