Angel Horse: The Comeback Story of M and M Girl
The lights around Canterbury Park shined bright on the evening of August 20th, 2022. Standing in the two-hole at the starting gate was M and M Girl, a six-year-old mare with a sweet but feisty spirit. Riding M and M Girl was Sofia Barandela, wearing maroon and gold silk, representing Sanderson Stables. RING! The starting gate flies open and ten horses shoot out with six furlongs ahead of them. With 11-1 odds, M and M Girl finds herself in the back of the pack. As the race unfolds, the emotions of the crowd filled the atmosphere, but nobody had higher emotions than those who’ve seen what M and M Girl had overcome in the past couple months. M and M Girl came into the lives of Sanderson Stables on November 2020 after owner Bruce Sanderson, who decided after a short hiatus of twenty-some years from the race track to make a return, claimed her at Remington Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. For the past two years, M and M has been a source of entertainment for Sanderson Stables, her spunky ch