Horse tale

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Missing horse rescued from well A horse which disappeared from a West Yorkshire riding stables was rescued three days later after being found at the bottom of a 10ft well. Eight-year-old Steffi was pulled out of the hole in the Shibden Valley near Halifax in a three-hour operation involving firemen, the RSPCA and a vet. Stable girl Katie Clegg, 16, raised the alarm last Saturday when she could not find the horse in its field. The mare was found on Tuesday by a dog walker, having suffered no injuries. It is believed that a covering of plants which had hidden the well opening in the field was washed away in recent heavy rains and Steffi fell 10ft into the hole. Tears of joy "On Saturday I went down to see her in the field and she was nowhere to be seen," said stable girl Katie Clegg. When she heard that Steffi had been found at the bottom of a hole in the field she said could hardly believe it.