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Sweet like a red mare

When I bought my mare Audie, many people at my boarding barn assumed I was trying to duplicate my previous horse, Sugar, who died at age 30 in 2022.

On paper at least, Audie and Sugar had a lot in common. They were both chestnut mares with a lot of chrome, and both

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