A horse that was abandoned by the side of the road after collapsing while pulling a cart has been adopted and has found a life worth living with a young horse rider. The pair have now made waves at their first horse show together.
Seven-year-old standard-bred horse, Woody, was found by Garda Andrew Kiely of the Irish National Police in the town of Clonmel, County Tipperary, after a public report that the horse had collapsed on the road. Garda Kiely reached out to My Lovely Horse Rescue (MLHR) of County Cork, who rushed to pick him up.
“The reason why he collapsed was, he was pulling a sulky cart and being raced on the roads. He was undernourished and lacking in muscle development, his body could not take the strain of the effort. He was most likely put on a sulky cart far too young, not allowing his bones to develop,” an MLHR representative told The Epoch Times, adding on Facebook, “The ‘owners’ took their tack and cart and ran away, and left him there to die.”…