The Horse Dies in This One: Thoroughbreds

Meggie Gates
9 min readMay 24, 2021

The horse is powerful. In ancient mythology, it is often present, serving as a symbol of tranquility, balance, or war, depending on whatever story you find yourself submersed in. In Thoroughbreds, the horse is a blank slate, introduced at the beginning with no story preceding it. It could be a re-telling of Celtic mythology, where horses bring good luck and good fortune. It could be linked to the Romans, who…

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