A British stable employee has admitted to having a 2-year affair with one of his employer’s horses. Leeroy Le Gallais, 46, of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, had numerous sexual encounters with “Calico” in the evenings after he completed his chores at the Castel Stable. Le Gallais would sometimes sneak back into the stable late after a night of drinking for another romp with the 5 year old mare.

Michael Wortley, Calico’s owner, didn’t have a clue during that time. “I noticed that Leeroy spent an inordinate amount of time with that horse, but I simply chalked that up to his fastidiousness, and the fact that Calico was a bit more needy than the other mares. Le Gallais talked to that horse an awful lot. But I had no idea it was…ugh…that!”

Le Gallais had been confronted that day by one of the horse’s trainers, who noticed that the mare was not walking quite right, having a “box gait” in which the horse walks sideways. Le Gallais confessed on the spot, saying only, “I would have a few beers, then go to the stable and interfere with the horse. Maybe I had a bit of an urge, a nagging desire or something. But I didn’t intend to make her walk funny. I must have a gift.”

Le Gallais was promptly terminated from his job at the stable, and Wortley also obtained a restraining order, stipulating that Le Gallais was not to come within 100 yards of any of Wortley’s horses. Wortley also tried to press criminal charges against the former stable worker, but local police said that no laws were broken, since bestiality laws didn’t apply to farm animals.

Still, Wortley is trying to get the word out. “I want people to know what kind of a person this Leeroy Le Gallais chap is, in the hope that some other poor animal won’t have to suffer the same fate as my dear, dear Calico.”

No word yet as to whether Wortley will seek counseling for the traumatized mare.