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Once Bound for Slaughterhouse Horse Becomes Prize Winner

By Steve G. Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Family Life - Pets

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Horse with blue ribbon -Photo by Hidden K Stables Can Ace, the reddish-brown, strong-bodied animal with the outsized personality really be the same horse that arrived several months ago, malnourished and afflicted with a variety of maladies?

Indeed, in eight short months, Ace has gone from pitiful horse to prizewinning thoroughbred, thanks to volunteers with a new nonprofit organization that wants to train and find new homes for neglected and abused horses.

 A volunteer found Ace headed for a slaughterhouse in Canada.

(READ the story in the Charlotte Observer)

Photo from Hidden K Stables Facebook page

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