Performers connected to "Valitar," a production that featured both equine and human entertainers, are pondering their legal options against production owners who shuttered the show, leaving cast members and their horses stranded in California.

Richie Waite, husband of Valitar performer, horse trainer, and director Sylvia Zerbini, said the production opened on Nov. 16 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, in San Diego, Calif. On Nov. 21 the show’s producers, Mark and Tatyana Remley, removed their horses and belongings from the fairgrounds and informed cast members by text message that the show was closed due to poor ticket sales, Waite said.

Neither Mark nor Tatyana Remley was available for comment.

Since the closure, the horses have been residing at the Del Mar Fairgrounds under the care of the cast with assistance from fairgrounds personnel, Waite said, and performers have been staying in hotel rooms