The Alaska Zoo is purchasing the Diamond H Ranch property next door in order to make a long awaited expansion. Some Anchorage horse owners who board at the facility are worried about where they'll go next.
that after more than 60 years of association with the business, she is ready to retire. Lampi said giving the zoo first refusal rights if McQueary chose to sell the property was a deal struck long ago.
The zoo is set to close on the property on June 15, but its gain looks to be a loss for some in the Anchorage horse community. The owners of roughly 40 horses boarding at the facility have been told they have until the end of May to leave. Many say there’s not enough space in town to place their horses, and there’s not enough time.“In the winter,” interjected Serena Kraft, another horse owner from the area.
Schrear and Kraft both board horses at Diamond H Ranch. Kraft said she rode there as a teen and her daughter rides there now. They said there’s no other facility like Diamond H Ranch in Anchorage, which for decades has been the place where children learn to ride and athletes can train year-round in its indoor arena.
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