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Blue-Ribbon Blues

Surrounded by the dramatic beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, the Lake Placid Horse Show caters to the best hunter/jumper riders in the country. By the close of competition, the notoriously challenging Grand Prix course is pocked and flattened by hard-charging hooves. But this summer, for the first time in more than 50 years, the grass remained undisturbed.

The event is just one of a string of major North American horse-show cancellations in the wake of Covid-19. Among

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