Near-Death Horse Rescued From Suspected Meth Lab Is Now a National Competitor A horse rescued from the brink of death eight years ago has undergone an extraordinary transformation. Once orphaned, emaciated, and terrified of everything, the stallion now competes in equestrian triathlons and ranks fifth in the United States in his category. The horse Crimson Clover, of unknown breeding, was only 10 months old when the police found him tied to a cinder block in the yard of a suspected meth lab way back in 2012, reported United States Eventing Association (USEA). The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) took him in and was unsure whether he would survive, but Clover beat the odds.