Hay and carrot thefts prompt ‘horse hunt’
A Cornish community has found itself in the midst of a “horse hunt“following a bout of hay and carrot thefts.
The greedy suspect pinched seven hay and straw bales and a sack of carrots from a stables at Burnthouse, Penryn, earlier this month. And just a week later 14 bales of hay were taken from Tretheague Farm in Stithians.
“I think we are looking for a horse,” said Detective Constable Rick Milburn from Falmouth police station.
But other items to have been stolen in the thefts include an assorted mix of power tools.
So perhaps the police should be narrowing their search to two-legged culprits — such as people with a penchant for root vegetables and strong night vision?
This news story was first published in Horse & Hound magazine (28 March 2013)
Stay in touch with all the news in the run-up to and throughout the major shows and events during 2026 and beyond with a Horse & Hound subscription. Subscribe today for all you need to know ahead of these major events, plus online reports on the action as it happens from our expert team of reporters and in-depth analysis in our special commemorative magazines. Have a subscription already? Set up your unlimited website access now
Never miss out on the latest happenings in the equestrian world
A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.