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Parting Shot — 2/11/09

ORG XMIT: MTMIS101 Bob Ricketts, a former opera singer, croons with one of his Oberlander horses Feb. 6, 2009, on his ranch near Big Arm, Mont. Ricketts was the first person in the United States to breed the horses. (AP Photo/Missoulian,Kurt Wilson) (Kurt Wilson / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: MTMIS101 Bob Ricketts, a former opera singer, croons with one of his Oberlander horses Feb. 6, 2009, on his ranch near Big Arm, Mont. Ricketts was the first person in the United States to breed the horses. (AP Photo/Missoulian,Kurt Wilson) (Kurt Wilson / The Spokesman-Review)

Bob Ricketts, a former opera singer, croons with one of his Oberlander horses on his ranch near Big Arm, Mont. Ricketts was the first person in the United States to breed the horses. (AP Photo/Missoulian,Kurt Wilson)

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