“And he found the horse that Henry had predicted he would. For Satan, picking up height and weight through the long winter months, was more vicious than ever, and Henry confessed to Alec that at times he’d had to use the wooden end of his broom to keep the colt away from him. From the rear of Satan’s large box stall in the barn, Henry had built a runway to the field so that the colt could go in and out as he pleased. And the fence encircling the field had been built three feet higher to make cer...tain Satan could not jump over it. Satan was a big horse now and still growing. He stood close to seventeen hands, and Henry estimated him to be “well over a thousand pounds” … heavier than any yearling he’d ever seen. June passed into July, and July into August, and the time drew near when Alec was to ride Satan, according to the training schedule that had been set so many months ago. “We ain’t in no hurry,” Henry said, as Alec brought up the subject once more. “We could wait until next spring,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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