Jean Murphy-Ashton, 80, combines with her 21-year-old horse on the achievement, just two years after nearly dying in a riding accident.
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Midcoast dairy farmer to compete in the Mongol Derby, the longest horse race in the world
Jessie Dowling, of Whitefield, will leave for Mongolia later this month to prepare for a 620-mile race against 44 riders from around the world.
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Midcoast Literacy Readers Ride connects students and horses in Brunswick
Midcoast Literacy recently held its second annual Readers Ride fundraising event in partnership with Sable Oak Equestrian Center in Brunswick. Thanks to the generous support of 12 local businesses, students in Midcoast Literacy’s Read Together tutoring program — most of whom had never ridden a horse before — toured Sable Oak’s stables and got up […]
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Churchill Downs suspends racing in wake of horse deaths
Last month’s Kentucky Derby was marred by 7 horse deaths in the days leading up the Triple Crown race at the fabled track. Five more horses have died since.
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Bedside table: ‘The Ride of Her Life’
Book recommendations from readers.