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On a late afternoon walk around Fort York and the CNE we found these two small horses (donkey? pony? mini-horse?) tied to a tree outside the new townhomes along East Libery near Strachan, grazing on the small patch of lawn. One of the windows on the right opened and a woman stuck out her head and said “go ahead and pet them, they’re friendly.” Then she pulled her head back inside and shut the window. There were no visible farm-implements nearby but we figured they might be somehow related to the Royal Winter Fair wrapping up today at the CNE. Later we saw cattle being led out of the CNE grounds crossing Strachan to the waiting livestock trailers in the park. With all the manure in the streets, it was like old Muddy York come to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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