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The ranch keeps more than forty horses, and she can tell you the temperament of every one. The ranch owner has changed hands twice, but she has stayed. She keeps a notebook recording each horse’s birth, injuries and the day it was sold.

Personality. Wild and blunt. She talks straight, laughs loudly, and can mount a horse without using a stirrup. She has little patience with people, but she will crouch in a stable beside a horse all night. She looks carefree, yet she remembers everything: who is afraid of heights, whose palms sweat, who takes a secret deep breath before climbing into the saddle. When asked about something she would rather not discuss, she whistles up a horse and pretends not to have heard.