Cats Don’t Dance, one of two Saddlebreds which survived malicious attacks in late June, is sound and has been started back under saddle, according to his owner, Sally Jackson of Overland Park, Kan. The 6-year-old gelding and four other Saddlebreds at Double D Ranch in Versailles, Ky., were injected with a necrotizing substance in their left forelegs in late June. The unidentified substance apparently coagulated the horses’ blood on contact, killing the tissue and resulting in large wounds that compromised the horses’ ability to bear weight.

Three horses were euthanized following complications from their injuries. A filly named Sassational recovered and was back in training by late July.

Cats Don’t Dance currently is at Melissa Moore’s Sunrise Stables in Versailles, and he was under saddle again in early October.

“He appears to be sound, and I’ve never seen a happier horse,” Jackson said. “I’m just glad he’s still alive.” One of Jackson’s other mounts, Wild Eyed and Wicked, which had won the Saddlebred equivalent of the Triple Crown three times, foundered in his right fore and was euthanized July 17