Overheated horse cools off in Tampa infield lake

[Merlinsky]

The horse ending up in the lake is crazy enough, but on second reading I caught the part about the gate crew taking off their pants to wade in...

How clean is the water in that lake anyway? I hope the scrapes on the horse weren't too bad. Wouldn't want anything to become infected. I'm sure they try to keep it as clean as possible, but you can only do so much.