Practical Horseman

A Special Type of Magic

The yellow school bus chugs along down the dirt road, followed by puffs of dust that turn a hazy amber in the balmy South Carolina air. Its young occupants press their eager faces into the window glass and mouth hello to the menagerie of animals they see en route to the barn.

Hello goats! Hello cows! Hello birds!

The bus pulls to a stop in front of the weathered wood stables of Georgetown Equestrian Center, home to

Hugs for Horses Therapeutic Riding Program, and the

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