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No horsing around: Trooper helps lasso horses who escaped for a morning trot down Route 88

The pair wasn't trying to stirrup trouble when they got loose from a private residence in Westport.

Two horses went for a morning trot down Route 88 in Westport.
Two horses went for a morning trot down Route 88 in Westport. Massachusetts State Police

By Heather Alterisio

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A couple of horses weren’t trying to stirrup trouble when they got loose from their stable and stepped out for a nice post-breakfast stroll.

Massachusetts State Police learned that the pair had escaped from a private residence Monday just before 8 a.m. for a gallop down Route 88 in Westport.

By the time troopers arrived, the horses’ owner had found the animals and reigned one of them in.

One of the troopers, “who apparently watches a lot of western movies,” State Police noted on Facebook, was able to lasso the second horse and help the owner walk the duo back home, safe and sound.

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Heather Alterisio

Senior Content Producer

Heather Alterisio, a senior content producer, joined Boston.com in 2022 after working for more than five years as a general assignment reporter at newspapers in Massachusetts.

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