It was the 248th iteration of the Appleby Horse Fair.
The clean-up from the 248th edition of the Appleby Horse Fair is underway as over 100 arrests were made at the event.
Bill Welch, the gypsy and traveller community spokesperson said: "It is the most important date in the gypsy and traveller calendar. This also represented a major operation for police in Cumbria, and they say there were more arrests this year than last.Detective Superintendent Dan St Quintin, said: “There were just over 100 arrests this year.
Last week, a horse collapsed and died. The RSPCA said he had been worked until he dropped. The charity say they want to encourage better welfare standards over the next year."Unfortunately, we have had a couple of exhaustions and there was the horse before the fair that died.
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