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Goldrush is a beautiful 23-year-old yellow dun mare. She originally came to the sanctuary from
an abuse case in Anson county. At some point her tongue was cut. Her mouth still bears the scars from her cruel
treatment. While her owner awaited trial, her temporary caretaker ignored feeding instructions and overfed the starved
horse with molasses-coated sweet feed. This may have contributed to her present metabolic issues. HPS placed her with a nice, young couple and they enjoyed her for many years until
moving to a new farm with lush pasture land. On the new pasture, she overate despite wearing a grazing muzzle, and several
times went into laminitis. The family's vet recommended that she be removed from their pasture in order to
protect her health, and placed her on thyroid medication.
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