Wild horses overrun newly grassed ‘MCG of the desert’ Santa Teresa Oval after gate left open

Santa Teresa’s newly grassed oval was overrun by a team of excited wild horses after the entrance gate was left open.

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SANTA Teresa’s newly grassed oval, which has been years in making, was overrun by a team of excited wild horses after the entrance gate was left open.

In a Facebook post, Atyenhenge Atherre Aboriginal Corporation, which first requested the oval in 2017, said the horses didn’t cause any damage, but did leave behind a few surprises.

“They weren’t there for long and we did a poop collection,” the post read.

Wild horses charged the newly grassed ‘MCG of the desert’ in Santa Teresa after the gate was left open. Picture: Supplied.

The post also asked that the community do their best to keep the area around the oval clean after some rubbish was left behind around the fence.

Melbourne Football Club, in conjunction with AFLNT, the NT Government and Melbourne Cricket Club, first launched the project to grass the red dirt oval four years ago.

The horses were not on the Santa Teresa Oval for long and did not damage the grass. Picture: Supplied.

Residents of the town, 80km southeast of Alice Springs, were told to keep off the oval while they patiently waited for the grass to grow on what would become the only grassed footy oval in the region.

The oval was officially opened last week to great excitement in the community and was aptly named the “MCG of the Desert”.

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