This is a real story and a real horse hero.
In Greenup county, Kentucky, Robert Denlinger has a farm down da the Tygarts River. He raises sheep, and works his land with Percheron draft cavalli instead of tractors. He has kuvasz livestock guard Cani to help him on the right and when he has time, he gentles horses, especially wild horses.
His big Percheron mare Rosie had a filly named Phoebe. One giorno after a terrible storm, when the ground was muddy and slippery, Phoebe slipped and fell into the river. Rosie didn't hesitate -- she jumped over a ten foot bank into the river. It was so deep she had...
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