Retired Louisville Horse Trainer Drowns

Posted: Thu 2:13 PM, Sep 13, 2012

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A retired horse trainer has died after neighbors found him in the Ohio River at Louisville.

According to WAVE-TV (http://bit.ly/RLrZBc ), 62-year-old Steve Morguelan died Tuesday night at Norton Brownsboro Hospital.

Jim Stebbins, who lives in the neighborhood, said Morguelan was missing for a few hours Tuesday evening before he was found around 8:15 p.m.

Police said neighbors pulled Morguelan from the water and began CPR. The coroner ruled drowning was the cause of his death.

Stebbins said horses trained by Morguelan had won hundreds of races.

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Retired Louisville Horse Trainer Drowns

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