I read it earlier today, I felt quite sick imagining what the poor horse went through and the new owner must be totally heartbroken. Unimaginable that any transporter would let this happen, registered, insured or not. but I know they do.
I do remember bringing my horse over from Newmarket in the Uk to midlands Ireland, he was supposed to arrive in a maximum of 16/24 hours. approx. 50 hours later he arrived, the last one on the huge fancy lorry, travel bandages in shreds on the floor, his travel rug torn and hanging around his feet, dripping sweat from head to toe. Totally dehydrated. He screamed out the high window when he heard my voice and practically jumped off the lorry into my arms.😢
The b*st**rd transporter had dragged him all around the Uk from south to up North on the Scottish border picking up TB mares to come over to a stud in Kildare. I had been told he would be travelling straight over to Ireland with TB mares from Newmarket, direct route. I refused to pay him and told him to expect any vet bills that I had due to his inhumane and unprofessional treatment of my horse whilst in his care. This was a VERY well known Newmarket transporter who regularly transported very expensive TB's to and fro across the Irish sea. I guess my big old Suffolk Punch X just didn't matter to him. Luckily he did recover from the ordeal, he and I were luckier than that poor lady.