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A BOY AND HIS HORSE Photos and story by Anne Amundson Hoover
Sherman Day Thacher, founder of the The Thacher School in Ojai, California, often said “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a boy”.
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something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a boy. A perfect example is seven year old Logan Jones, aka “The Great Logansky” of Bakersfield, who trains with Kristin Hardin in New Cuyama, CA. Since he was old enough to sit in a saddle, Logan has had a passion
s it was in 1889, it remains true today. There is indeed
for riding. He is also always one for the “job”: willing to help at the barn and at the shows. He will do almost any job to earn a dollar or a ride. Having ridden numer- ous ponies, including three in the pony jumpers at the Santa Barbara National, he is a consummate bud- ding horseman. No longer lim- ited to mere ponies, and mature beyond his years, he has recently
earned the right to ride a horse. Two years ago, there was horse
ranch for sale in New Cuyama. As Kristin approached the prop- erty she immediately honed in on the horse tied to the hot walker. With a long shanked bit, bicycle chain noseband, tight martin- gale, gaucho saddle and all his ribs showing, Kristin immedi- ately asked about the horse. The
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