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Broodmare's Laminitis Battle Aided by Volunteer Vet
by: Jason Shandler
"She is just a nice, plain mare; nothing special." That is the way Don Blowe describes 16-year-old Halo Silver, a bay mare he purchased in 2001 to add to his small band of broodmares at Ascot Thoroughbreds, a farm he and his wife, Beth, own in Canada. Blowe never guessed that a few years later, Halo Silver, who quickly proved she was a valuable ...
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