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Florida Horse in National Celebrity Magazine

She may not be Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Aniston, but Florida miniature therapy horse Magic is currently in national celeb magazine In Touch Weekly (at most department store and grocery store check outs around the country). Take a peek while you are waiting in line!

Magic’s little friend Peanut is giving her a run for her money when it comes to international news.  She was just featured in UK’s The Daily Mail and The Telegraph and also managed to be in the news in China and Iraq last week. Peanut’s real job as a therapy horse was highlighted when she helped cheer children with life threatening illnesses as Ronald McDonald’s look-a-like sidekick.  She arrived with Ronald in his “one horsepower” car at a special Ronald McDonald House Charities event.  She also teamed with 12 year veteran NFL football player Mike Peterson (UF Hall of Famer, currently with the Atlanta Falcons) for a children’s charity program.  Peanut was dressed as a UF cheerleader and her therapy horse friends were football players and a referee.

Next stop for Peanut: a project with Disney to help terminally ill children.

Debbie Garcia-Bengochea
Education Director
Gentle Carousel’s Reading Is Magic
Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses
www.Horse-Therapy.org
352-226-9009
An all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity