A heartbroken horse owner has told Bristol Live how she blames the Bristol Balloon Fiesta for the injury and subsequent death of her much-loved horse, which she says was hurt when it was spooked by hot air balloons flying over its paddock.
The animal in question - a top level dressage horse called Dav - suffered a serious injury to its leg when it reared up and attempted to escape its open paddock as a large number of balloons floated over early in the morning during the fiesta back in 2021.
The injury ended his dressage career, and never properly healed, so his owner, Andrea Cox, took the heartbreaking decision to have him put to sleep last month.
