The owner of a snoozy horse which loves to take a nap in the sunshine is being forced to constantly reassure worried locals that her pet nag is not actually dead.

Lazy Marge, aged six, regularly flops completely to the ground in her paddock for a bit of shut-eye particularly in the warm weather.

But the sight of the slumbering horse has led to owner Louise Knock, 41, being bombarded with phone calls from worried locals telling her that her horse has died.

Frustrated Louise makes five or six trips a week to the meadow to check that Marge is okay - only to find her snoring away.

Now Louise has taken to social media to reassure passers-by and her neighbours that the black and white steed is actually fine and is only having 40 winks.