It was the signature of Atlantic City's Steel Pier: Doc Carver's High Diving Horses. A trained horse ran up a ramp, a diving girl jumped onto its back, and they sailed through the air, plung?ing into a tank of water. After the act was shuttered, the last diving horse was won at auction by the author, Cynthia Branigan. Here she tells the transformative story of how horse and new owner come to know and teach each other important lessons of living and loving.