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Owners’ terror as more firework incidents reported: 500,000 call for change

Details posted on social media have included a horse found dead, cases of injured and escaped horses, and fireworks displays held next door to stable yards

Pony with necrotic wound left to suffer ‘needlessly’ for weeks *Warning: graphic image*

The RSPCA inspector said the wounds indicated they had been left for at least a couple of weeks and suffering could have been avoided

Plans to build houses on popular racecourse shelved

‘It has been concluded that the harm to the Green Belt is not outweighed by the proposed development’

Owners warned to wear hats when handling horses after 77-year-old is kicked in the head

Tokyo 2020 update: UK ticket sales, plus medals made from mobile phones

A limited batch of tickets to next summer’s Olympic Games are set to go on sale to UK residents in November

What3words app praised for helping emergency services find injured rider

‘I felt helpless on the phone to the ambulance service; you know the local area but you don’t usually know the postcode of a farmer’s land or woods’

Dun mare tops Brightwells’ Welsh cob sale at £25,500

Pippa Funnell and Bryony Frost shortlisted for sports award: vote now

Emily Moffitt welcomes new trainer to ‘help achieve her 2020 goals’

‘You’ve only got one head’: coach’s hat warning after surviving six-inch gash to her face

‘Sometimes people save their best hats for competitions, but they should be wearing them at home too’

‘He has an iron will’: French event rider takes first steps after waking from coma

Thibault Fournier has taken his first steps after waking from a coma following a cross-country fall

Bids to ‘win a rider’ raise +$87,000 for injured Irish showjumper

The newly formed Kevin Babington Foundation has been created to support the injured Irish showjumper and other riders with spinal injuries

‘It sounded like a war zone’: owner’s video of fireworks over stables goes viral

‘It’s no longer about them being pretty like the ones you used to get, now it’s just about about how loud they can bang’

Misuse of fireworks ‘as bad as drink-driving’ say MPs as hundreds of thousands call for change

‘It is not good enough for the government to repeatedly claim the law protects these people and animals from harm. It does not’

Horse suffers horrific wound while trying to flee from fireworks *Warning: graphic image*

Harry’s owner said it is not known if the gelding will return to ridden work owing to the injury

‘It’s good to have the best in the field’: Charlotte Dujardin collects maximum points at World Cup qualifier

There was further British success as Lara Butler and Laura Tomlinson both finished in the top five in the grand prix

Eventing legend seeks new thrill in round the world yacht race

‘There are waves breaking over deck constantly — you have to be clipped on all the time in dry suits, it’s all very exciting’

Mighty Clydesdale to be honoured with ‘magnificent’ sculpture

‘The project will advance education by sparking local interest in the Clydesdale horse and Lanark’s agricultural heritage’

‘Quirky’ Suffolk and ‘long-legged’ Shire help protect homes from flooding

The project manager said the heavy horses were a perfect fit for the work at the sensitive woodland site

‘I’m still here, doing this’: rider gets placed in event three days after chemotherapy

‘I’m not going to stop doing what I want to do, stop living my life, just because I’ve got cancer’