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“So what is it about women and horses? Theories abound. Horses are a symbol of freedom, speed, and power. They are flight animals, and we participate in their flight by riding them, though they can also bolt on us, terrifying us. In myths, they fly over sea and sky and are messengers to the other world. They fulfill some fantasy we have of ourselves. On the flip side, they are prey animals, and since women, like horses, have been preyed upon for millennia, perhaps we get them on a deeply intuitive level.”