Promising eventer killed in £65k horsebox: owner campaigns for change

The distributor of a horsebox in which a promising event horse died after his leg went through the floor has come to an out-of-court settlement with the lorry’s owner.

Alexanders Horseboxes’ insurers agreed a payout with Carole Mutch, whose horse Gorsehill Echo (pictured, below) had to be put down immediately after the floor failed in Carole’s £65,000 box.

Carole, who said the incident, in March 2015, had “stopped her life”, is now prepared to campaign for checks of floors to be part of horseboxes’ MoT tests, and for independent checks of new-build boxes on old chassis to be mandatory.

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*Article written by: Eleanor Jones *