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Irish Cob horse Belgian stallion with sorrel coat and flaxen mane and tail. Clydesdale horse Percheron stallion with black coat. Shire stallion with bay coat. Akhal-Teke stallion American Paint Horse mare American Quarter Horse stallion American Saddlebred mare Andalusian stallion
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Irish Cob horse
Belgian stallion with sorrel coat and flaxen mane and tail.
Clydesdale horse
Percheron stallion with black coat.
Shire stallion with bay coat.
Akhal-Teke stallion
American Paint Horse mare
American Quarter Horse stallion
American Saddlebred mare
Andalusian stallion
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