One of the injured horses was Sully, a gelding owned by competitor Hailey Krahenbuhl. “Sully was stabbed multiple times last night. I have no words, he is stitched up and in recovery,” Krahenbuhl wrote on Facebook. She added that another of her horses, Foxy, narrowly escaped injury. Another victim, a mare named Detail, was owned by competitor Arielle Phillips. Phillips described finding her horse wandering the barn, bleeding and scared. “The vet confirmed these were perfect stab wounds; there was no way it was anything else,” she wrote. Detail received stitches for wounds to her shoulder and chest.

Photo via Instagram/@ariellephillips_

THIS IS NOT THE ABUSER- THIS IS THE VICTIM-Arielle Phillips pictured above— the owner of Detail, the mare who was stabbed 6 times. She is a victim/horse owner.

Phillips revealed that the suspect had been following her on social media and had made repeated attempts to meet her and Detail at previous shows. The night of the attack, the suspect was seen lingering near Detail’s stall twice, asking unusual questions. “Two minutes after I left her stall at 12:02 a.m., this psychopath went in and brutally stabbed her 6 times at 12:04 a.m., causing Detail to go frantic and get loose, taking off through the barn aisles, blood pouring everywhere,” Phillips wrote.

Officers tracked the suspect to a nearby hotel, arrested her, and transported her to Clark County Juvenile Hall. She faces 12 counts of willful or malicious killing, maiming, or torturing of an animal (horse) and three felony counts of malicious destruction of private property valued at over $5,000.

While the horses are expected to physically recover, they are deeply traumatized. Their owners are emotionally devastated.

Please add your name to the petition to help Animal Victory convince the Clark County District Attorney’s Office to prosecute this suspect to the maximum limit of the law. We demand justice for Detail, Sully, and the third victim of this heinous attack.

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