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  • "He was very head-shy and tended not to like men, which could indicate previous beatings."

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • I had my eye on a quiet gelding for Rex, but he said there was no way in hell he was riding a horse whose balls had been cut off, so I gave him the mare I’d picked out for myself, even though she was acting a tad scutchy and head-shy.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • I had my eye on a quiet gelding for Rex, but he said there was no way in hell he was riding a horse whose balls had been cut off, so I gave him the mare I’d picked out for myself, even though she was acting a tad scutchy and head-shy.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • I had my eye on a quiet gelding for Rex, but he said there was no way in hell he was riding a horse whose balls had been cut off, so I gave him the mare I’d picked out for myself, even though she was acting a tad scutchy and head-shy.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

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