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Northshore October 2025
Evenstride offers riding lessons for kids and adults alike. As Olana Laffey walks down the isle of stalls, she reaches out to stroke the horses’ muzzles while her Jack Russell terrier Pongo weaves in between her feet. For more than 30 years, Laffey has been running Evenstride, a riding center in bucolic Byfield. Laffey has an impressive background in the sport, and has trained equitation and hunter/jumper riders for decades. Her students have shown in the national finals, including the Massachusetts Horsemen’s Council Days of Champions, the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, and the Washington International Horse Show. Laffey got her star
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