Sydney storms: Horses used by Riding for the Disabled drown in Orchard Hills flood

By Georgina Mitchell
Updated June 7 2016 - 9:33pm, first published 8:36pm
Tragic: David King from the Hawkesbury unit of State Emergency Service. Photo: Top Notch Video
Tragic: David King from the Hawkesbury unit of State Emergency Service. Photo: Top Notch Video
Sara Dautzenberg, an instructor at Riding for the Disabled, helped to rescue her horse on Tuesday. Photo: Top Notch Video
Sara Dautzenberg, an instructor at Riding for the Disabled, helped to rescue her horse on Tuesday. Photo: Top Notch Video
Buddy is led to safety by the SES, firefighters and a vet. Photo: Top Notch Video
Buddy is led to safety by the SES, firefighters and a vet. Photo: Top Notch Video
Buddy is comforted while he is stuck in the mud. Photo: Top Notch Video
Buddy is comforted while he is stuck in the mud. Photo: Top Notch Video

Two horses used by Riding for the Disabled have died and another has been rescued after they were swept away by floodwaters during storms in Sydney's west.

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