Yesterday afternoon our police department got a call for a horse on the loose in the area of Pioneer Trail and Eden Prairie Road. This turned out to be true and the young horse had a lot of energy and wasn’t going to be caught easily.
After a trip down Eden Prairie Road the horse was in the area of Timber Lakes Drive, I was enroute home for the day when the scene came upon me.
Along with several police officers, an animal control officer, two Assistant Fire Chiefs, an Eden Prairie Zoning Official, a Fire Inspector and a fire department lieutenant the horse was brought under control.
A bridal was placed on the horse by a fire department lieutenant who also raises and trains Saddlebred horses as his full-time job. This whole event was a success because of the efforts of all the people involved.
I am amazed, however at the wide variety of talent within our volunteer fire department and how that variety of expertise comes into play on almost a daily basis.
Lieutenant Jay Wood of the Eden Prairie Fire Department shortly after he helped to get the wayward horse back under control.
