Crime & Safety
$10K Reward Offered For Horseback Riding Center’s Missing Horse
Cloud, a 16-year-old white mare, has been missing from Florida Beach Horses in the Bradenton area since Saturday.
MYAKKA CITY, FL — A Bradenton-area horseback riding center has offered a $10,000 reward for a missing horse that might have been stolen, according to a Facebook post.
Cloud, a 16-year-old gray and white mare draft cross, was last seen Jan. 10 at a Florida Beach Horses barn in Myakka City.
“I strongly believe she has been stolen,” the owners wrote in a Monday update to a Facebook post. “Please keep your eye out for her. She could be anywhere at this point as it’s been days. Please keep sharing and spread the word. Someone has to see her out there or know something!”
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The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the horse’s disappearance, according to Fox 13.
The horse center had Florida Game Recovery come out to their property with a thermal drone to try to find Cloud in surrounding pastures.
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“We covered a good amount and had no luck finding her,” the owners wrote.
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