| Can you answer the question in the title?
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| | and stables had to be taken care of and
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| Some fashion magazines, writers and
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| | cleaned daily. Horses eat hay and we had
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| movies will tell you that diamonds are a
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| | farm land to raise hay. This meant
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| girl's best friend - but not in my case
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| | harvesting. When I was in my teens
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| and here is why…
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| | sometimes I could be found driving the
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| Hi, my name is Linda Shute from New
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| | tractor raking the hay fields or using
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| Jersey, and here is why riding horses is
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| | the baler, other times I may be on the
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| one of my greatest passions in life…
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| | wagon behind the baler stacking the hay
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| As a child I think I was born with horses
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| | for my horses. Then it would have to be
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| on my brain, they've always been in my
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| | transferred from the hay wagon into the
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| life and very close to me in many ways.
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| | barn.
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| Before I was old enough to drive I was
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| | Since then I have bought, sold and raised
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| very mobile because of my horses.
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| | about fifteen horses. One of my
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| My uncle gave me my first pony Trotter,
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| | favorites was Friday's Anthem. As a
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| his color was chocolate palomino, he had
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| | girl of sixteen I won the "Rookie of the
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| no pedigree to speak of just your above
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| | Year" award for the "Girls Rodeo
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| average pony.
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| | Association" Eastern Chapter. One of my
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| Trotter was very dear to me until I out
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| | prizes was a free stud fee to a quarter
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| grew him. He would perform under saddle
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| | horse stallion. I bred my mare and the
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| or in harness. I started out riding
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| | colt was born on Good Friday. I named
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| western because it was the most popular
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| | him Fridays' Anthem. I trained him for
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| where I live.
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| | English and Western riding and showed him
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| Sometimes I would ride bareback and jump
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| | at local quarter horse shows I eventually
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| over small obstacles in the yard.
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| | sold him for $2500.
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| Self made fences like two columns of a
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| | The horse shows taught me to strive to
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| few baskets or boxes piled up with a
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| | achieve more. Observe the competition
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| broom across the top. Not much to look
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| | and see what they are doing, what does
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| at, but creative enough for an eight year
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| | the judge like, who is being pinned
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| old kid and it served my purpose besides
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| | higher than we are. Train your horse
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| Trotter didn't care what it looked like.
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| | different get him to perform different or
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| Mom wasn't to happy a few times when we
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| | better.
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| miscalculated and broke the broom handle
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| | A diamond can't teach you that.
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| then she had to go buy new broom to sweep
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| | I lived in the country and our nearest
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| the floor.
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| | neighbor was about 3/4 of a mile away.
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| Trotter took me all over, sometimes I
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| | My relationship to my Horses was the same
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| would ride him and we would go out
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| | like that of a close friend.
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| roaming around for four or five hours we
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| | They each have their own personalities
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| would travel ten or fifteen miles from
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| | and temperaments just like people.
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| home.
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| | They show their feelings in their eyes
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| I would cut through farmers' fields
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| | and ears. If they're having a bad day
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| always careful to stay on the edge as not
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| | when you go to the stable you may find a
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| to harm their crops that were growing.
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| | tail in the doorway instead of a face.
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| My favorite ride in the summer was
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| | When you enter the stall you may find
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| towards the small town of Swedesboro
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| | ears laid back on the neck instead of
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| through the peach and apple orchards.
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| | pricked forward you learn to read their
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| A diamond can't take me to the orchards
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| | body language.
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| or share a piece of fruit with me.
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| | They have dreams just like we do. I
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| As a small girl of eight or ten nothing
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| | remember this Standard bred race horse I
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| was sweeter than a fresh apple or peach
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| | was taking care of, a trotter named Noble
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| eaten on top of my pony. I would take a
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| | Tryst. He was good enough to race in
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| bite and give the rest to him, then pick
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| | The Hamiltonian. He would take a nap
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| another. I felt like the world was at
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| | every afternoon he would stretch out in
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| my finger tips.
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| | his stall and sometimes have dreams. He
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| Trotter gave me freedom to explore the
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| | looked like a big dog he would kick his
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| world he fed my sense of adventure.
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| | feet and make noises. You don't see
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| Sometimes I didn't feel like riding or a
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| | this very often in horses. I never saw a
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| friend would go with me, since I didn't
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| | diamond with a personality.
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| want him carrying two us for that long I
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| | One day when I was working on the race
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| would hook him up to the cart and harness
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| | track I was standing in front of this
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| and drive him.
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| | filly and yawned. Then the filly
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| The only way a diamond can provide
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| | yawned, the one in the next stall yawned,
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| freedom is if you sell it for a high
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| | and so it went down the length of the
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| price and use the money to escape from
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| | barn - just like people do.
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| something.
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| | When you're riding or working a horse and
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| How can a diamond feed your sense of
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| | ask for more they will give you their
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| adventure? Now don't get me wrong, I'm
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| | best and then some. How do you ask a
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| not saying I don't like diamonds. They
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| | diamond for more and receive it?
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| do have a big sparkle and look nice.
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| | If you're having a bad day you can wrap
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| They can also be very expensive
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| | your arms around your horse's neck and
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| As I got older I out grew Trotter and
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| | hang on to something and they can turn
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| sadly had to sell him for a bigger horse.
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| | their head toward you and wrap you into
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| I still remember the person that bought
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| | their neck like a hug. I'd like to see a
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| Trotter coming to the house to pick him
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| | diamond do that!
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| up. We loaded him into the back of his
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| | They'll listen until you're tired of
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| pick-up truck and Trotter was screaming
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| | talking or crying which ever the case may
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| (whinnying) and kicking he didn't want to
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| | be.
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| leave, my heart was being ripped out, yet
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| | Horses can be expensive, the initial cash
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| I couldn't keep two animals and I needed
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| | outlay for the purchase and the ongoing
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| a bigger mount.
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| | upkeep. Now you can go out and buy a
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| It was a hard lesson learned.
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| | grade horse, buy that I mean your average
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| Horses also taught me responsibility
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| | run of the mill un-registered horse for
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| because they needed to be fed and cared
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| | around $500- $1000.
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| for everyday morning and night. Equipment
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