Sadness as laminitis claims life of ‘powerhouse’ King’s Troop Welsh cob who starred in Downton Abbey
“We are proud to have given her six months of the care and devotion that she so deserved but we wished we had her with us for longer”
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‘For that hour, I was me again’: Hospice patient enjoys visit from her ‘heart horse’
“I haven’t done the things I enjoy for so long, and to see the horse I love so much when everything’s so difficult, and I get so frustrated and upset, was like going back to who I really am”
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Industry is measured by the care of its retired horses *H&H Plus*
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Mare who was a ‘handful’ to hunt turns police horse — and helps arrest knifeman in her first week
“Normally it takes 12-18 months to fully train a police horse but Bess got through the training in 12 weeks. Within a few weeks of her starting at the training stables she was nannying younger horses”
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‘I don’t feel male or female right now — I don’t feel human’: Rachael Blackmore becomes the first ever woman to win the Grand National
Find out how this thrilling race unfolded this afternoon
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Motorcycling vets turn virtual in innovative marathon attempt
“Because we are lunatics, we decided we still wanted to do something to help our charities and our objective now is to break the world record for the longest continuous CPD programme ever produced”
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Ban for leading figure who falsified horses’ FEI passports *H&H Plus*
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Competition mare helps save colicking pony by jumping out of her field
“All we saw was this 17hh horse hurtling towards us, and we thought ‘oh my god’, but then realised she was trying to get Belle up”
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Celebrating rare equine breeds’ abilities to ensure their survival *H&H Plus*
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dies age 99
The Duke of Edinburgh “passed away peacefully” this morning at Windsor Castle
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‘I still ride in my dreams’: rider whose life has been destroyed by motor neurone disease calls for more research funding
“MND has devastated lives for decades — it’s destroyed my life — and it’s something money can help with, but it’s desperately under-funded”
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Seven equine breeds classed as ‘highest concern’ in Rare Breeds Survival Trust watchlist
The 2021/22 watchlist, published this week (8 April), has been updated with new categories: priority, at risk, UK native breeds and Irish breeds in the UK
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‘A true legend’: former European champion showjumper dies aged 87
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‘This is good for Britain’: Carl Hester passes ride on world medallist to fellow Olympian
Hawtins Delicato, the former medal-winning ride of Carl Hester, will now be campaigned by British Olympic rider Fiona Bigwood
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Delight as five stolen basset hounds found
‘We hope there will be more good news in the following days but in the meantime, please get behind us to help find Bashful because she needs to come home’
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Princess Anne welcomes grassroots eventers to compete at Gatcombe
“I hope competitors will be inspired by the setting and that it will give them something fun and challenging to aim at as sport gets going again”
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‘Welcome news’ as UK EHV-1 risk drops to near ‘normal’ levels
“The process of monitoring and laboratory testing, which was imposed on horses that had been in direct contact with EHV-1 outbreaks at competitions in the Iberian peninsula and subsequently across Europe, is going extremely well”
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Centres speak out on impact of indoor arena restrictions *H&H Plus*
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Education key to protect people, landscape and animals as countryside popularity booms
‘There is a terrible ignorance around the notion of the ‘right to roam’. It’s a funny term, because it isn’t really a right to roam, it’s a right to take responsible access’
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*Opinion* Laminitis: a harsh reality and lessons learnt
Vets are sometimes unfairly accused of “money grabbing” yet if we choose to ignore what they tell us about obesity and management, then surely that’s a surefire way of paying more vet bills, when we are calling them out to treat a case of laminitis?
