Practical Horseman

Marley’s Miracle

On September 15, 2018, we received a call about a horse that had been abandoned on thousands of acres of arid scrubland in New Mexico. The reporting party had been observing the sorrel mare for several months and it was becoming clear that she was doing poorly.

After seeing the pictures the reporting party texted us, we knew we had to

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