Overview
- Police responded early Saturday, May 30, and found three horses in a South Point barn that had been intentionally injured with a sharp object.
- Detectives identified and arrested a teenage competitor at a nearby hotel and booked her into Clark County Juvenile Hall on 12 counts of willful or malicious kill/maim/torture of an animal and three felony counts of malicious destruction of private property.
- Authorities and veterinarians say the wounds are not life threatening but are serious enough to prevent the animals from racing; owners named the affected horses as Detail, Sully and Rocket.
- The National Barrel Horse Association and South Point called the episode an isolated incident and said they are cooperating with police while event security and membership actions are being handled by organizers.
- The LVMPD Animal Cruelty Section continues to investigate and the attack has prompted a community fundraising drive that has raised most of a $24,000 goal to cover veterinary and recovery costs.