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Kayleigh stood side by side with the veterinarian she trusted with all her animals' care, a file folder tucked under her left arm. They were in the sandy pen, the same one she had received Caesar and Arizona into several days prior when they had arrived to the Sunrise Hill. A lunge line ran the distance between herself and Caesar, and she held a lunge whip in the opposite hand to swish and keep his speed up. She felt bad making him even trot, knowing how sore he was, but if the doctor was sup...

Kayleigh gripped the clipboard with both hands, her knuckles going a little white, staring out toward the road that led to Sunrise Hill Equestrian Center. Behind her, in the pens that spread across the property beyond the one she stood in, trainers and students worked horses of many breeds and colors, and usually the sound of hooves on sand would make her smile in satisfaction. Today, though, she was focused on her project for the next year, one all her own -- no other hands besides her vet's...