Wreck spooks carriage horse

The carriage horse involved in a crash earlier this month likely won’t work again.

Christy, the horse, sustained only minor injuries when a Lexus driver rear-ended a carriage carrying four people in what police said was a drag-racing incident. But she was so traumatized in the accident that her owner told the AJC her career is over.

“I just don’t want to take a chance,” owner Cecil White said.

The driver was charged with following too closely, driving on a suspended license and violating the open container law. The driver and his three female passengers had to be hospitalized, and the horse ran off.

Christy was considered the “Rolls Royce” of the stable because of her calm demeanor and eagerness to work. White said he would keep her at the Fantasy Carriages barn on Tift Street. He invited the public to visit her.

The animal-rights group PETA called on Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to ban horse-drawn carriages.