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With the aid of Falcon Ridge Equine Rescue Incorporated, an emaciated thoroughbred living on a private property off Green Canyon Road in Fallbrook was rescued the morning of June 5.

“I received a phone call from a man on the evening of June 4,” said Nicki Branch, president and founder of Falcon Ridge, based in Valley Center. “He called to tell me that he saw a horse that was extremely emaciated and it needed help right away.”

Speedy arrangements were made to see the horse the following morning.

The horse, said Branch, was more than 17 hands tall. As the caller had reported the ni...