Palm Beach County Fire Rescue crews freed a 25-year-old horse named "Skip" that was stuck in the mud Monday morning in The Acreage.
Capt. Albert Borroto said crews responded to the 18000 block of 47th Court North at about 8:15 a.m.
When crews arrived, the horse was stuck in mud up to its belly.
"We don't know if the horse was spooked, if it just wandered down there inadvertently and got stuck by accident," explained Borroto.
Firefighters started working on digging the horse from the mud using hand tools and keeping the horse calm during the rescue.
"Think of a mud pit," said Borroto. "As they dig around, these are heavy animals, as soon as they were digging it kept sinking back in."
Borroto said they used training they learned in equestrian rescue classes to get straps around the animal and pull it from the mud using a pulley system.
Borroto said “Skip” was evaluated by the veterinarian and is doing well.
Horse Cmd *update2* Vet on location has sedated horse, #firefighters pulling horse from mud pic.twitter.com/eKjWGDpYIx
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Horse Cmd *update* straps are around horse, #firefighters preparing to start pulling horse from mud pic.twitter.com/LvX0p7glue
— PBC Fire Rescue (@PBCFR) April 17, 2017
#BreakingNews @PBCFR on location of horse stuck in mud in #acreage #specialoperations & Battalion 2 crews working on freeing horse pic.twitter.com/IQk1zyl9Ut
— PBC Fire Rescue (@PBCFR) April 17, 2017
