Nightmare in the stable

Report lodged against stallion for ‘raping’ and ‘murdering’ racehorse

KAJANG: By all accounts, it looked like a horrific case of rape. The victim was unconscious, bleeding badly and covered in welts, bruises and bite marks.

She was pronounced dead several hours after the attack.

The perpetrator of the vicious assault was quickly identified and a police report was lodged for both “rape and murder”.

It is set to be a tricky case for the police because both the victim and the attacker are racehorses.

The owner of the mare, a 35-year-old businessman from Kampung Pandan Dalam, lodged the report on Jan 21, to obtain the autopsy results from Universiti Putra Malaysia’s veterinary clinic on the cause of her death at a stable here.

He said the results were needed as evidence to remove the suspect – an Arabian stallion – from the place before he attacked and killed other horses.

The businessman was alerted by a caretaker of the stable who found the mare lying on the ground and shivering at about 8am that day.

He said: “The caretaker was shocked to find injuries on the head, bite marks on the

The caretaker was shocked to find injuries on the head, bite marks on the back and the mare bleeding profusely from the private parts.

— OWNER OF MARE

back and the mare bleeding profusely from the private parts.”

According to the report, the stallion was apparently left in the mare’s enclosure for a day due to space constraints at the stable.

The caretaker contacted a veterinarian from the Cheras Veterinary Department who confirmed that the mare was in a serious condition and needed urgent medical attention.

Another veterinarian from UPM’s veterinary unit arrived to provide medical aid at about 10am but the mare died about an hour later.

The businessman said preliminary checks by the second veterinarian showed the mare was probably “raped”’ and “‘killed” by the forcefulness of the stallion.

A police spokesman confirmed that the report was lodged.