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Spirit of Tasmania owners sued over the deaths of 16 polo ponies

The Spirit of Tasmania operator TT-Line is being sued for negligence over the death of 16 prized polo ponies...

Adele Severs

Published 29 Aug 2018

Spirit of Tasmania owners sued over the deaths of 16 polo ponies amid claim they died on board

By Peta Carlyon

The Spirit of Tasmania operator TT-Line is being sued for negligence over the death of 16 prized polo ponies that crossed Bass Strait in January.

Former captain of the Australian polo team and national polo identity Andrew Williams lodged the writ in the Victorian Supreme Court on Friday against TT-Line Company and logistics company QUBE Holdings Limited.

The ponies died on a horse float that had been driven by Mr Williams and had crossed Bass Strait after competing at Tasmania’s premier polo event at Barnbougle, in the state’s north-east.

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