Crews working to rescue 2,200-pound horse

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 5, 2016

A colt meanders in a pen at Thornbury Farm, oblivious to the activity behind the fenced-in area where emergency crews working to rescue a horse that got stuck in the mud.

Emergency personnel descended on Thornbury Farm in Thornbury Township this morning for the rescue of an approximately 2,200-pound horse that got stuck in the mud, an ongoing effort that has yet to succeed.

Emergency crews are working to free a horse that got stuck at Thornbury Farm.

Units from the Westtown-East Goshen Police Department, West Chester Fire , Longwood Fire Company, Fame Fire Company, Wagontown Fire Company, the Chester County Rescue Task Force responded to a 10:50 a.m. call at 1250 Thornbury Road. Officials said that the animal was 80 percent submerged in a mud pit.

As crews struggled to free the animal, some of the other horses circled the rescue area and had to be relocated while some paid no attention to the flurry of activity, which included two hovering television news helicopters.

The 300-year-old farm, which is owned by the Spackman family, is located on portions of the Brandywine Battlefield.

***UPDATE*** details are not yet available, but the horse has been freed after a four-hour effort.