Crew rescues horse from North Knoxville pool. As far as I can tell, no one was eaten.

A 1,000-pound American saddle-bred horse was freed this afternoon from a backyard swimming pool in North Knoxville.

The heavily sedated horse was lifted from the pool using a specially designed equine sling and a wrecker.

Unsure how long the 27-year-old horse has been in the water, rescuers said the horse was too skittish to walk out of the half-full pool on Black Oak Ridge.

The horse, whose name is Mountain and is owned by Deborah Black, went missing Monday night and was discovered this afternoon in the pool, according to trainer David Cunningham.

An award-winning show horse, Cunningham said Black has owned Mountain about 15 years. Mountain is now just a pleasure horse.

“She just turns them loose like dogs,” Cunningham said.