Reining Horses Killed In Italy Crash

The global reining community is mourning after reports a transport rig carrying 18 horses crashed on an Italian highway.

Giorgia Codeluppi, of Cardinal Ranch, which stands Slide Or Die’s stallion, Inferno Sixty Six, said two of Slide Or Die’s horses were among those killed when the professional transport rig they were riding in caught fire Sunday afternoon on a highway in Northern Italy.

She said a fire in the cab of the rig quickly spread to an attached compartment housing 8 horses, which all died, but crews were able to save another 10 horses riding in a bumper-pull trailer being towed by the main rig. The horses were returning from a reining in Manerbio, a city about 70 miles east of Milan, Codeluppi said.

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Article written by: Molly Montag