by Nicole Kraft, executive editor, Hoof Beats

Columbus, OH — Hoof Beats magazine is seeking personal stories about the 14-year-old pacers and trotters in your life, who will be compelled to retire at the end of 2009. What have these horses meant to you? How have they overcome challenges? What lies in their futures?

To submit your story, e-mail nkraft@ustrotting.com, and please include a photo. The deadline is Sept. 15.