The Mare

Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge and thank the following people and organizations for their moral and practical help in the writing of this book:

Sarah Fink, Celina Martinez, Karen Murphy, Rashena Wilson, Joanne Beard, Michael Zilkha, Emma Sweeney, Jean Strouse, Jennifer Sears, T. Kira Madden, Marguerite and Andres San Millan, Peter Trachtenburg, Rima Liscum, Angie Cruz, Ralph Sassone, Peter Franklin, Rene Falcon, Nancy and Catherine Locke of Hyde-Locke Stables, Renee Petruzzelli of Horse Heaven, The Southlands Foundation, The Jentel Foundation, and Ragdale.

Most especially I would like to thank Denisse De La Cruz and equestrienne Sarah Willeman: Your patient, generous help was invaluable.

I would also particularly like to thank David Weiss and Melanie Conroy-Goldman of Hobart and William-Smith Colleges for giving me more time than allotted at the Trias House, essentially providing me with a writing retreat for four months.

Finally, I am grateful to the wonderful children I met through the Fresh Air Fund. This book is not about those children, but it would never have been written if they had not been in my life.