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March 20, 2014


Burbank Horsetown Highlights:


• Population: 104,000+ • County: Los Angeles •Avg. High Temp: 78° F • Avg. Low Temp: 40° F


•Avg. Annual Rainfall: 12 inches


• Elevation: 607 feet


•Median Home Price in January 2014: $593,000


• Popular Horse Activities in Town: Year-round shows of every discipline; clinics; trail riding; Burbank on Parade


• Compelling Horsetown Features: Los Angeles Equestrian Center; DaMoor’s Feed & Tack; Autry National Center of the American West; L.A. Saddlery; several other boarding and training stables; Rancho horse property district; adjacent to trails in Griffi th Parkffi


Hooray for B T by audrey pavia for the horsetrader


URBANK—If you are looking for a thriving horse community in Los Angeles, drive less than 20 miles from downtown and you’ll fi nd the city of fi


Burbank.


An equestrian haven in the middle of the second-larg- est city in the country, Burbank offers residents a chance


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to live both a country lifestyle and an urban one, all at the same time. “T ere is no place in the United States where you can


live nine miles from the second largest city in the coun- try and come home, get on horseback and ride your way back to a quiet, gentler time,” says Emily Gabel-Luddy, a 20-year Burbank resident who now serves as mayor.


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A hub of horse activity plays out daily at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center—for locals and visitors to the area.


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Equestrians combine a metro-country life in Southern California’s Burbank area


The Rancho T e most horsey area of Burbank is a community called the Rancho District. At fi rst glance, this area of


Burbank gives the impression of an older suburban neighborhood with lots of charm. But look behind some of the nicest homes in the community and you’ll see horses lounging in the backyards. T e streets of Rancho are lined with trees, and most of


the homes are zoned for horses. Evidence of this lies in the raised “horse crossing” signs at the crosswalks. T e Burbank Rancho is one of the only horse areas


in Los Angeles County completely supported by its city council, according to Jay Geisenheimer, a resident CO


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