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Macki Hamblin runs her business out of the O.C. Fair & Event Center and has rented stables there for the last two years. She said the increase in boarding fees are unaffordable and that she may have to sell or rehome some of her horses.The first long-term cancer study for Asian Americans is happening. How to participate in SoCal
Orange County, she said, has five public-run equestrian facilities. In Huntington Beach, the equestrian center has a waitlist for its pipe stalls, while in San Juan Capistrano, horses can only be boarded there if they are being trained by an in-house trainer.There are no equestrian facilities within a 30-minute drive from the O.C. Fairgrounds and most of Hamblin’s clientele are residents from the local community.