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Dixon-Simmons and her quarter horse, Penny, took the mail on its last leg from the Discovery Park and arrived in Old Sacramento at 4:27 p.m., completing her 34th year with the National Pony Express Association.
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Vincent Medina, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
Some 20 other quarter horses, along with a donkey and pig, roamed the pens behind the barn and arena.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
Horse cavalries: The lineup of horses in this year’s parade will include quarter horses carrying a platoon-sized unit of soldiers, the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales and pinto American Saddlebreds drawing a medieval carriage and its riders.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2024
Long known for Hereford cattle and quarter horses, Babbitt Ranches stretches over 700,000 acres of private and leased public land.
—Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
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Vincent Medina, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
Some 20 other quarter horses, along with a donkey and pig, roamed the pens behind the barn and arena.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
Horse cavalries: The lineup of horses in this year’s parade will include quarter horses carrying a platoon-sized unit of soldiers, the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales and pinto American Saddlebreds drawing a medieval carriage and its riders.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2024
Long known for Hereford cattle and quarter horses, Babbitt Ranches stretches over 700,000 acres of private and leased public land.
—Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
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Mackinac Island Carriage Tours, private livery tours, drive-yourself carriages and saddle horses will still be available but will have alternate routes to avoid the Arch Rock.Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2023
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The Devil was a saddle horse ridden by Maj.Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2021
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The supermodel competed in a few cutting horse events earlier this year, pocketing over $13,000 in winnings.Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
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In her 50s, Buckley started riding cutting horses, which are trained to separate a cow from its herd.Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 10 July 2019
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The living room consists of a sofa with lots of integrated storage and a small pull-out table for dining, plus a TV that's on a swivel mount and a small home office area that includes some shelving and a drop-down desk.Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
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Small mounts on the board at the location of the trucks allow for attaching rechargeable headlights and tail lights to buttress the red trim light.William Roberson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Then, Jennifer Hudson graced the carpet and stage with a low, textured pony.Larry Stansbury, Essence, 7 Oct. 2024
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That translates to about 15 ponies with short-term access to 35 horsepower.William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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These pastures raise many of the state’s famous Kentucky Derby racehorses.Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2024
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The most robust type of investment for a cut of future income takes place with racehorses, where similar equity structures have found a lot of success.Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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At 33, Watt is young enough not to be tired of even the most familiar rock radio warhorses.Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
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While the attacks rarely reach public notice, the Colonial Pipeline hack in 2021 provides a taste of the real harm cyberwarriors can cause.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the depth and the severity of the hack was not yet clear.Robert Legare, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
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In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
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“Quarter horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarter%20horse. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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