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A muddy rescue
Yet horse dies hours after involved effort
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Authorities attempt to rescue a horse from thick mud Monday night off Karr Road. Though the elaborate rescue worked, the horse died hours later from what its owner said was an apparent heart attack. - photo by For the Forsyth County News
A north Forsyth family and local authorities are mourning the loss of a horse that died hours after he was rescued from shoulder-deep mud. Karen Brice, one of Popeye’s owners, said the 9-year-old gelding died about 10 a.m. Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. He had been fine 30 minutes earlier.“It’s awful,” Brice said.