When it comes to horses you can buy the best bloodlines but that still won’t guarantee the elusive quality wecall heart. I’m Susan Allen and I’ll be back to tell you how one horse with heart became a legend. 268 men perished at the infamous battle of Little Big Horn, Custer Last Stand and  history teaches that  there were no survivors, that’s not the complete truth… Two days after the massacre a horse was discovered badly wounded and near  his owner’s body.  Stunned that General Keough’s beloved mount Comanche was still alive officers decided to ship him  nearly 1000  miles in an attempt to  save him, a considerable feat and remarkable that Comanche survived. The exceptional tough mustang Morgan cross had been captured in the wild  and trained Capt. Keogh. He  earned his name after a harrowing battle against Comanche warriors when he carried an arrow in  his flank without flinching. The little horse would be wounded in two more skirmishes yet  carry  Keough to safety each time. That’s heart . In a fitting ending Comanche   was awarded the honorary title of Second Commanding Officer of the 7^th Calvary, and allowed  to roam freely on  military bases for the remainder life. The horse who developed quite the taste for beer lived to be 29 and today can be viewed in all his Calvary attire at the Museum of Natural History the University of Kansas. You can’t  breed for heart,  but if you’re lucky enough own a horse with heart, (like I’ve been)  , be like the Calvary, respect, honor and enjoy this rare quality.