Back of horse’s hoof sliced off in gruesome ‘attack’

A rider is urging local owners to be vigilant after her horse had the back of his foot sliced off in what is believed to have been an unexplained attack.

Pembrokeshire-based Gwen Bridge found her 26-year-old hunter Yanto standing in a pool of blood, with the bulb and back of his offside hind foot missing.

Gwen later located the rear portion of the foot in the three-acre field the chestnut gelding shares with his pony companion.

“I found Yanto in the late afternoon and wondered as I approached what the matter was as he was standing oddly — I had a look and just thought ‘Oh my God’,” Gwen explained. “I called the vet out straight away and he said ‘well it’s not wire, it’s something that has sliced through with one blow in a downwards motion, almost like a guillotine’.”

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Article written by: Sarah Radford