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Jan 11, 2012
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Story Via: www.baltimoresun.com
Photo Via: Pope Family / November 1, 2010
Caring for horses at his Columbia home has helped make Jacob Pope, 17, a nationally competitive rider Passersby on Owen Brown Road are likely to notice something not often seen in a Columbia residential neighborhood — two horses standing in the front yard of a small Hickory Ridge home.
But inside the home is something even more unusual to the area — a 17-year-old, up-and-coming horseback riding star.
Though just a teenager, Jacob Pope is the primary caretaker of 15-year-old thoroughbred Timmy and two-year-old miniature horse Monty. He is also a skilled horseback rider who won top honors last November at a rigorous, four-day national program for young, emerging riders. Read Full Story
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