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Retired Racehorses Help Returning Veterans
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Healing Arenas, Inc. President Julie Baker, second from left, stands with some of her board members while welcoming the crowd to an Open House at the ranch on Combs Road in Escalon on Thursday. Marg Jackson/The Times
Incorporated in 2014, the goal of Healing Arenas, Inc. is to help humans and horses heal. Julie Baker, president, hosted a kick off of a new Stable Survivors program at the Healing Arenas ranch on Combs Road in Escalon on Thursday evening, outlining the idea behind the program and the goals it hopes to meet. Retired racehorses are brought in to live at the ranch and, partnered with returning veterans, the horses and humans work together to problem solve, come to terms with issues and learn how to readjust to society.