Meet Foxy – a former showjumping horse that had to be winched upside down out of a METRE-WIDE WELL.
The horse being winched out the well by animal rescue workers
The 12-year-old Irish Sport horse had to be pulled out after being submerged in a water-filled well for hours – and her heartbroken owners have forked out more than £20,000 in vets fees to get her fighting fit again.
The horse fractured his knee in the fall and was submerged in the water filled well for hours
Due to the precarious situation she was found in, a police marksman was even requested to the livery near Hinckley, Leics.
Owner, Amy, was told about the rescue attempt after finishing an exam and was in floods of tears
Despite suffering a fractured back knee from the rescue operation, eight months on the grey mare is back on all four hooves and owner Amy Badge couldn’t be more relieved.
The family spent their life savings on the operation and now Foxxy is back on four hooves
The second year economics student at Bath University only found out about the rescue mission a week later as she had been in the middle of her first year exams.
Amy, 20, said: “I broke down in tears when I found out what had happened to Foxy.
“I’d just finished my last exam when my dad rung.
“I knew something had been wrong as he had called earlier in the week asking me to call once I’d finished.
“It’s unbelievable how far she’s come in eight months.
“She’s still a bit wary around crowds of people but apart from that she’s almost fully recovered.”
Foxy, who Amy has owned for five years and used to keep in county showjumping events with, had been rotated into another paddock when she fell through a thin covering of wood above the well.
Nobody knows how long she was trapped before somebody heard her cries for help and the fire service were called.
Mark Edwards, from Leicestershire Fire & Rescue’s Technical Rescue Team said: “Rescuing Foxy was out of the ordinary.