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  • Inmates and horses get a second chance

    06/11/2007 11:40:09 AM PDT · by TheTruthAintPretty · 18 replies · 671+ views
    Chicago Tribune ^ | June 11, 2007 | Dahleen Glanton
    LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The 100-acre bluegrass pasture at the state prison where Tomo, a retired thoroughbred, spends most of his days grazing under the hot Kentucky sun is a long way from the glitzy, fast-paced racetracks where he grew up. At age 6, with a less than stellar career behind him, Tomo was headed to a slaughterhouse last year, like thousands of horses whose racing days have ended. But he is one of the lucky ones. He landed a slot at the Blackburn Correctional Complex, where inmates care for the horses as if they were their own. It was on...