Horse died after being dragged behind trailer for four miles
A horse was dragged nearly four miles after falling out of the back of a trailer on Monday (6 July), police in California believe.
Police in Sonora are investigating after a passer-by alerted a woman driving a pick-up and trailer that the back door of her trailer was open and the horse was dead.
Another horse was still in the trailer and was unharmed.
The 55-year-old woman and her two daughters were returning from a ride and police believe the trailer door came undone and the horse either stepped or fell out of the vehicle but remained tied up.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.