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Lily Henningsen, 4, rides The Hollywood Flash in the Lead Line class during the Open Horse Show.
![Alex Dudich, 11, and Raven Gropp, 12, wait with Freckles, a Shetland pony with a heart trimmed into her hind quarter. The heart is signature of the ponies, Alex said. "It's to make them especially cute." Rainier Ehrhardt/Staff](http://chronicle.augusta.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_slideshow_thumb/editorial/images/spotted/82/822610.jpg "Alex Dudich, 11, and Raven Gropp, 12, wait with Freckles, a Shetland pony with a heart trimmed into her hind quarter. The heart is signature of the ponies, Alex said. "It's to make them especially cute." Rainier Ehrhardt/Staff")
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Alex Dudich, 11, and Raven Gropp, 12, wait with Freckles, a Shetland pony with a heart trimmed into her hind quarter. The heart is signature of the ponies, Alex said. "It's to make them especially cute."
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Owner and rider Haley Brown, atop Reecie, and her boyfriend, Jared Woodruff, wait to compete in the Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center Open Horse Show at the Hippodrome in North Augusta. Ms. Brown competes in the English categories.
Saturday's annual Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center Open Horse Show had more than 40 English and Western classes in which riders of all ages could participate. The event was put on by the medical center's Red Wagon Society. Participation fees, donations and program advertising benefited the hospital and its patients.
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![Alex Dudich, 11, and Raven Gropp, 12, wait with Freckles, a Shetland pony with a heart trimmed into her hind quarter. The heart is signature of the ponies, Alex said. "It's to make them especially cute." Rainier Ehrhardt/Staff](http://chronicle.augusta.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/superphoto/editorial/images/spotted/82/822610.jpg "Alex Dudich, 11, and Raven Gropp, 12, wait with Freckles, a Shetland pony with a heart trimmed into her hind quarter. The heart is signature of the ponies, Alex said. "It's to make them especially cute." Rainier Ehrhardt/Staff")
