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Police horsebox breaks down on motorway

Caroline Bankes

    • A horsebox carrying four police horses from the West Yorkshire Mounted Section broke down forcing a major M62 slip road to be temporarily closed last Saturday (12 July).

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    The horses — Francis, Breeze, Marley and Ledston — were returning from duty after the Huddersfield carnival when the lorry was forced to stop at Chain Bar roundabout.

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    The eastbound slip road towards Leeds had to be closed to allow the horses to be loaded on to the reserve horsebox.

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    “The horses were transferred to another vehicle and on their way by 9.15pm,” said a spokesman from the West Yorkshire police.

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    According to the @WYPHorses twitter feed, it took less than 5min to transfer the horses onto the recovery box and they all returned to their stables safe and well.

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