Horses escape stables, run free in Burbank neighborhood before they’re corralled
Pass the Award Dave, a potential horse to be matched with a Special Olympics rider, pokes his head out of a stable at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in this file photo from Monday, July 27, 2015.
Two horses escaped from their stables Sunday evening and spent 15 minutes running through a Burbank neighborhood near the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, police said.
Around 6:15 p.m., a witness called police after seeing the two horses running near Mariposa Street and Riverside Drive, said Burbank Police Lt. Scott Meadows.
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Several officers and fire officials tried to corral the horses before reaching someone at the equestrian center who was able to get a hold of them.
No one was injured.
“They were running all over the place,” Meadows said. “Thankfully nobody hit them.”
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Alene Tchekmedyian, alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com
Twitter: @atchek
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