FIREFIGHTERS helped free a horse which had become trapped in North Oakley.
Yesterday (January 6) at 5.14pm, firefighters arrived at the farm in Oakley Road, where a horse had become stuck between a horse walker and a brick wall.
Crews from Basingstoke Fire Station and Overton Fire Station arrived to assist, as well as an Animal Rescue Unit from Winchester.
The horse, a 29-year-old mare named Polo which measures 17 hands, was sedated by a vet that was called out, and extricated to the vets in a stable condition.
Fire crews left the scene at 7.42pm.
This evening one of our ARTA’s along with crews from @Basingstoke_01 @WinchesterStn30 and Overton released a 29yr old 17 hand mare called polo which had became trapped between a walker and brick wall, great team approach and vet assistance from Whitchurch Equine 🤞speedy recovery
— HFRS Animal Rescue (@HFRSanimal) January 6, 2019
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