Horse accident on M1 near Sheffield yesterday

Please people, if you want to secure the tops of your trailers DON'T use made up grilles. The mesh is too hard for horses to see against the light outside and faced with a horse trying to get out the grille WILL give way. The bars as mentioned by Alec and designed and made by Ifor Williams for their trailers are far more secure, providing both a properly visible barrier and a strong mounting. Or of course you could fit vents to your top doors.

To the OP, sorry to hear that you had such an horrific incident and aftermath on FB. RIP to the mare.
 
jemima*askin thanks, we are looking into bar's as they sound a lot more secure! byt unfortunately like a lot of horses experts have told us if a horse wants to escape not us or god will stop it... but we will definitely try and prevent it from hhappening again. . . Thank you everyone for being so kind xx
 
What a terrible thing to happen, as for the people who posted pic's on Facebook, words fail me. Agree with many about design of trailer back doors. Nobody could have predicted what happened to you, must say I had a tear in my eye when I read this thread, Big Hugs to you allx
 
Again many thanks to everyone for all your concerns! It means a lot to us, and some will be happy to know, that we have travelled for the first time today since the accident! (top doors shut of course!) We went to our local show and did really well... We were really nervous travelling though to the point where we nearly had to stop to be sick! (disgusting I know), but it will only get easier with time! But all in all we had a great day... Thank you VERY VERY much to everyone for your concerns and kind words... Really does mean a lot to us xxxxx
 
kerilli said:
Really really so very sad to hear this, my sincerest sympathies to you all HavocsRevenge.
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Echo this, I get quite nervous travelling my boy as I know so many people who've had terrible accidents.

Thank you for sharing. X
 
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