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Reply To: Horse constantly spooks in cross ties

February 24, 2016 at 12:51 pm

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Let her be in the cross ties for a while. Just watch her if she gets hurt or is seriously fixing to. Don’t mess with her. Let her figure out that raring is not going to do anything.

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