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    All in the (Long) Family

    Jun 19, 2018 3 minutes
    By Kim F. Miller

    Debbi Long grew up peeking into the Flintridge Riding Club every chance she had, some 40 years ago. Trotting her backyard pony along the perimeter of the private Southern California equestrian center, she hoped to glimpse Susie Hutchison or Hap Hansen, contemporaries who trained there and went on to international show-jumping careers.

    In April, Debbi returned to Flintridge for the first time in decades and under circumstances both different and

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