Horse abandoned on Tipperary roadside takes 2nd place in Cork Summer Show competition

In a post on Facebook, My Lovely Horse Rescue shared Woody's remarkable story

Then and now: Rescue horse Woody and Orianna, whose family adopted him last year. Picture: My Lovely Horse Rescue

A horse who was abandoned after he collapsed on a roadside last year placed second in a competition at the Cork Summer Show this afternoon.

Woody, as he is now known, was found at the side of the road in Clonmel in October. He apparently been used in sulky racing.