Police in Japan investigating after manes of famous racehorses partially cut off, put up for sale online

Police in Japan are investigating a series of incidents in which famous racehorses had lengths of their manes carefully cut off. On Sunday, staff at a farm in the town of Hidaka, in Hokkaido Prefecture, reported to police that parts of the manes of two thoroughbreds were missing. An employee of Kimura Farm noticed that about 15cm of mane had been cut from racehorses Taiki Shuttle and Rose Kingdom. Before retiring, Taiki Shuttle was the winner of a number of Grade One races in Japan and abroad…