What would you do if your horse got stuck in the mud around the pond or at a river crossing? What if he were trapped in an overturned trailer? Those are just two of the scenarios that will be addressed in free equine rescue seminars sponsored by Hagyard-Davidson-McGee Associates at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., on Oct. 23 and 26.

Emergency personnel (police, firefighters, etc.) will attend special sessions on Oct. 23 from 8 a.m. to noon that feature equine rescue demonstrations and hands-on practice during the seminar. Horses trained to be “stuck and rescued” from mud and taught to lay quietly for trailer rescue will be a high point of this seminar and allow real-life scenarios to be duplicated.

The general public is invited on Oct. 26 from 8 a.m. til 3 p.m. for the demonstrations and to visit with the Code 3 Associates, a Colorado-based mobile rescue unit that is fully equipped and housed in a semi-trailer rig