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in the business of HORSEPLAY

The dust from Siggi’s car is still settling on the road as a dozen young stallions approach. They look not unlike The Cure in their heyday, all big hair and inscrutability. These boys don’t cry, either — not even when they’re biting each other and stampeding around the field. As they edge towards us, owners Siggi Jensson and partner Alex Hoop watch on with something like parental pride.

We’re just outside their couple’s remarkable Tor­ ús Retreat, a luxury hotel that could

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