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Is that a horse? Is that a horse? Is that a little pony?

Oh my God, that's a little pony.

It's the StoryCore podcast from NPR.

I'm Camila Gashani and in this episode, we'll head to the streets of South Central

Los Angeles to meet a helper on horseback.

He grew up in LA in the 70s.

As a kid, he really wanted to be a cowboy.

But he only got to ride a horse once as a child.

Eventually, he enlisted in the army and served overseas for a while.

I came back from Europe, you know, my mind was all over the place.

And when I got with the horses, I didn't want to do nothing else.

It just calmed me down. It just...

And that's why he started urban saddles.

A place where he could teach folks in the neighborhood,

had a care for and ride horses.

The thing about Los Angeles is violent.

So, you know, the time that I grew up, I got to see a lot of stuff I probably shouldn't have sung.

As far as, you know, friends getting killed, friends going to jail for life.

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