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THE HORSE AMBULANCE BY KARIN CEDRONIUS PHOTO GUST
AV GRÄLL The horse ambulance, a natural participant at all of Solvalla’s trotting events. The Horse Ambulance RESCUE FOR HORSES IN DISTRESS No matter what the problem – a broken leg, foaling or a trotting accident – and regardless of the time of day, or day of the year, Stockholm Horse Ambulance will heed the call to help horses in distress. 20 OUR WAY MENHAMMAR R olf Nilsson has seen it all during his 40-odd years working for Stiftelsen Stockholms Hästambulans (the Stockholm Horse Ambulance Foundation) and he never knows what awaits him when the telephone rings – which is also one of the charms of the job. A callout may turn out to be a horse with colic, a persistent cold virus or a broken leg. Sometimes it is a weak foal or an injured trotter that requires his assistance. The ambulance responds to calls during evenings, weekends and public holidays and is on call at every meeting at Stockholm’s Solvalla Race Course as a precaution for the competing trotters. IT WAS MARGARETA Wallenius-Kleberg who took the initiative to establish Stiftelsen