BRIMY
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PLEADED GUILTY: Joanne Bristow. (walkington stud)
A HORSE show competitor has been convicted of animal cruelty after nine emaciated horses were seized from her care.
Joanne Bristow was banned from keeping horses for 15 years.
One stallion was so underweight, it could not stand up on its own and none of the horses had access to shelter or clean water.
Bristow, of Poplar Farm, Ferry Lane, Thearne, near Beverley, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering and one count of failing to provide a suitable environment.
The stallion, called Dancer, was given a body condition rating of just 0.5 on a scale of one to five, where 0 is nearly dead from starvation.
He had suffered for "at least two months", Beverley Magistrates was told.
Phillip Brown, prosecuting, said: "Dancer was shockingly underweight in the inspector's words, with overgrown hooves, and his ribs, spine and hips were easily protruding.
"He had severe muscle wastage and was dull and lethargic.
"He needed quite a lot of dental work which contributed to the costs."
The case has cost the RSPCA almost £30,000, as five of the horses went on to have foals.
The field the horses were kept in contained rolls of barbed wire, used car parts and sheets of metal which could have caused serious injuries to the horses, said Mr Brown.
Bristow, who had kept horses for 12 years, claimed she struggled to cope with caring for the horses after she gave birth in January, and suffered post-natal depression.
Her former partner Paul Plaxton initially also faced charges brought by the RSPCA, but these were dropped.
He was jailed for six years in December for running a cannabis factory from the farm and for possessing amphetamines.
Bristow was ordered to pay £750 in fines and £700 to the charity's costs.
PLEADED GUILTY: Joanne Bristow. (walkington stud)
A HORSE show competitor has been convicted of animal cruelty after nine emaciated horses were seized from her care.
Joanne Bristow was banned from keeping horses for 15 years.
One stallion was so underweight, it could not stand up on its own and none of the horses had access to shelter or clean water.
Bristow, of Poplar Farm, Ferry Lane, Thearne, near Beverley, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering and one count of failing to provide a suitable environment.
The stallion, called Dancer, was given a body condition rating of just 0.5 on a scale of one to five, where 0 is nearly dead from starvation.
He had suffered for "at least two months", Beverley Magistrates was told.
Phillip Brown, prosecuting, said: "Dancer was shockingly underweight in the inspector's words, with overgrown hooves, and his ribs, spine and hips were easily protruding.
"He had severe muscle wastage and was dull and lethargic.
"He needed quite a lot of dental work which contributed to the costs."
The case has cost the RSPCA almost £30,000, as five of the horses went on to have foals.
The field the horses were kept in contained rolls of barbed wire, used car parts and sheets of metal which could have caused serious injuries to the horses, said Mr Brown.
Bristow, who had kept horses for 12 years, claimed she struggled to cope with caring for the horses after she gave birth in January, and suffered post-natal depression.
Her former partner Paul Plaxton initially also faced charges brought by the RSPCA, but these were dropped.
He was jailed for six years in December for running a cannabis factory from the farm and for possessing amphetamines.
Bristow was ordered to pay £750 in fines and £700 to the charity's costs.
I know there was another pony also named dancer , Im not certain what happened to this one?