This cowboy rescues horses and trains them to help those with disabilities

Larry McGovern wants to inspire others to do good deeds.

Larry McGovern wants to inspire others to do good deeds.

REPORT. TODD: THANK YOU. ROYALE: WELL, CHANGING A LIFE BY SAVING ANOTHER. THAT IS WHAT NEW MEXICO COWBOY IS DOING NOW. ASIA, SOME SPLICER I HAVE SEEN THIS COY BOW RIDING. REPORTER: YEAH. THEY MAY HAVE. WHAT HE DOES IS NEAT. IF YOU HAVEN'T, YOU CAN CATCH HIM DOING IT ONCE A WEEK RIGHT HERE IN KURK KIRK. IF YOU THINK YOU SAW A COY BOW IN THE BOSQUE OR HEARD ONE WE'RE NOT DREAMING. MEET LARRY MCGOVERN THAN THE HORSE DOLLAR. A HORSE HE SAVED AT AUCTION. >> COME FROM TEXAS. I THINK IN ARIZONA NOW IN NEW MEXICO. AND WHAT WE CAN TRACK DOWN WITHIN WHAT WE'RE FINDING WHAT OTHER OWNERS HAVE TOLD ME. WE ARE THINKING FROM EIGHT TO TEN OWNERS FOR A 12-YEAR-OLD HORSE AND TWO RANCHERS THAT IS A LOT. REPORTER: NOW TRAINING THIS BEAUTY. WITH PLANS TO DONATE TO CHALLENGE NEW MEXICO. A NONPROFIT IN SANTA FE THAT HELPS CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. AND IT IS A LOT OF WORK. MCGOERN HAS BEEN TRAINING DOLLAR FOR SIX MONTHS AND DOES IT ALMOST EVERY FRIDAY HERE. >> I AM TRYING TO UNDUE 12 YEARS OF PEOPLE'S POUNDING, RIDING THEM BAD, SOME GOOD TRAINING. SOD BAD TRAINING. I HAVE TO UNDO THAT TO GET HIM TO WHERE I WANT HIM TO BE. MCGOVERN HAS BEEN A COWBOY ALL HIS LIFE AND TRAINED TWO OTHER HORSES FOR CHALLENGE NEW MEXICO. >> ALL HORSES WILL SPOOK A DEGREE. IT IS IT CONTROL SML ARE THEY GOING TO JUMP IN THE MIDDLE AND RUN OFF AND DRAG YOU? ARE R REPORT HE HOPES HIS STORY INSPIRES OTHERS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR NONPROFITS LIKE CHALLENGE NEW MEXICO. WHICH TK A FINANCIAL HIT DURING THE PAN DEG. >> NO ONE EXPECTED THIS. THEM IS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT. THE DAMAGE THAT IT HAS DONE THE ANIMAL AND THE THEM INTO DONATE IT FINALLY IS REALLY, REALLY STRESSFUL. NOW MCGOVERN SAYS DOLLAR STILL HAS YEAR OR SO OF TRAINING LEFT. BY THEN, HE SHOULD BE A GOOD HORSE. IF YOU ASK ME. IT IS THE CAUSE AS WELL. >> YEAH. YOU MENTIONED TO ME EARLIER. HE DOES THIS ALL ON HIS OWN TIME. THIS IS AMAZING PROGRAM. REPORTER: YEAH. ALL ON THE OWN TIME ON THE SPARE TIME WHICH HAPPENS TO BE FRIDAY MORNING. HE ALSO DOES WITH IT THE OWN MONEY ROYAL. HE SAYS HE ENJOYS DOING. I AM LITTLE CRAM HIGH THY TO TALK TO US AT FIRST AND WANTED TO SHARE HIS STORY BECAUSE HOPES IT INSPIRES

This cowboy rescues horses and trains them to help those with disabilities

Larry McGovern wants to inspire others to do good deeds.

Changing one life by rescuing another -- that's what one New Mexico cowboy has been doing for several years. Every Friday for the last five to six months, you can find Larry McGovern and his horse, Dollar, in the Bosque off of Alameda Boulevard in Albuquerque.McGovern rescued Dollar at an auction."He's come from Texas. I think he was in Arizona and now he's in New Mexico. What we could track down was eight to 10 owners for a 12-year-old horse and two ranches. That is just a lot," McGovern said.McGovern has been a cowboy all of his life and trained most of his horses. He now trains Dollar with plans to donate him to Challenge New Mexico, a local nonprofit in Santa Fe that helps children and adults with disabilities.Training a horse is a lot of work, especially one that McGovern said has been beaten."I'm trying to undue 12 years of people's pounding and riding him bad. Some good training and some bad training, but I have to undo that to get him to where I want him to be," McGovern said.Dollar will be McGovern's third horse he's trained and donated to Challenge New Mexico. He told sister station KOAT that he wants his story to inspire others to do good deeds in the community. At the same time, he hopes his story brings awareness to nonprofits like Challenge New Mexico, which took a financial hit during the pandemic."Nobody expected this, this is just something that came out. But the damage it's done to the animals and the people that donate financially is just really stressful," said McGovern.Dollar has roughly a year of training left before he's ready to be donated.To find out more about Challenge New Mexico, click here.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

Changing one life by rescuing another -- that's what one New Mexico cowboy has been doing for several years.

Every Friday for the last five to six months, you can find Larry McGovern and his horse, Dollar, in the Bosque off of Alameda Boulevard in Albuquerque.

McGovern rescued Dollar at an auction.

"He's come from Texas. I think he was in Arizona and now he's in New Mexico. What we could track down was eight to 10 owners for a 12-year-old horse and two ranches. That is just a lot," McGovern said.

McGovern has been a cowboy all of his life and trained most of his horses. He now trains Dollar with plans to donate him to Challenge New Mexico, a local nonprofit in Santa Fe that helps children and adults with disabilities.

Training a horse is a lot of work, especially one that McGovern said has been beaten.

"I'm trying to undue 12 years of people's pounding and riding him bad. Some good training and some bad training, but I have to undo that to get him to where I want him to be," McGovern said.

Dollar will be McGovern's third horse he's trained and donated to Challenge New Mexico. He told sister station KOAT that he wants his story to inspire others to do good deeds in the community. At the same time, he hopes his story brings awareness to nonprofits like Challenge New Mexico, which took a financial hit during the pandemic.

"Nobody expected this, this is just something that came out. But the damage it's done to the animals and the people that donate financially is just really stressful," said McGovern.

Dollar has roughly a year of training left before he's ready to be donated.

To find out more about Challenge New Mexico, click here.

This cowboy rescues horses and trains them to help those with disabilities

Larry McGovern wants to inspire others to do good deeds.

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