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Sky
(7yr)
Sky is 15.2 or 15.3 HH unregistered spotted saddle horse and stunning.
The owner has had Sky since she was 4 months old. She's a wonderful
mare who will give everything to someone who treats her fairly.
She does have a tendency to want to test her humans as well as
the alpha horse in the herd, every few weeks. An inexperienced
horse owner could become intimidated by her actions and thus encourage
bad behavior. A rough hand however, will quickly make an enemy
of Sky. We're still working on verbal cues which she's picking
up on real nicely. Sky was started on John Lyons training methods
when she was 3 years old. As a 4 year old her saddle didn't fit
so she got another one. She needs a wide-tree saddle. When the
new saddle came is when she came down with Laminitis and she hasn't
been ridden since. Her Laminitis looks like it's going to be easily
controlled by diet. Right now she is still on a low dose of bute
but she'll be off that soon. She's also on Quiessence that has
had a good success rate of treating Laminitis. Although, this
is not the reason for giving her up, the owner had a bicycle accident
and is not able to do the things that her horses require. Current
owner states, "Sky had a bout of Laminitis a couple years
ago and can't be on rich pasture at all. Though she's on pasture
again now, I kept her confined to the barn and a paddock area
up until the beginning of June. Then when the rains came along
with warm weather, the grass got lush again and Sky had to be
confined again for about 3 weeks. She is 7 years old and about
15.2 or 15.3HH and needs a wide tree saddle. I'd like to keep
Sky here until my Morgan gelding sells so he doesn't have to spend
the winter alone."
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Amazing
Discovery (8yr)
STB mare - 16 hands. "Stormy" is a beautiful chestnut
with no markings. Easy to haul - easy keeper. Broke to ride. Stormy
needs a confident, loving leader as she has suffered abuse in
her life. Alpha in the herd. Located in Illinois. Please call
the ASAP office for more details.
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Sassie
Susie (7yr)
Thoroughbred mare. This horse was once an eventing horse, but
she has "retired" from that level of competition. This
seal brown/bay mare is 16.1 hands and has a beautiful head and
conformation. Sassie is trained for Level 2 dressage. Owner states
that someone who adopts her may want to continue doing dressage.
However, her eventing and jumping days are over. She needs a very
stoic, composed, quiet rider. She is happiest with this kind of
rider and willingly does her dressage moves. She is also a good
trail horse if she is not the lead horse in the groups. Current
family reports this horse has gained weight and filled out since
these photos. UPDATE (3/17): Foster family sends us this report:
"Susie is a big girl. Nice looking, although she is pretty
furry right now. She needs a competent rider, quiet and calm,
as I don't think she would put up with a beginner. One experienced
rider who rode Susie remarked it was the best ride she ever had
in her life. She was a very good rider and competes in dressage.
Susie was HAPPY being ridden by her. Susie was once for sale for
$45,000 prior to being donated to ASAP. She likes a quiet calm
rider that gives her confidence. No beginners or aggressive riders
with this mare. I am quite fond of her and feel that she deserves
an owner who will give her lots of attention. She loads but does
not like being groomed. I have been working on that and we just
had a session that she tolerated. I am sure that would go away
if someone just stuck to it and she trusted them. When she came
she was several hundred pounds under weight. She is in fine flesh
now. She stands fine for the farrier and is currently barefoot.
I have not tried to clip her or pull her mane. I have never ridden
her. I put her in a herm sprenger loose cheek snaffle when that
woman rode her and Susie loved that bit."
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Incredible
Buddy (13yr)
STB gelding. Loves people.
Current owner has this to say about Buddy, "I watched Buddy
grow up from a yearling. I have had him on trails for 2 years,
and I have ridden him in the arena, as well. He is a game player.
I have worked him over tarps, and he is better. He would be great
as a Dressage horse. He needs the challenge. He was a pacer, but
he trots a majority of the time, now. Putting shoes on his front
seem to help with this, as well. He has a wonderful canter if
you can get him into it. He prefers to gallop. I was working on
this, but my back just kills after I ride him anymore. He pivots
on his forehand, and I was working on him pivoting on his haunches.
I got him to sidestep a couple of times, but mainly I was working
on the leg and rein cues to begin this. I can no longer ride him
due to back problems." At the ASAP farm. UPDATE
(10/14): Buddy has really settled in at the
ASAP farm. He is independent, yet gets along with all other horses.
He would rather eat than buddy up with horsey friends. He is not
at all herd bound, and would rather be with people! This makes
him such a pleasurable riding horse! Glen Anderson and Buddy have
really become quite close and Glen has taken Buddy out on a three
hour trail ride where Buddy crossed creeks and fields and climbed
hills without complaint. Buddy has the most wonderful little lope
you ever saw! Last Saturday (see pictures), Buddy once again was
ridden at the walk, trot and canter around area fields and down
country roads. He was taken away from the group of horses we were
riding for a workout around the perimeter of a neighboring field
without any argument. He is willing and loving and so far not
one incident of naughty behavior. This horse is a prize for an
adopter who likes to ride! Call the ASAP farm.
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Biggles
Made It (2yr)
Registered Appendix Quarter horse filly - black but turning gray
- granddaughter of Secretariat on dam side. 15hh. Barn name: Frilly.
UPDATE (3/23): Not showing
any signs of lameness at this time. She is healing well and is
being loved at her foster home in Menomonie area. Come and see
this black filly - soon to be turning gray! UPDATE
(5/2): We now have the name for the disease that Frilly
had. It is Equine Ehrlichiosis, although our vet said that it
has recently been renamed. It Is classed under "Rickettsial
Diseases" in our horse health book. I understand that not
all horses who are exposed to it actually contract the disease.
That's why it isn't seen very often. It turns out that she had
contracted a bacterial infection from a tic. She had a very high
fever and would lie down and not get up on her own. It took a
while for the vet to diagnose the problem. It was during a blood
test that the bacteria was discovered. The infection is fully
treatable. We are giving her Doxycycline for 10 days.
Update from foster family (6/11/04): "Frilly
is fully recovered from her bacterial infection. She is completely
sound and moves around easily with the herd. She is an extremely
affectionate horse and loves to be handled and groomed. Though
we have not started, we believe that she will break to a saddle
easily for anyone experienced in doing so. She was looking quite
silver this spring but she shed out the white hairs and looks
like a dark smokey black with a sweet little star." Located
in Menomonie in Dunn County.
 
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Sally
Ringo (20) & Maggie Ringo
(21yr)
Maggie (above) and Sally (below) show off their great Standardbred
looks. They have been broodmares for most of their life. These
two mares are so attached to each other that we are asking that
adopter take them both. Please call the ASAP office. UPDATE
FROM NEW FOSTER FAMILY (9/04): Hi, the two girls
seem to be adjusting just fine. Sally is such a sweetheart, she
follows me all over the pasture for neck scratches. Maggie is
a bit more timid like you said, but after I start brushing her,
she's pretty much won over. I'm just letting them get use to me
and the farm right now,so just going for walks, and lots of TLC
about a week, then maybe try a few things. I can put my arm over
Sally's' back, and have even just laid my weight over the back
standing on the water trough,and just generally touching them
all over letting them get use to my touch."
UPDATE (9/08): "Maggie
is not a skittish horse in the least and doesn't even seem to
mind leaving Sally behind for awhile. She's being ridden without
another horse with her and does fine. She's even coming to the
gate now and TRIES TO GET OUT AS IF SHE ENJOYS HER TIME WITH HUMANS
ON A ONE TO ONE BASIS! We're using a rubber snaffle bit on her
which seems to be working fine. Yvonne, the lady with Maggie in
the picture, is so short, she has to mount from a picnic table
to get on AND MAGGIE STANDS AND WAITS UNTIL SHE IS ON HER BACK!
After that, Maggie is a spirited horse, but easily controllable,
not spooky or mean in the least, just likes to go! This weekend
Sally will be saddled for the first time and see how she reacts,
but I'm not going to have Maggie with her. Sally has turned into
a real carrot hound, she checks my back pockets now, she knows
I generally keep them there. lol The girls seem to be integrating
into the herd especially well, they're not so dependent on each
other now, at first they would eat their grain from the same bucket,
but not anymore. They each have their own, and don't even stand
near each other at feeding times." UPDATE
(9/18): Sally Ringo is now under saddle and doing
as fantastic as Maggie. This pair would make a fine set of trail
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Crusher
Saddlebred gelding. Bay with two socks. 16 hh. This horse needs
a tune-up to get him back to being a fine riding horse. Please
call the office for more details.
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Mr
Brown Sugar
STB gelding. Had a stife injury and that's why he was retired
from
racing but the current owners have never had a problem with it.
He would not be a eventing horse but a pleasure horse would be
a good job for him. The current owner say that he needs an intermediate
rider only because he hasn't been ridden much in the past years.
After some daily riding and brushing up on training issues he
would be a beginner horse. He's a very easy keeper and they have
him current on his vaccinations. He is a 10 year old gelding.
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Judges
Shoes (6yr)
Thoroughbred. 16.2 hh, dark bay with a small star. Dappled across
sides and hind quarter. Current owner reports, " 'Eddie'
is quiet both under saddle and on the ground, completely broke,
a people lover, six years old and handsome to boot. The reason
he is available is that he has something called kissing spine.
So while he is fine for light riding, he is not sound to jump
which is what I do. I have spent a fortune having a whole body
scan at Madison, blocking, injections, acupuncture, chiropractic,
etc. An operation is the only way to make him sound enough to
jump - maybe. I bought him off of the track on October 9th, 2001
as a 3 year old. He had only 4 lifetime starts. Then, I gave him
a year off to let him grow up. I put him in training in October
of 2002. He trained very well. In June of 2003, he went to his
first horse show and jumped right around. He went to 3 more shows
that year. He turned up sore in his back in October of 2003. We
thought he had rolled on a rock or twisted it while playing or
something like that. He got 3 months off and went back into light
work in February of this year. He went back to jumping in April
and went to a show in May and turned up sore. He hasn’t jumped
since. This is when we started looking for why he is sore when
he starts jumping. I even bought a new saddle to see if that was
the issue. He went to Madison for the diagnostic work in July.
I am trail riding him right now. He just looks at deer--not even
half a spook. I am over 50 and not very brave any more but I feel
I can take him anywhere. He is used to horse shows and is quite
the gentleman at them. He clips, loads, and is good for the farrier
and vet. He is used to being turned out all night and loves it.
When I bring him in, he comes when I call even off of sweet clover.
He doesn’t normally need lunging to make him quiet but since
I know about his issue now, I let him warm up on the lunge line
for 5 minutes and it seems to help him. But it could be my imagination
because when someone else rides him when I am away, they don’t
lunge him and he is just the same for them. He is just an all
around great guy. He has the personality of a big old black lab.
He even gives dog kisses. Training: he is voice trained to trot
(2 syllables), canter (accent on the second syllable), ho (say
it short and medium loud) and the cluck, of course. Since he is
really broke English, he does true half halts and will come to
a complete halt with leg pressure alone. Because of his back,
he only likes to canter on the left lead and that is REAL comfortable.
The chiropractor thinks his back may be fusing and that when it
is done, he will be pain free but not very limber. He lunges on
voice command and changes gait and halts in a straight line not
turning in like a lot of Western horses do. He is responsive but
slow. Think of him like driving a cruise ship plan all changes
of speed and direction well in advance. There is no horse least
likely to make it as a speed horse. It is hard to believe he was
ever started on the track."
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Mocha
[8yr]
Watch out, you can get lost in this gal's eyes! This average
size bay mare was pulling an Amish buggy after foaling and sustained
a hernia. Very very gentle - affectionate - easy to load and handle.
She is gentle, quiet and loving.
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Brookview
Snag (5yr)
Standardbred gelding. Nice quiet Standardbred - just fractured
a coffin bone while racing and is on 30 days stall rest. 15'1
hands - bay. Located at the ASAP farm. UPDATE
(5/12): Could there be a mistake? Snag doesn't even
look like a Standardbred! He is so refined, so high-stepping -
and his head almost looks like a Morab! He is Mr. Fancy Pants,
and still hasn't gotten used to being on the farm. When he is
taken out of his stall he picks up all fours walking in mud, as
if he is saying "oh, ICK!" He is very emotional and
wears his heart on his sleeve. When he is anxious about something
he will stick his tongue way out of his mouth and roll it and
flap it around. He is like a little child in a new country. He
is full of snorts and prance, so whoever wants a really fancy
horse with loads of potential as a show horse, you should come
and see him! In the meantime, we will continue to try to acclimate
him to our surroundings! And, of course, he will get his 50 kisses
and hugs a night - who can resist?
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April
(2yr)
Brown and white miniature filly. This little girl had a rough
start in life - was stepped on by another horse as a baby and
sustained a fracture to a rear leg. The leg was casted, but as
she dragged the back leg in a cast the front leg bowed. Although
she has healed the back leg is a bit crooked. She can get around
well, however, at any gait. She needs a loving home with Scout
- owner would like to keep them together if at all possible. Both
minis are up to date on all shots and dentistry and farrier work.
April doesn't like the vet!!!
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Scout
(4yr)
Mini Pinto gelding - friendly, curious, and playful - suitable
for children's programs. Currently at the ASAP farm.
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Bell
Valley Yank (5yr)
STB gelding. Stunning - shiny - regal - long, flowing, thick tail
- TB look Around 15'3 hands or taller, lanky yet gorgeous - athletic......
those words all describe this five year old gelding who just arrived.
Yank has a lot of spirit, so needs someone accustomed to this
very alert horse. Once he has been out on the farm awhile, this
"hyper-aware" state should settle. He would be a perfect
roadster horse, carriage horse, or riding horse. $550. UPDATE
(9/25):Well, the Yankee Doodle Boy has changed a lot
in the seven or eight months since he arrived at the ASAP farm.
Once running from human contact, he is now running TO us so fast
that we scatter. He turns his butt around, demanding a butt scratch.
He rubs himself up against you when you are in the arena and bullies
the other horses away from you. You can sit on his back for hours
scratching him and he almost falls to the ground with delight,
stretching his neck out so far he scares the horses around him.
Yank is a gorgeous animal - big and mighty and in great flesh.
He is sound - has a bit of a natural pace so take that into consideration..
but he is a big baby who has been here way too long. Thanks to
Glen Anderson, he is now being ridden and he loves it and is a
great riding horse. He would take his adopter for miles... I would
recommend Yank as a trail horse and, I guess if you could train
the pace OUT of him, he could be a great English horse (dressage???).
Most of all, he would love a human friend who would give him lots
of rubs!
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Ebony
(20yr)
TB, 16.2 h, all black with 1/2 moon on forehead. Western broke.
Healthy and up-to-date with all shots. Great looks and great personality.
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Pistol
Pete (10yr)
Standardbred gelding. retired from racing due to a bowed tendon.
He will never be able to be an eventing horse but he does make
a great kids horse. He just meanders along right behind you. He's
an easy-keeper and seems to get along with everybody. Hurry and
scoop him up before someone else gets him. At the ASAP farm.
UPDATE (9/25): Pistol Pete N has had an
exciting life. Born and raised in New Zealand, he proved to be
fast and full of potential. He was bound for America as a four
year old, and lived in high society at Bell Valley Farms in Lockport,
Illinois. As a seven year old, Pistol Pete needed splints removed,
and was rested. Despite rest and recovery, he did not possess
the same speed he had in the past, and Bell Valley gave us a call
to place him in our lifetime program. Pistol Pete N was adopted
immediately by a family who hoped to keep him forever, but a few
short months after being retrained to saddle, they returned Pete
and exchanged him for Ain't Nothin New. Pete returned to the ASAP
farm, but it is clear that the bouncing around has caused him
to be a bit despondent. I have seen in other horses that when
they are tossed around frequently they do not have the opportunity
to bond with one special person. Most horses trust, but they do
not feel attached, yet they long for an attachment. Janimal was
much like this when he arrived four years ago - he had 13 owners
in ten years and did not know the love of one special person.
I saw the longing in his eyes, as I see it in Pete's eyes. He
is obedient and compliant, but for no other reason than to do
what he is told. Recently, I have seen a sparkle in his eyes when
I come to feed him or groom him. He is beginning to attach to
me, and I fear this... because it will only hurt him again when
he is adopted by someone else. The goal is to find Pistol Pete
N his final home - one where someone can commit to him for who
he is and the hours of joy he can provide to a family - if anyone
is afraid of a splint being removed from his front leg and the
effects of that, do not even attempt to adopt this horse. Janimal
has no cartilage left in one hind ankle and is fused, bone on
bone. I do not worry about this - Janimal rides with us everywhere
despite it - and Pistol Pete proved himself an awesome trail horse
at Yellow River two weeks ago, and never came up sore. But...
he needs that one person who will be with him forever. Are you
that person? Pete isn't the most beautiful horse in the world
- but he is sweet and safe and I would trust him with my children
anywhere.....think about that and contact me if you are serious
about Pete.
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Montana
(3yr)
Strawberry roan filly. She was trail ridden last summer and a
few times this year. She is quiet and very sweet, and sound. She
does, however, have a quirk when it comes to new riders. She will
crow hop when a new rider gets on her unless they spend some quality
time on the ground with her. After she gets to know a person,
she is absolutely quiet and wonderful to be around. She is amazingly
calm on the trails. In Iowa.
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Nuke
There It Is (10yr)
STB gelding. Very gentle, easy-going horse. Loves to go on trails
but has more "whoa" than "go." He would need
more of an intermediate rider in the beginning. They would like
to find a home for him before the snow flies. At one time he would
chew on fences, but he hasn't done that for a long time. Easy
to catch and saddle. He's been on plenty of trail rides and likes
arena work, too. Up to date on all shots, including West Nile.
His teeth were floated last spring.
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Odds
On Tom (4yr)
STB gelding. Very people friendly. He had a spur on his knee but
he's fine for trail riding. He's a big boy at 16HH and he's current
on all his shots. UPDATE (7/4): Now
in foster care near Westby, WI.
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Rocking
Standout (13yr) and Sheridan
(3 months)
STB mare - bay with stripe on face and socks on hind legs. 15hh.
Standout has had three foals. She has a lanky build and a longer
barrel. Sound. Located in McGregor, Iowa, with Pa Pa's Belly.
UPDATE: She is getting
a daily lesson in riding at this time. She was hooked up to drive
a couple of weeks ago and did not appreciate it, but hey! She
has been off the track for several years now - what does one expect?
LOL.....riding coming along well. UPDATE
(3/23): Was moved to a different foster home with Frilly
by Menomonie. "Nice mare" as described by foster family
- easy to handle and loving. Needs more work under saddle.
Update
from foster family (6/11/04): "We are all a bit
surprised as she was not supposed to have been bred. Such is life
with horses. Roxie's herd boundness is being corrected. She will
now allow herself to be led out of sight from the other horses
without panicking. We will continue to work with her to improve
her behavior. We have ridden her (before she foaled) and she was
very quiet during the tacking up and mounting but again did not
want to leave the other horses. More riding will be done after
she is recovered from foaling. Rocking Standout had a foal on
6/11/04. He is a bay colt with a star and snip and one hind sock."
Located in Menomonie in Dunn County. UPDATE
(8/23): Baby Sheridan is still green but is halter
broke. He leads around with only a little direction and lots of
love-pats. He also allows all four feet to be picked up for a
few seconds at a time. He is very gentle and easy to handle. He
is also used to children running around him in the pasture. At
this point he is two and a half months old.
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Regal
Talent
This is the horse that was dropped off in the middle of the night
with two other horses. We have discovered she is Regal Talent,
a nice cart horse, not broke to ride, sometimes tempermental.
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Entertaining
Angels (2yr)
STB filly - never been raced but has been trained to race by a
very credible trainer in Chicago who has a long "track"
record of placing good sound horses in our program. Bay with heart
shaped white marking on her face - too slow - sound. 15+ hands.
Very sweet. In foster care in Wisconsin. Update
from Foster Family (5/13): I have worked with her pretty
regularly since she arrived here--just the daily ground stuff.
We have done a lot of morning strolls around the farm, done lots
of grooming and foot cleaning, lots of ordinary handling. She
has responded very well and that rather opinionated attitude has
disappeared entirely, along with the fear of having that right
knee handled. For two months she would not let me even brush down
her front legs. Now she gives her feet readily, has no fear of
syringes, and other than being a three year old and still a little
gawky sometimes, is very pleasant to work around. The soreness
in her front knee seems very much better, and after fairly regular
morning walks, I have noticed no lameness. I hope that is a thing
of the past. She is current on shots. I've kept her feet trimmed--the
front toes tend to get too long and throw her back onto her heels,
but trimming every couple of months keeps her well balanced. The
equine vet who has seen her is please with her and thinks she
looks great. I had planned on driving her a bit to make sure the
knee doesn't come up sore after light jogging--I can't keep up
with her if I am leading her at a jog!! I think this horse would
make someone who has a little experience with horses a delightful
light driving and ordinary riding horse. After talking with her
former trainer, I doubt she would ever be a performance horse,
but for a simple pleasure horse, I think she will be wonderful.
She has developed a wonderfully sweet disposition, and gets along
with every horse on this farm--she even gets along with the cattle.
She is much more mellow that I had expected her to be--not spooky
at all. Last week I caught her taking wash off the line when I
left her in the yard for a little grazing! Needless to say, she
has been exposed to a great deal of ordinary thumping and rattling
which occurs on a farm with all sorts of machinery and she just
takes it all in stride. I hope we can get Entertaining Angels
placed soon with someone who is prepared to do some gentle, patient
training and have themselves a wonderful equine friend. She really
deserves that.
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Tangible
JJ (4yr)
Standardbred gelding. Last raced March 30. No breaks or fractures,
but last time was 2:05 so vet recommends retirement He is currently
acquiring an interstate health certificate and will be ready this
week. Call Susan for more details or email asapinc@mwt.net.
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Cape
Cruiser (6yr)
Standardbred mare. Small and stocky bay - good to be around -
time of 1:57.1 Had surgery to removed chips out of a right knee
last year, then returned to race The knee has held up well, but
she keeps bleeding through Lasix. She has a great heart for racing,
but her body just isn't coping with the speed it needs to get
there and win. They raced her in an open bridle - just a great
little mare. At the ASAP farm. Call Sue for more details at 608-689-2296
or 608-792-5126. UPDATE (5/12):
This six year old mare is small but sweet. She, as well as the
others, is eager to see people and is easy to halter and lead.
She has natural "smarts" and common sense. She is attached
to Sarajevo too, but could survive without her. Cape Cruiser is
having her feet trimmed this Friday and was wormed on May 1. Her
shiny coat is becoming evident since the worming. She has been
ridden twice since arriving here - both times were without incident.
She is coming along nicely.
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