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Flags fly at half mast on the Spanish Sunshine Tour. Credit: Manuel Queimadelos / Oxer Sport -
Credit: RSPCA Rescued colt found ‘bludgeoned’ to death in vicious attack *warning: very graphic image*
The colt was found by a member of the public on Saturday morning (16 March)
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Credit: The Donkey Sanctuary Outcry of donkeys carrying ‘overweight’ tourists prompts cruises to back campaign
A video made for the new campaign asks holidaymakers to stop and think before they take donkey or mule rides
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Credit: Vikki Fowler Veterinary Equine Dental Technician Pony left with painful overgrown teeth: calls for owners to check teeth specialists’ qualifications
The pony had been receiving annual treatment by an unqualified EDT
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Credit: Huufe app New safety feature allows riders to report incidents via app
Riders can report in different categories including road incidents and those involving dogs and cyclists
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Credit: Joanne Broadway Brother and sister both picked for Nations Cup squad
‘We’re just an ordinary family so we work hard to try and take advantage of every opportunity’
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Credit: Sarah Radford Youngsters get the chance to drive HOYS champion for a day
‘It was wonderful to see the smiles on some of the kids’ faces’
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Credit: Sarah Backhouse Rider faces two incidents with out-of-control dogs in one day
‘Horses don’t speak dog and can’t differentiate between a dog wanting to play or not’
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Credit: Peter Nixon Gary the foal who nearly died goes on to win international event
Then, of course, he repaid all my love, patience and vets’ bills by making it clear, as a six-year-old, that he didn’t really like dressage’
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Credit: Bromyard Fire Station Owner’s call for law change after horse’s leg goes through horsebox floor
‘We’ve always looked after the lorry and had the floor replaced a few months ago’
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Concerns raised in parliament over electric cars’ danger to horses
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Rider in intensive care after injury sustained saving a stranger’s horses from fire
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Credit: Bill Selwyn Day four at the Cheltenham Festival: Willie Mullins trains his FIRST Gold Cup winner
All the highlights from Gold Cup day at the Cheltenham Festival
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FEI investigates after video shows top-placed horse ‘injected’ in competition
‘The FEI is looking into it and is currently collating a dossier of evidence’
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Credit: West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service Two-hour rescue of horse trapped under huge fallen tree
‘She was phenomenally unlikely to survive under a weight of tree like that’
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Credit: RSPCA Neglected horse with fractured withers and maggot-infested wound put down *Warning: upsetting image*
Another gelding found collapsed and ‘gasping for air‘ was also put down
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Credit: Bill Selwyn Day three at the Cheltenham Festival: emotional scenes and history is made
The highlights from day three at the Cheltenham Festival
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Horse spooked by police vans using blue lights and sirens falls on road: rider calls for more training
‘I just want this not to happen to anyone else; if it had been a child, they could have been killed’
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Credit: RSPCA Wales Man who ignored welfare advice found guilty of neglecting three ponies
The three ponies found with ‘very poor grazing’ have been signed over to the charity for rehoming
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Driver caught on camera skidding past horse at speed gets ‘advice’ from police
Hat camera footage shows the car veering dangerously near the horse
