MUDDER PLUCKER!

Gigantic horse rescued from soupy sinkhole

LUCKY the horse is lucky to be alive — the 1,200-pound Paso Fino mare was miraculously rescued after plunging into a sinkhole that swallowed her in a prison of mud and muck up to her neck!

More than 60 Los Angeles firefighters, Animal Services staffers and sanitation workers rushed to the flanks of the flailing 20-year-old steed and gingerly dug her out with shovels and an excavator.

During the ordeal, the hero rescuers muttered to the mudder in reassuring tones and stroked her head to keep her calm.