Norton Shores horse owner gives gripping account of horse rescue [VIDEO]
Published: Friday, January 20, 2012, 4:27 PM Updated: Friday, January 20, 2012, 5:34 PM
By Heather Lynn Peters | The Muskegon Chronicle
Willow was one of three horses rescued from a pond at the Sunny Brook Equestrian Facility, 5611 Martin in Norton Shores Friday morning, January 20, 2012. Norton Shores Fire Department personnel and with the help of friend Jim Espinoza rescued the three horses after they ventured onto the ice. They were wearing blankets and either pushed through the electric fence against the blanket or a portion of the fence had been down. (Muskegon Chronicle/Ken Stevens)NORTON SHORES — Rebecca Kinney gave an emotional account Friday of the rescue of her three horses, one of whom she thought she had lost after they nearly drowned in a Norton Shores pond.
The horses are recovering from the dramatic 9 a.m. Friday incident that occurred outside the Sunny Brook Equestrian Facility, 5611 Martin, in Norton Shores, said Rebecca's mother, Roxie Kinney, who co-owns the facility.
“They are doing very well. They had given them a shot and left some medicine for later in the day. The barn is warm and they are getting dry and warm. I think everything is going to be just fine,” said Roxie Kinney.
“If it hadn't been for the fire department, they would have been lost. They were just wonderful. They took over and got those three big ole' huge horses out of there.”
The three horses — a stallion, Ren, and two mares, Saphira and Willow — managed to escape a fenced-in area and walk into a frozen pond that was guarded by an electric fence, authorities said at the scene.
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