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Now, she was confused about how everything had fallen apart

Cutter Farton, Kentucky, and it was ho stock in the country These were racing lines and lineages who claie far back, before the days of Man of War and Secretariat, although both of the now They had horses who had won the derby in recent , orth close to arecord

So as the operation bleeding money?

Clicking her tongue, she set off into a trot, rising and falling with the posting position as the wind breezed through her ponytail, that s out under her hel cold as the sun set Kentucky was set up in the corner of the Appalachian Mountains, nestled beneath Ohio, and spring was a weird tih, a proan to set in immediately March still had bite left to it and, for now, Sa her stallion before her hands froze off

As they approached the stables together, its bright red roof glinting in the sun, Sam finally slid off her horse and ran the stirrups up Then she patted Tornado’s long and sweaty neck, s back at him

“See, now that’s the exercise we both needed, isn’t it, buddy?”

He snorted and pulled her toward the stables The young colt knew the routine As soon as she brushed him down, then he’d be ready for his salt cubes and other treats Someone desperately wanted his extra carrots today, but that made sense She’d run hi his forelock to his head He needed all the protein he could get, too Hoping to get back to her routine, Saet out of the routine of the office and the endless rows on the excel spreadsheets that never made sense, no matter how hard she tried

They were going to lose the far a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, if there was anything she could do to stop it

Sighing, she clicked her tongue onceIt would need soain, and one of the doors had cracked froo That would take sos added up on a farhts

“Alright, Tornado, let’s get you settled”

“I just don’t get it,” she said, tempted to throw the damn mouse across the room, as if that would make the numbers any less dire

“What’s that?” Andy said, frowning back at her

Despite her h Andy had one of those massive handlebar o roughriding out on the plains with Wyatt Earp When he frowned, it le across his face

“I don’t understand where all the reat sales, great breeding reputation We haven’t had any illnesses and, yes, there are always repairs, but it’s never been more than we could handle before It’s not like we developed soet e’re bleeding money”

“I don’t know either You father kept the books until his surgery, and I respect that A ht of Gerry as responsible” Andy shook his head “Maybe there were old loans he took out that he never wanted you to know about”