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Riding off into the sunset: NYC carriage horse that collapsed in Manhattan retires to upstate farm after it's revealed steed was beaten, malnourished and double its reported age
Ryder, the horse who fell in Manhattan on August 10, was relocated from his previous home at one-and-a-half star rated West Side Livery stables in Midtown
His relocation comes two weeks after he collapsed at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and West 45th Street on August 10
Videos online show the rider, Ian McKeever, yelling at the steed and trying to get it up before relaxing in the carriage while NYPD try to make Ryder stand up
McKeever also lied about the horse's age, telling officials it was 13-years-old instead of 28-30-years-old
Ryder also suffers from 'the equine neurological disorder' EPM, a disease which affects a horse's the central nervous system
The steed had abrasions to his legs, a cut on his neck and bruises on his knees following his collapse
By Alastair Talbot For Dailymail.Com
Published: 11:19 EDT, 24 August 2022 | Updated: 11:38 EDT, 24 August 2022
The Central Park carriage horse that collapsed on a street in Manhattan has been relocated to a farm in upstate New York to retire, after it has been revealed that it was often flogged, malnourished and double its reported age.
Ryder appeared to have abrasions to his legs, a cut on his neck and bruises on his knees following his collapse at around 5pm on August 10 at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and West 45th Street in Hell's Kitchen.
He had tripped and stumbled on his way back to the 39 Street stables, and did not get back up. Videos posted online show the rider, Ian McKeever, yelling 'Get up! Get up! Get up! C'mon, get up' to the animal, whose knees were buckling.
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