Middletown police rescue horse from backyard pool after late-night farm escape

MIDDLETOWN, Ky. (WDRB) — As the saying goes, “you can lead a horse to water” — but two Middletown police officers had to lead one out of a swimming pool.

It happened just before 3 a.m. in late October, when two horses wandered away from a nearby farm and into a neighborhood off Old Henry Road. One of them got more than a drink of water — it fell through the cover of a backyard pool.

Homeowner Brenda Morris said she and her husband were asleep when their dog started barking…

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