Firefighters have rescued a horse that was stuck under a lunge pen in Newmarket.
Crews were called to an address in Snailwell Road — believed to the Kremlin Cottage Stables— at 10.10am today, Friday, January 21 to reports of a trapped horse.
A spokesman for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said: "The horse's hind legs were trapped under the lunge pen.
"A vet was called to the scene and the horse was sedated.
"Crews used small gear to rescue the horse."
A spokeswoman for Hugo Palmer Racing, which is based at the Kremlin Cottage Stables, declined to comment on the incident.
A lunge pen is a circular pen, usually made of metal, that racehorses can be exercised in.
Appliances from Burwell, Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket were called to assist the trapped animal.
A 'stop' call was made at 11.06am.
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