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Winning sweet, but its all about fun at Special Olympics State Games
Cumming horseman among Special Olympians savoring competition
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Natalie Watkins of Canton leads her horse Reinbeau around one of the barrels set inside the rink at the Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center Saturday morning during the Special Olympics 2016 State Fall Games and Horse Show. The event concludes today.
Ten weeks and at least 25 hours worth of training led up to the moment when Dustin Thomas entered the dust-floored ring of the Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center. While he sat confidently, complete with a big smile on his face, Dustin’s mom Lynn Brecht stood against the railing, watching and waiting for her son to show off his hard work. Atop his equine teammate Jasmine at the starting line of this year’s Special Olympics Horse Show, Dustin represented Brecht Stables, also known as Dustin’s Place, in Cumming.