BRYAN EATON/Staff photo. Several area horse farms have been awarded Mass. Farm Bureau Federation's 2017 Horse Farm of Distintion award. Taking lessons late Wednesday afternoon at High Tail Acres in Newbury, from left, Kiara Farrar, 12, of Salisbury; Samantha Lucy, 16, of Newburyport and Abigail Tate, 14, of Newbury.

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