They are urban centaurs, street horsemen galloping with what they’ve got. They live in a northern suburb of Philadelphia and they are known as the Riders of Fletcher Street. They mount their horses among the cars, ride out to the park and back, but act like cowboys out of a Western. Over a nine-month residency, Mohamed Bourouissa spent time with them and suggested, in his fumbling English, organising a ‘Horse Day’: a competition in which, paired-up with students from Pennsylvan…
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