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Suzanne Park, left, leads the Bit of Hope Horse Ranch in Monday's Pioneer Days parade. Behind her is Alex Schlapman, 11, on Mercy. Alex spends as much time as she can at the ranch.

Suzanne Park, left, leads the Bit of Hope Horse Ranch in Monday’s Pio­neer Days parade. Behind her is Alex Schlap­man, 11, on Mercy. Alex spends as much time as she can at the ranch.

  • Alex Schlapman, 11, brings Mercy into the St. Raphael Church parking lot Monday morning, as the Pioneer Days parade was being staged. Alex made the plastic bag necklace and put it on Mercy.
  • Mercy got her name when she arrived at the Bit of Hope Horse Ranch as a very malnourished colt, prompting the comment, "Lord have Mercy." (Courtesy photo.)
  • Mercy is prepped for her examination last week at Sarasota Equine Associates. (Courtesy photo.)
  • Kayla Gebert, 11, escorts Mercy through a pond in the Myakka State Forest in late July during the Bit of Hope Horse Ranch summer camp.

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