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Kate Masteic, 23, with Digby before they left for the awards ceremony. Two-year-old Digby, an American miniature horse, was in training to help his blind owner-to-be, who is scared of dogs, cross roads, find post boxes and activate traffic lights. Once fully trained, Digby was supposed to live with a dog-phobic journalist at his home in Blackburn to help him with the same day-to-day tasks as a guide dog would. But now, Digby has grown too large to work as a guide horse as hes 33 inches in height, too high for a conventional guide horse. Devastated owner-to-be Mohammed Salim Patel said the while Digby wouldnt be working as a guide horse, he will still have an instrumental role in promoting guide horses in the UK. (Photo by Caters News Agency)
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