July 23, 2009
Urban Cowboys (and Girls)
Kathy Kusner says memories of learning to ride in segregated Virginia in the 1950s and '60s inspired her to found Horses in the Hood - a program that teaches horseback riding to kids in Los Angeles's impoverished neighborhoods.
"I always wished there was something that could be done to say 'I'm sorry for all of us that this exists,'" says Ms. Kusner, a three-time Olympic show jumper and the first licensed woman jockey in the United States. She says she's always been bothered by
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