Forget cats:

Officials responded Sunday to an unusual call — a fallen horse.

Amir, a 29-year-old Arabian, fell in the street and couldn’t get up near Quarterhorse Lane and Pimlico Circle, said Martha Werth, spokeswoman for the Huntington Beach Fire Department.

Irvine resident Marion Grady was riding Amir in a group along the trails when the horse shied away from two runners and slipped as it was about to cross the street, she said.

Amir fell straight down, and Grady was able to step off unharmed. But the horse couldn’t regain its footing.

“He scrambled to get up. The more he scrambled to get up, the more he slipped,” Grady said.

Grady called 911.

“I thought, ‘Firemen always have an answer to everything,’” she said.

Four firefighters responded — the same four who responded to a recent incident with Amir when Grady’s husband was flung from the horse and cracked five ribs, Grady said.

About 9 a.m., the firefighters found the horse lying on its side in the middle of the street unable to get up, Werth said.

Police handled traffic control at the scene, and the Orange Country Animal Control was called in, Werth said. Two members of the Huntington Beach Central Park Equestrian Center also came down to assist.

“They were able to claim the horse and just kind of wait it out,” Werth said.

The horse lay in the street for a little more than an hour before blankets were put down and he was able to get up. Amir was able to walk back to the equestrian center and was examined Monday by a veterinarian.

Other than a few scrapes, Amir is fine and will mark his 30th birthday March 27.

— Britney Barnes