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Will our horse make the 12-year-old vet faint?

6 January 2024

9:00 AM

6 January 2024

9:00 AM

‘The vet’s here and he’s 12,’ I called over the farmyard gate where the builder boyfriend was waiting with the injured cob.

I don’t think the lad heard me as he got out of his car. I hope the Irish ones don’t faint, I thought, because we had a nice gory cut for him.

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