Horses hurting.

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Horses are fairly expensive to keep. Feeding and properly caring for one "recreational" horse can cost a few thousand dollars a year. With the downturn in the economy, animal control workers in Kentucky have seen an increase in abandoned horses, set free by their owners who feel they can no longer afford to feed them. While top thoroughbreds sell for quite a bit, it's a difficult time to sell pleasure horses that are...