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“He can really run!”

Each side of the pasture was

about a quarter of a mile, and he ran

one side of it in about 20 seconds. I

knew the fences weren’t that good,

and as he approached the fence in the

distance I was afraid he would go

through it or over it, but he turned

and headed along the next fence line.

I was engrossed with watching

him when I suddenly realized that I

should be putting the gate up. But it

was hard to take my eyes off of him.

With his tail in the air he was an

impressive sight. I had never seen a

horse that could run that fast. Not

even close. Our old horse had been a

race horse in her early years, and I

had thought she was one of the fastest

horses there was, but he would have

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