The horse named Dancer was with her rider when they slid down an incline and Dancer got stuck in a mudhole, rescuers said.

A collaborative effort by multiple emergency and animal care agencies led to the successful rescue of a horse that became trapped in a mud hole Sunday in Jugtown Forest, off Edes Falls Road in Casco.

The simple solution, you are no doubt thinking, would be to avoid passing through the mud, but with our current pasture ...