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Favorite things: Dance to Bristol and the Figgins family

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Our “Favorite things” series captures some of our — and your — favorite stories, pictures, and videos of 2013.

03
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Dance to Bristol’s success is a Figgins family affair

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“My whole family has been involved” in his training career says Ollie Figgins, III. That makes Dance to Bristol’s meteoric rise something of a family affair.

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Doing their best by Dance to Bristol has put the Wantzes on the edge of Eclipse

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Susan and David Wantz treat all their horses like “our children,” they say. One of those kids — Dance to Bristol — looks to be an honors student.

20
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Xavier Perez, saving room for another “big horse”

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Rider Xavier Perez has a tattoo in honor of what he calls “my big horse.” That it’s not of Grade 1 winner Dance to Bristol points out what’s enabling him to succeed.

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