‘We need a conversation about horse welfare’: five-star rider’s concern after lorry stuck for hours on motorway

Will Rawlin at Blenheim 2024

A five-star event rider said there is a “conversation that needs to happen” on equine welfare, after a horse he was transporting was stuck on board, in a motorway traffic jam, for over three hours.

Will Rawlin was en route to a Burghley young event horse qualifier at Aston le Walls on 2 July with five-year-old Pieterado, and had just reached the M4 when he came to a standstill.

Will told H&H he rang police four times in the three hours he was stuck.