That's really weird about the injured horse. If he's been loose long enough for a wound to scab over and start festering stuff out, then who ever owns him may have given him up for dead. There's not many times a loose horse avoids getting run over, even for just a few hours.
I had 2 strange horses show up at by BIL's place where I keep my mares. They were just standing at the gate early one morning when I went to get the horse trailer for a ride. They were both geldings but I couldn't let them in with my mares and foals because the mares were already trying to kill them through the fence. I caught them and put them in the barn and went to the nearest place I knew of that had horses but nobody knew anything about them. I was going to call Animal Control to see if anyone had called about missing horses, then maybe the local Vet's offices, then maybe the Sheriff's office, but I didn't know if they got those kind of calls or not. Luckily I didn't have to do all that because my FIL and his buddy know EVERYBODY and the next day they found out that they belonged to some people who's land adjoins my BIL's way back on the back of his 80 acre cow pasture. A tree had fallen on the fence, which was old to start with and they came through that way. Otherwise I don't think they'd have made it that far in the dark without getting run over.
I hope the owner turns up and will pay for his vet bills. Nursing an injured horse can get expensive and time consuming. But if they don't, maybe she can sell the horse after it gets well get her money back out of it that way.
Good morning.
deaconjim, Rose: I'm very sorry about your mother.
Becky
The Rails-to-Trail here is paved, with a dirt section on the side for horses. If not for our horse club cleaning up, donating time and money, we would have most certainly be shut out. This trail, when complete will reach from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. Trouble is, not all sections will permit horses. :(
By the stage of his wounds and his physical condition he had been roaming awhile. this place out in the country but resacas (tiny rivers) and canals all around. The owner knows most of the people around here. The area is about 2 miles from an interstate highway that goes from San Antonio. If he doesn't live locally he may have been being transported.