ProQuest Platinum
Horse and a dream stalled by epidemic Foot-and-mouth disease keeps Woodstock woman from importing a stallion to pursue Olympic hope
Dutch Warmblood
Cost:35,000-75,000
Dicipline: Dressage
Orgin: Holland
The Usual
Boarding: $500
Lessons: $200 per package
Shoes: $400 (all 4)
Grooming: $150
-Surgical Nurse Martha bought a Dutch Warmblood in Holland
- There was a Dutch Warmblood horseshow one day
-Martha has the horse on layaway
- She wants to train for the olympics
- The horses' name is Rafel
- The horse is under quarentine because it got sick with Hoof and Mouth Disease
- Because of Hoot and Mouth, nearly half-million livestock had to be killed to prevent the disease
- Hoof and mouth is deadly to humans, not livestock
- The horse is still under quarantine.
- Martha still hopes to go to the 2008 Olympics.
- She knows that Rafael can get her there. She just doesn't know when.
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