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No horsing around: Davis comes to the rescue

03:54 PM CDT on Thursday, May 17, 2007

By CALVIN WATKINS
The Dallas Morning News

Cowboys offensive lineman Leonard Davis went from sinking a birdie putt in Grapevine to saving the life of a horse in Arizona.

Leonard Davis uses his tractor to pull a horse out of the mud.
Courtesy of Roy Garibaldi
Leonard Davis uses his tractor to pull a horse out of the mud.

After playing in the annual sponsors' tournament at Cowboys Golf Club in Grapevine, Davis flew home Wednesday to pick up some personal belongings. When he arrived at his five-acre home in Chandler, Ariz., he noticed a horse stuck in the mud across the street.

"A horse was waist deep in a sinkhole, and I had to do something," Davis said Wednesday night.

Davis drove his John Deere tractor across the street with friend Roy Garibaldi, a local talk show host. Davis put some straps on the horse's waist and used the tractor to pull "Ranger" out.

"He goes from helping his wife to saving a horse's life," said Garibaldi, alluding to Davis' wife, Amanda, who underwent finger surgery. "Here's this big 360-pound NFL player doing something amazing."

Leonard Davis pets the horse after rescuing it.
Courtesy of Roy Garibaldi
Leonard Davis pets the horse after rescuing it.

Davis cleaned the horse off with a hose as his neighbors, fire and police department officials looked on.

"I was just doing what anybody else would have done," Davis said. "I wasn't scared at all. I grew up on a farm pulling cows and horses out of the mud. No big deal."

Calvin Watkins

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