Retirement
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Windsor grey who was ‘popular’ with The Queen retires after 15 years service
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‘No horse should have to end its life like that’: vet urges owners to stop giving away older and unrideable horses
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‘He’s taught me a lot’: Robert Whitaker retires top horse age 18
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‘The horse who made me believe that I could’: World Champion retires five-star partner
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Met Police horse famed for her courage to join equine colleagues in retirement
During her 10 years’ service Orla attended premiership football matches and took part in numerous public order and ceremonial duties including the Black Lives Matter and English Defence League protests
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‘A legend’: unflappable police horse to enjoy retirement after 12 years’ service
“The highlights of both our careers include working for three weeks in London for the Olympics, patrolling the Olympic Park. We even got to meet David Beckham”
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Police horse to enjoy ‘fairytale’ retirement with former rider and old equine colleague
“It’s really lovely, it’s like an ideal fairytale and a happy ever after”
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Bermuda-based sport horse travels more than 3,000 miles to retire in South Wales
“It’s amazing how quickly they settle in once they get here, we have other horses who have come from Dubai and Europe – we’re becoming quite international”
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Where are they now? 9 equine stars enjoying retirement
Since their respective retirements, we perhaps haven’t seen quite so much of these remarkable horses, so here’s a quick look to see what they’ve been up to...
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‘Retired horse, free to good home’: H&H asks the tough question…
‘Is this really in the best interests of your horse, or are you simply passing on your problem to someone else?’
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Call for prize money to fund ‘pensions’ for top horses
"These horses should live out their days with the standard of care they have had their entire lives”
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'Noble and polite' police horse retires to quieter life in the country
"Max" had served with Northumbria Police for eight years
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Top dressage horse Parzival to retire next year
Adelinde Cornelissen has said she is to retire her star horse Parzival next year
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Top showjumping mare retires
The elite showjumping mare, who helped her rider become European champion, has been retired
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British grand prix dressage star bows out
The Bechstolsheimer's dressage star has retired from competition at the age of 19
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Eventing legend retired
Long-standing member of the British eventing team renowned for his cross-country prowess has been retired from competition
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How does retirement livery work? [H&H VIP]
Deciding what to do with your retired horse is not easy, but one option is retirement livery. Stephanie Bateman explains how it works
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Hugginstown bows out at Blair Castle
Two-star specialist goes out on a high following a win at Blair Castle Horse Trials
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Retirement of top breeder leads to dispersal sale
Top bloodlines available at auction which is the first of its kind
