Every Risk Worth Taking
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Last published Wed, May 9, 2012
Chestnut Farm, is one of the state of Colorado's older barns. With it's worn away stalls, old dusty pictures and decorations, and old supplies and tack with cobwebs all over them hang around the barn office and tack room. Now Noel Dungeon, the owner is wanted for animal cruelty. The horses' lives are at risk and with two dead from colic and old age, along with the barn dog from old age, are at risk of illness and outsiders calling the cops on Noel. The volunteers and stablehands just don't know that yet. But Mariah Hart, now must risk being banned from her barn, hated by the boarders and workers, and Noel's temper so she can save the horses and find a new barn owner. With the help of her friends Arizona and Karen Pitt who ride at other barns and are sisters, will do everything they can before time runs out and the barn is to go out of buisness.
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