๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐š๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

by Louis Hoglund
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Dennis Sobtzak, behind his Percheron team, pulling the Sanford-Pelican Rapids unit at the 2023 Lighted Horse Parade.


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