A horse believed to be stolen from his Georgia pasture was found alive in a nearby ditch three weeks after going missing, reported television station WALB News.  

A cell phone video shows Sheyenne being lifted from the five-foot ditch in a cotton field about a mile from his owners' farm. He's lost about half of his 1,200 pounds, but a veterinarian who examined him said he's likely to recover from his ordeal.

"I was worried his legs weren't strong enough to make it but he seems fine," owner Laura Davis told WALB.

A neighbor reported someone opening Davis' pasture gate several weeks ago. Another five horses were recovered at the time.

A sweet horse story from the Las Vegas Sun: a pasture on Pecos Road, just before Sunset, has lost Checkers, its friendly equine resident of the past 30 years.

The brown Appaloosa was the last of Stacy McNamara's childhood horses to remain at the family farm along a now-busy highway. Passersby often paused with a treat or pat for Checkers, who would trot over.

Although she died in late September, her admirers still stop by; instead of apples, they now bring notes.

Grab a tissue and read some excerpts from Checkers' memorial.  

Horse placenta is big news in The Netherlands currently, as soccer player Robin Van Persie is in Serbia trying a new treatment for an injured ankle.

"I am going to receive treatment from a female doctor," SkyNews quoted him as saying. "She is vague about her methods, but I know she first massages you for a long time with placenta fluid.

"I'm going to give it a try. It can't do any harm, and if it helps, it helps."

He's optimistic the treatment will have him back in the game within six weeks.

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