060618 Dream Horse Ride (wr)

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Joan Severns greets Copenhagen, a 19-year-old Suffolk Punch, Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake.

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Joan Severns greets Copenhagen, a 19-year-old Suffolk Punch, Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake.

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Joan Severns greets Copenhagen, a 19-year-old Suffolk Punch, Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake.

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Joan Severns greets Copenhagen, a 19-year-old Suffolk Punch, Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake.

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Joan Severns rides Jiggs, a 20-year-old Quarter Horse/Belgian cross Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake. Severns rode horses as a youth and had her wish fulfilled riding one again a few weeks before her 85th birthday.

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Joan Severns rides Jiggs, a 20-year-old Quarter Horse/Belgian cross Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake. Severns rode horses as a youth and had her wish fulfilled riding one again a few weeks before her 85th birthday.

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Joan Severns rides Jiggs, a 20-year-old Quarter Horse/Belgian cross Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake. Severns rode horses as a youth and had her wish fulfilled riding one again a few weeks before her 85th birthday.

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Joan Severns rides Jiggs, a 20-year-old Quarter Horse/Belgian cross Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake. Severns rode horses as a youth and had her wish fulfilled riding one again a few weeks before her 85th birthday.

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Joan Severns rides Jiggs, a 20-year-old Quarter Horse/Belgian cross Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake. Severns rode horses as a youth and had her wish fulfilled riding one again a few weeks before her 85th birthday.

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Joan Severns laughs with arena director Dana Eyles after fulfilling her dream to ride a horse Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake.

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Joan Severns thanks Jiggs, a 20-year-old Quarter Horse/Belgian cross Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake. Severns rode the Quarter Horse/Belgian cross, her first time on a horse in 65 years.

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Joan Severns offers Jiggs, a 20-year-old Quarter Horse/Belgian cross, a carrot after riding him Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake.

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Susan Caren, Chicago, and Sally Polanin, Lake Villa, watch as their mother interacts with a horse. The encounter was part of the 'Livin' the Dream' program offered by Travanse Living of Grayslake Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake.

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Arena director Dana Eyles of Woodstock receives a hug from Joan Severns Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Dream Riders in Crystal Lake.