Young mare badly injured when sky lantern ‘lands on her tail’

The owner of a point-to-point horse who suffered a serious leg injury after a sky lantern is thought to have hit her has called for a total ban on the lanterns’ sale.

Bastante, a seven-year-old mare owned by the Plantation Prosecco Partnership, was found outside her field on Saturday at about 10.30pm. As it was dark, her injuries were not visible and she was turned back out.

“But the next day, in the light, we saw her,” syndicate member Sarah Sladen told H&H.

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Article written by: Eleanor Jones