• Two men broke into Hugo Palmer’s horse box in French port
• Member of staff filmed moment two men were released

Hugo Palmer has spoken of his shock at learning that two men broke into one of his horse boxes in France on Sunday evening in an apparent attempt to smuggle themselves across the border into Britain. The incident happened as his staff returned from Baden Baden, where Palmer’s Heavenly Holly had run fifth in a Listed race that afternoon, and came to light when footage was shared widely on social media.

Palmer, who learned of the incident after returning separately to Britain by air on Monday, described it as “terrifying” and planned to warn his fellow trainers about the experience. “There was a big queue to get onto the ferry at Calais last night and when my lorry got to the scanner, it showed there were two fellas in the back of it,” he said.

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