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Lenore Mitchell's mare named Babe taught family about life, love

Coloradosun · · 1051 words · By The Colorado Sun; Kevin Simpson
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Lenore Mitchell, a Colorado native, is a lifelong horse lover and has competed in over a thousand total miles of competitive trail rides, each 60 miles long.

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What happened

Lenore Mitchell, a Colorado native, is a lifelong horse lover and has competed in over a thousand total miles of competitive trail rides, each 60 miles long.

Why it matters

She has also enjoyed occasional pair-pace two-mile jumping competitions — as well as relaxing rides through shady forests.

Common ground

She also enjoys amateur botany, leading hikes with the Colorado Native Plant Society and teaching field-based Native Plant Master courses through CSU the past 20 years.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “over a thousand miles of NATRC (North American Trail Ride Conference) competitive trail rides in 60-mile increments over two days”
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The evidence provided for this claim is entirely unrelated, consisting of Poe's poetry, George Romney's biography, and general info on Tennessee.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman and president of American Motors Corporation fr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This List of American films of 1915 is a compilation of American films released in the year 1915.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tennessee ( , locally ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Ca…
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Claim 2: “didn’t have my own horse until age 26”
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The evidence provided includes a virtual sale for a watercolor artist and unrelated Wikipedia entries, but does not mention when Lenore Mitchell first owned a horse.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John James Mitchell (1853–1927) was an American banker, president of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank and Illinois Merchants Trust Company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Mitchell_(banker)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable United States politicians who have a research doctorate.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Susan Sullivan (born November 18, 1942) is an American actress known for her roles as Lenore Curtin Delaney on the NBC daytime soap opera Another World (1971–76), as Lois Adams on the ABC sitcom It's …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Sullivan
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Claim 3: “one very special Half-Arab mare, Babe, who came to me at age 3 and was part of our family until age 40”
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The evidence mentions an Arabian stud book and a general post about a family ranch, but does not provide specific confirmation of Lenore Mitchell owning a mare named Babe from age 3 to 40.
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web search NEUTRAL — Page 1. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5. Arabian Horse Registry of America, Inc ... Lenore Loftus, Prince. George, BC, Canada. Page 17. 328127 S. QUIXOTIC ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 28, 2025 ... Jacqui Broadbridge yes she has aged as we all do when we get up in years, but was certainly a beautiful woman when she was younger.! 42w · 3 ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 19, 2025 ... One of my favorite messages had to do with the history and the changes that have occurred to both the ride and the trail since that first ride ...
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Claim 4: “has competed in over a thousand total miles of competitive trail rides, each 60 miles long”
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The evidence provided contains general information about trail races, the Tevis Cup, and unrelated Wikipedia entries for people named Acton and Mitchell, but nothing confirming Lenore Mitchell's specific riding mileage.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Arthur Mario Acton (1873–1953) was a British architect, art dealer and collector.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton (5 July 1904 – 27 February 1994) was a British writer, scholar, and aesthete who was a prominent member of the Bright Young Things. He wrote fiction, biography, histor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Acton
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John James Mitchell (1853–1927) was an American banker, president of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank and Illinois Merchants Trust Company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Mitchell_(banker)
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Claim 5: “Lenore Mitchell, a Colorado native”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for the poem 'Lenore' by Edgar Allan Poe and is completely unrelated to a person named Lenore Mitchell.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lenore (poem) Illustration by Henry Sandham for an 1886 edition of the poem " Lenore " is a poem by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. It began as a different poem, " A Paean ", and was not publishe…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenore_(poem)
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web search NEUTRAL — Ah broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever! Let the bell toll!--a saintly soul floats on the Stygian river; And, Guy De Vere, hast thou no tear?--weep now or never more! See! on yon drear …
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 5, 2022 · Lenore Ah, broken is the golden bowl! The spirit flown forever! Let the bell toll! — A saintly soul Glides down the Stygian river! And let the burial rite be read — The funeral song be s…
https://poemuseum.org/lenore/
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Claim 6: ““Wild Ride””
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Multiple sources, including the author's own website and an interview, confirm that Lenore Mitchell wrote the book 'Wild Ride'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 22, 2024 ... SunLit: Tell us about your next project. Mitchell: After completing Book Two of the Everything Equine Mystery Series, “Wild Ride,” I plan a ...
https://coloradosun.com/2024/12/22/sunlit-lenore-mitchell-dy…
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web search NEUTRAL — I'm looking forward to seeing you, spending a few days in Colorado. I wrote a song about mustangs called 'Running Wild, Running Free'. It needs to debut there.
https://www.lenoremitchell.com/wild-ride
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web search NEUTRAL — top of page. Lenore Mitchell · Home · Books · Wild Ride · Dying to Ride · Credits · Bio · About the Author · News & Events · Contact · Contact. About the Author ...
https://www.lenoremitchell.com/about-1
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Claim 7: “this second book of the Everything Equine Series”
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Multiple independent sources (lenoremitchell.com, Goodreads, and a horse stories site) confirm that 'Wild Ride' is Book Two of the Everything Equine Mystery Series.
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web search NEUTRAL — Wild Ride is Book Two of Everything Equine Mystery Series (Dying to Ride is Book One).Sample chapters of Wild Ride, book two in the series, is included. lenoremitchell.com. "Dying To Ride is a rare co…
https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Ride-Everything-Equine-Mystery/d…
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web search NEUTRAL — Things heat up and people die as Margo undertakes long wilderness rides to seek answers while trying to keep her friend safe. Wild Ride is Book Two of Everything Equine Mystery Series (Dying to Ride i…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201511586-wild-ride
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web search NEUTRAL — THE SERIES. wild-ride-book-cover.jpg.EVERYTHING EQUINE. This is possibly my Mother’s fault, although okay, I’ll accept the blame because, well, I did beg until she finally bought the little black and …
https://www.lenoremitchell.com/
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Claim 8: “leading hikes with the Colorado Native Plant Society and teaching field-based Native Plant Master courses through CSU the past 20 years”
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Two independent web sources from the Colorado Native Plant Society confirm Lenore Mitchell has taught Native Plant Master courses through CSU (specifically JeffCo) and led public hikes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman and president of American Motors Corporation fr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Holocene or Anthropocene extinction is an ongoing extinction event caused by human activity during the current geological epoch, impacting diverse families of plants and animals, including mammals…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Laura Gilpin (April 22, 1891 – November 30, 1979) was an American photographer. Gilpin is known for her photographs of Native Americans, particularly the Navajo and Pueblo, and Southwestern landscapes…
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