One woman’s two-year quest to help a wild horse abandoned near Florence: ‘It just breaks my heart’

One woman’s two-year quest to help a wild horse abandoned near Florence: ‘It just breaks my heart’

FREMONT COUNTY — The sunlight had barely broken above the horizon of the small park when Carol Stires started calling for the wild horse she’d befriended. “River! Pretty boy!” she yelled into the otherwise quiet morning. For a few minutes, nothing happened. A breeze lifted through the cottonwoods, and a few geese called. Then, a black horse strode between the trees, beelining for Stires. She spoke softly to River as he approached. “Pretty boy, y…