[VIDEO] Lake Oswego Fire Department Rescues Horse and Rider

It may have been the week after Thanksgiving but a five-year-old horse and it's rider are saying their thanks for the Lake Oswego Fire Department. Firefighters were able to rescue Denver who had slid down a 100-foot embankment.

It happened last week.

Denver and his rider were on the Brookside Trail near Iron Mountain Boulevard when Denver started to slide down the embankment. His rider managed to jump clear and then worked on keeping keeping Denver calm when calling for help.

Passersby finally heard her cries after two two hours and called 911.

Firefighters - assisted by volunteers from the Lake Oswego Hunt Club where Denver is stabled - managed to clear a path, moving aside branches and vines so Denver had a path back up.

Neither Denver or his rider were injured.

Photo courtesy Lake Oswego Fire