Newton Stud slurry death

[doodle]

So did horse get away from a handler? Or did it escape from a field? Ie HOW did it land up in the pit. And why on earth was the pit not secured so a horse couldn’t get to it? We all
Know the scrapes horses can get in to but what happened?

 

[ycbm]

And why did the owner have to sue to get recompense?
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[Michen]

Wrong post! Deleted

 

[druid]

Plenty of big TB stud struggle with Rhodococcus too - it's why there's so much research into vaccines and R.Equi plasma

 

[Roxylola]

And why did the owner have to sue to get recompense?
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I don't know how it happened, and I don't know that she was actually compensated, only that she was satisfied by the result.
Reading what she said i think the biggest issue was not just having lost what was clearly a pretty special horse and not having so much as a baise mon cul from a person she clearly liked respected and thought a lot of (probably considered a dear friend).
She was then billed (and chased) for outstanding livery by the stud. Which seems to have been the driving force behind the court stuff. So whatever the agreement is it may have been just them agreeing that she doesn't owe them money

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

No, it drowned in a slurry pit.

Oh no I was really hoping it wasn't that how awful I would be devastated poor horse poor woman

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

So did horse get away from a handler? Or did it escape from a field? Ie HOW did it land up in the pit. And why on earth was the pit not secured so a horse couldn’t get to it? We all
Know the scrapes horses can get in to but what happened?

See this is what I am struggling to understand how it happened as well?

 

[doodle]

I’m sure it is like everything else, we don’t have the full story and things happened that will never come out, far far more to it. But a hugely expensive horse? On a hugely “experienced” yard? There should have been safety features that meant no horse should ever have accidentally got in to the pit.

 

[Brunocat]

I was going to send my mare there for retirement I’m so glad I didn’t. What a lucky escape.

 

[ester]

Plenty of big TB stud struggle with Rhodococcus too - it's why there's so much research into vaccines and R.Equi plasma

Yup, I think it was mostly the communication to owners which came up as the main issue before, ie there wasn't any then it was dead.

 

[Lois Lame]

I don't know how it happened, and I don't know that she was actually compensated, only that she was satisfied by the result.
Reading what she said i think the biggest issue was not just having lost what was clearly a pretty special horse and not having so much as a baise mon cul from a person she clearly liked respected and thought a lot of (probably considered a dear friend).
She was then billed (and chased) for outstanding livery by the stud. Which seems to have been the driving force behind the court stuff. So whatever the agreement is it may have been just them agreeing that she doesn't owe them money

Oh my gosh, it could be that.

I want to know how the horse had access to the slurry pit as well.

 

[fairyclare]

There are 3 sides to every story, your side, my side and the truth - in this case I suspect the truth will never be told.

Very sad, I just can't imagine it.

 

[Alyssa_hercules]

Oh my gosh, it could be that.

I want to know how the horse had access to the slurry pit as well.

I’m on a foaling Facebook group that shared the post and someone commented a photo of the slurry pit and it is with in a field with horses grazing around it and what surprised me more is that the is no visible fencing around the pit, Newton stud from what I’ve heard is became very unprofessional and the living standards for Youngstock and mares have became worse for them and a quite worrisome amount of Youngstock that have been bought have been found to have illness and have died not long after going to their owners.

 

[Alyssa_hercules]

Yep they don’t have any fencing around the pit so it wasn’t a handler incident at all just the complete negligence of newton stud and if you look close there are horses grazing in the same field as the pit

 

[TheMule]

Yep they don’t have any fencing around the pit so it wasn’t a handler incident at all just the complete negligence of newton stud and if you look close there are horses grazing in the same field as the pit

To be fair, there quite clearly is a fence between the pit and the horses there.
If you've had an incident with a horse getting over/ through a fence and diving in that manner I would probably be putting in another/ higher one.

 

[ycbm]

To be fair, there quite clearly is a fence between the pit and the horses there.
If you've had an incident with a horse getting over/ through a fence and diving in that manner I would probably be putting in another/ higher one.

One strand of electric tape? I would not graze a horse there.
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[Red-1]

One strand of electric tape? I would not graze a horse there.
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Me neither, I would expect a full 4 rail post and rail round the actual pit, and secondary fencing to keep the horse away from that. But then, we have 2 fences between out horses and the road too. One can be electric, but always 2 strands. The other is post and rail or hedging.

 

[Tiddlypom]

To be fair, there quite clearly is a fence between the pit and the horses there.
If you've had an incident with a horse getting over/ through a fence and diving in that manner I would probably be putting in another/ higher one.

Probably putting in another fence?



That puny fencing, with double spaced fence posts, may possibly do to subdivide a grazing paddock, but is wholly unsuitable to be any sort of perimeter fence, let alone one with such an obvious hazard just the other side of it.

That slurry pit should have been fenced off like Fort Knox.

 

[Clodagh]

I'd have thought heras fencing around it would have worked. But too late to save the horse, its the sort of death that gives you nightmares.

 

[TheMule]

Probably putting in another fence?

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That puny fencing, with double spaced fence posts, may possibly do to subdivide a grazing paddock, but is wholly unsuitable to be any sort of perimeter fence, let alone one with such an obvious hazard just the other side of it.

That slurry pit should have been fenced off like Fort Knox.

Well, you can’t actually see the detail of the fence- I imagine it is a stock fence with a strand of tape above

But I don’t think I'm the one to be jumping on, this is not my slurry pit or fencing arrangement, I was responding to the fact the poster above me said there was NO fence

 

[Red-1]

Oh my, I went onto Jane Sewell's FB page (after searching Newton Stud and finding her posts) and I am amazed.

So many different people with similar stories (not about the slurry pit, but about bad treatment, non disclosure of incidents and lies).

One poor horse was supposed to have abscesses, but ended up with a detached pedal bone going through the foot. Took place over months,

https://scontent.flhr4-2.fna.fbcdn....=f6d14fe53e4c5e51cd9941f1a4319a06&oe=604F5260

As an owner of a lami horse, I would be in bits at the pain the poor horse must have been in.

 

[sport horse]

It gives a whole new meaning to the banner on their website 'Horse Heaven in Deepest Devon'. Hopefully all the reported horses that have lost their lives there have at least gone to Horsey Heaven. Their owners meanwhile have paid £250 + VAT per month for their horses to be grazing what seems to be contaminated land.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

This is horrific! Poor, poor filly.

Oh my, I went onto Jane Sewell's FB page (after searching Newton Stud and finding her posts) and I am amazed.

So many different people with similar stories (not about the slurry pit, but about bad treatment, non disclosure of incidents and lies).

One poor horse was supposed to have abscesses, but ended up with a detached pedal bone going through the foot. Took place over months,

As an owner of a lami horse, I would be in bits at the pain the poor horse must have been in.

 

[COldNag]

How deep would a pit like that normally be? I'm really surprised it's not fenced off with something really effective. I would have thought from a H&S view it would need to be?

Edit: just found this, which is quite interesting...
https://cornishmutual.co.uk/news/av...se only entering a,when slurry is being mixed.

 

[Eyore]

Do you need planning permission for a slurry pit?

 

[Frumpoon]

It’s the breathtaking arrogance that irks me

A big, well known, well financed stud just shouldn’t have preventable incidents like this but then to issue a claim for the livery is unthinkable

Nothing can replace a much loved animal but a mare like that must have been worth six figures. As an owner I’d want recompense as recognition of the almighty clock up caused

 

[Eyore]

It doesn't matter how much the horse was worth; it should not have happened, the horse should not have been able to get to the slurry pit, I know accidents happen, but this was preventable...

 

[Tiddlypom]

Do you need planning permission for a slurry pit?

Without checking, almost certainly yes, and within tight environmental guidelines re run off, not contaminating watercourses etc.

It’s hard enough to get PP for a muck heap for 3 horses.

ETA

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-silage-slurry-and-agricultural-fuel-oil

 

[Arzada]

One poor horse was supposed to have abscesses, but ended up with a detached pedal bone going through the foot. Took place over months,

https://scontent.flhr4-2.fna.fbcdn....=f6d14fe53e4c5e51cd9941f1a4319a06&oe=604F5260

So basically the 2 yo filly was seen once by a vet in the four months of lameness and pain and twice in the filly's final 10 days of agony even though there is a resident vet based at the stud who does not charge call out fees to resident horses:

'Newton Stud is partnered with a local equine-specialist practice, Equus Vets, to provide top quality care for the horses at the stud. Treatment is provided with no call-out fees for horses resident at the stud, offering our clients the best possible value. Our stud vet is based on-site ...' http://www.newtonstud.co.uk/breeding.html

 

[rascal]

What a waste, poor horse and owner, that pit should be secure.