{"id":15546,"date":"2025-01-07T23:33:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T23:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=15546"},"modified":"2025-01-07T23:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T23:33:20","slug":"horse-weighting-900-lb-gets-stuck-in-mud-owner-clings-to-him-for-three-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=15546","title":{"rendered":"Horse weighting 900 lb gets stuck in mud \u2013 Owner clings to him for three hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How far would go for those you love? The answer is as far as it takes, right?<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Graham from Melbourne, Australia owns 10 horses. One afternoon, she and her daughter Paris went for a horse ride when the animals suddenly got stuck in mud. Nicole somehow managed to release her daughter\u2019s horse, while the other one, Astro, who weights around 900 lbs, couldn\u2019t be released.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6318-277x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6318-277x300.webp 277w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6318.webp 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><br \/>\nSadly, as she was struggling to help the already exhausted animal, he got stuck even further. All Nicole could do at that point was to stay by Astro\u2019s side and made sure she kept him calm until help arrived.<br \/>\nShe stayed by the 17-year-old horse\u2019s side for over three hours. Finally, help arrived and she felt relived.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6319-300x179.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6319-300x179.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6319.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nIn order to be able to bring the big animal to safety was to give him some sedatives so that they could attach a harness to him for a tractor to pull him over. Luckily, the rescue mission was successful.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the incident, Nicole was reported to have told The Geelong Advertiser: \u201cIt was terrifying. It was also heartbreaking to see my horse exhausted and struggling. I\u2019ve been riding here for 20 years and never had a drama. I\u2019ve never seen any signs and didn\u2019t realize it was so boggy.\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6320-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6320-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6320-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6320-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6320.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nOne of the firefighters who was part of the rescue mission described the mud as quicksand. Stacey Sullivan, the vet who treated Astro of dehydration and sore muscles, praised Nicole and said: \u201cA lot of horses don\u2019t make it and I think without the owner there the chance of survival would have been a lot lower.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can take a look at the dramatic yet incredible rescue in the video below.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dramatic Horse Rescue in Australia\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5XCJLyM4Fgw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How far would go for those you love? The answer is as far as it takes, right? Nicole Graham from Melbourne, Australia owns 10 horses. 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