Heroic actions save racehorse swimming out to sea

Stable hand Jordyn Murphy has been praised for her "incredible" action that saved the life of a Warrnambool racehorse.

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00:00 And where is it? Look how far out it is and they can't get it back in and keep swimming.

00:07 They're swimming.

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00:35 So we got on the boat, got on the bow, around the engine, and headed towards herding.

00:42 [Music]

00:51 We did a couple of laps around him in the boat because he was a bit wary of the motor and moved away every time.

00:58 So I just took a few layers off, jumped in with him and sat on him because it was a bit of a slow out the back

01:05 until we got to calmer waters and then swam beside him until we got to the sand and yeah, he lived from tail to tail, all happy as Larry.

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