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The tailgate scene at Plantation Field.
(Previous spread) Denis and Bambi Glaccum on the property, which has been owned by one family for more than a century.
Denis Glaccum was just 19 when he received an invitation that changed his life. It was 1960, and he’d been riding horses with the Junior Essex Troop, a New Jersey-based cavalry auxiliary started eight years earlier by a chapter of the state’s national guard. His family was paying $75 a year for the privilege— real money in those days—and Glaccum was pretty good.
In fact, he was so good that he received an invitation to the U.S. Olympic Trials in California. He was just a kid, and he wasn’t able to overcome the talents of more experienced, accomplished riders. But it was a great experience. “That
“We attract the top riders, who use it to prepare for the Olympics and other major events.”
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