Blue Zeus, the wild horse...
was just captured!
(neighing)
And put in a tiny pen
with a bunch of other wild horses,
horses he doesn’t know, horses who aren’t his family.
Only a few hours ago, Blue Zeus and his family
had been running wild and free, when suddenly...
a helicopter showed up and started chasing them!
People had decided to move Blue Zeus’ herd from their home
so the land could be used for other things.
Blue Zeus and his family didn’t want to leave,
so they tried to run away, but they couldn’t outrun
the helicopter, and eventually they were caught.
Now, Blue Zeus was stuck in this tiny pen,
but worst of all,
the people had moved his family somewhere else.
He was so worried about them.
He didn’t know where they were. What was he gonna do?
But just when he was starting to lose hope,
this person showed up.
Blue Zeus didn’t know who she was, but apparently,
she’d been looking for him.
But why?
Who was she?
Well, the stranger’s name was Clare,
and she was a horse rescuer.
Clare loved wild horses and wanted to keep them safe.
Before he was caught, she had seen Blue Zeus in the wild.
She knew how important it was
for this family to be together.
“To wild horses, family is everything,
and the bonds that they form are so precious and so deep.”
So when Clare saw
that Blue Zeus’ family had been captured,
she knew she had to do something.
She had to save this horse family.
There was just one problem.
There were lots of horse pens in all different places,
and she didn’t know which ones Blue Zeus
and his family were in.
So, she became a wild horse detective,
and after nine months, a breakthrough! She found a clue
to where Blue Zeus was being held and headed straight there.
Clare was ready to bust him out,
but thankfully the people there said that wasn’t necessary.
They let her adopt him instead.
Blue Zeus was free!
But, where was Clare taking him?
Clare couldn’t release Blue Zeus back into the wild,
where he would just be rounded up again.
So instead, she brought him
to a very special place...
her horse sanctuary,
a place the helicopter people weren’t allowed to go.
Blue Zeus couldn’t believe how huge the sanctuary was.
It had tons of hills and plenty of grass to eat,
but he couldn’t stop thinking about his missing family.
Where were they?
Were they OK?
Clare promised she would keep searching for them,
and actually they weren’t the only horses
she was trying to save.
Because while she was busy rescuing Blue Zeus,
the helicopters had rounded up even more wild horses.
Horses like Goliath,
a huge stallion who was part of a wild herd.
And just like blue Zeus, Goliath and his family
were chased by helicopters and put into pens.
Goliath was really upset about being moved,
about being stuck in a pen
and about being separated from his herd.
But most of all, he was upset about losing the horse
he loved most: Red Lady.
She was his favorite horse in the whole world.
They’d been so happy together in the wild,
just like Blue Zeus and his family,
and he missed her so much,
but he’d never be able to find her
if he couldn’t get out of this pen.
But guess who showed up to help him
just like she helped Blue Zeus. That’s right, Clare.
She convinced the people to let her adopt Goliath
and take him back to her sanctuary.
Goliath couldn’t wait to stretch his legs
and start exploring.
This place almost felt like home,
except it would never really be home without Red Lady,
which meant Clare had two horse families to save!
Actually, a lot more than that,
because she kept bringing more
and more wild horses to the sanctuary.
Blue Zeus wanted the next horses to be his family,
while Goliath hoped it would be Red Lady.
But the next time Clare opened her trailer,
a horse they’d never seen before came running out
and did this?
“So they say a horse who rolls
all the way over three times, and he did it four,
is an exceptional horse.”
This fiery new horse’s name was Phoenix.
And the helicopter people had rounded up his herd, too,
along with his best friend, Ghost.
But this time, when they tried to put the horses in pens,
(neighing)
Phoenix was like, “I don’t think so.”
He jumped right over the fence and escaped,
but he couldn’t leave Ghost behind.
So, he went back to try and save her,
but they’d taken her somewhere else.
She was gone. Had he lost her forever?
That’s when Clare found him.
She adopted Phoenix and brought him to the sanctuary, too.
Just like Blue Zeus and Goliath,
he could run free, explore and be his wild self.
(neighing)
And there were so many horses to be wild with,
but without Ghost, something felt wrong.
Clare was really starting to worry.
How was she going to reunite all these horses
with their families?
But then something amazing happened.
(ringing)
Clare’s phone rang, and it was Red Lady!
Well, sort of.
It was actually another animal rescuer,
and she had found Red Lady.
The rescuers knew the two horses belonged together,
so they put Red Lady on a trailer
and brought her to Clare’s sanctuary too.
And when Goliath saw her and she saw him...
“Oh my gosh.”
Goliath finally felt like he was home.
Blue Zeus wanted to feel that way too,
but Clare’s phone didn’t ring again.
No one, not even other rescuers, knew where
to find Blue Zeus’ family or Ghost.
But Clare refused to give up and kept searching.
Then, one day while trying to find where the horses were,
Clare saw a picture online
of a horse who needed a new home.
She was white like Ghost
but also had the same brown ears and the same brown knees.
It was Ghost! Clare had found her!
When Ghost arrived at the sanctuary,
Phoenix was on the other side of the hill.
Ghost let out a little neigh.
(neighing)
Phoenix couldn’t believe it.
“Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.”
“Phoenix and Ghost back together again.”
They’d missed each other so much.
Blue Zeus was so happy for Phoenix and Ghost,
but he couldn’t stop wondering, “When would it be his turn?”
He’d already been apart
from his family for over nine months.
And what if Clare never saw his family in a photo
or got a phone call from another rescuer?
But then, Blue Zeus heard something.
It was Clare’s horse trailer arriving.
Could it be?
It was. After months of searching,
Clare had found all of Blue Zeus’ family.
“Here he comes.”
“He’s running to his family.”
When Blue Zeus finally saw them,
he could hardly believe it.
“Look at him go, high-trotting.
Family running after him.”
“Look how proud.”
“They’re Like, “Dad, where have you been?”
“You got your family back.”
In no time at all,
it was like they were never apart.
Blue Zeus was so grateful to Clare and to be
at the sanctuary, surrounded by friends like Phoenix
and Ghost, and Goliath and Red Lady, and best of all...
his family, in a place where they would always be safe,
always run free and always be together.