‘Mustang Sally’ in court for cruelty to horses

A horse owner known as ‘Mustang Sally’ allowed two animals to become infected and lame after she failed to care for them properly, a court heard. Sally Chilman-Hay, 57, denies trimming her two horses hooves excessively and failing to treat them after they became infected. The two horses, Phoenix and Ruby, were suffering from the excruciatingly painful hoof infection laminitis when examined by the RSPCA on 10 April last year, Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court heard. Prosecutor Andrew Andrews said: ‘The defendant…