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Wanted: Riders for the Pony

by | Sep 1, 2007 | Travel & Preservation

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On a hot August day, I borrowed a dark bay quarter horse named Jake to participate in a Pony Express Trail Ride from the ghost town of White Oaks to the historic town of Lincoln in New Mexico. I was one of about 40 riders, some from as far away as Indiana, who saddled up for a three-day ride in Billy the Kid Country. I felt like I had to watch my back (Billy the Kid and other outlaws once rode on these trails). Thankfully, Jake seemed right at home and not at all agitated by the other horses


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