The Readington Township Municipal Court in New Jersey on Wednesday dismissed the last of the criminal charges filed against Cesar Parra resulting from a  June 6, 2009 incident in which a horse in training with Parra was injured. The prosecutor’s office reported that after a thorough investigation it found no evidence to support the charges that Parra “purposely, knowingly, or recklessly” abused the horse named William.

The case began when complaints were filed by the Hunterdon County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. One charge alleged torment and torture and the others alleged overwork and abuse. The allegations related to a training incident at Parra’s farm in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey with a Hanoverian stallion named William PFF that was four at the time and owned by Trudy Miranda of Passing Fancy Farm. Miranda’s claim was that the horse fell and struck his head during a longeing exercise. As a result of injuries suffered, the horse has no longer be usable either as a breeding stallion or riding horse becuase of neurological damage.

Miranda has sought financial compensation but had not yet been able to settle with Parra’s insurance company. Miranda’s version of the indicident, posted on her website, is that a longeing rigging that included non-elastic side reins and a pulley system severely restricted the movement of the William’s head. When another horse whinnied and William tried to lift his head, Parra sought to regain his attention with the inside pulley system. This caused the horse to crash forward and down.