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Many professional horse people combine their vocation with their avocation, and many other horse people would like to do just that. According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, an avocation can be defined in the following manner: ‘An activity taken in addition to one's regular work or profession usually for enjoyment; a hobby.’ Yet within that word that...
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