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4 retired horses have new home, thanks to inmates

By Associated Press
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - Added 128d 1h ago
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PLYMOUTH — Four retired racehorses from Suffolk Downs have a new home and some new people to take care of them.

Inmates in the Plymouth County corrections department helped build stalls in a barn on the sheriff’s department farm. And they’ll take care of up to 40 horses as the program expands.

 
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Lorita Lindemann, horse trainer at...
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Lorita Lindemann, horse trainer at Suffolk Downs, walks Red Miah, a recently retired racehorse, from the stalls to a corral at the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Farm, Tuesday.

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