December

Are We Risking Too Much With Eventers?

Research funded by The Horse Trust has shown that some course designers are putting horses at risk of damaging falls by incorporating potentially dangerous fences in cross-country competitions.

Christmas Comes Early for Scarlet Buccaneer

Christmas has come early for 22-year-old former race horse Kelray Scarlet Buccaneer, who has joined the herd of retirees at The Horse Trust.

November

Jim is Horse Trust Farriery Champion

Farrier Jim Blurton from Forden, near Welshpool, Powys, is the winner of the 2008 Horse Trust Open Farriery Competition.

October

Desperate Owners Seek Out The Horse Trust

Speculation that the credit crunch is hitting horse owners hard is confirmed by leading equine charity The Horse Trust, which has recorded unprecedented searches for homes for unwanted horses and ponies.

Wrap up a bargain at The Horse Trust

To raise funds to support rescued and neglected ponies The Horse Trust is holding a rug sale at its Home of Rest for Horses near Princes Risborough on Saturday 18 October. 

Do You Remember Invisible?

Invisible, the Irish-bred black mare with the faint star on her forehead who was the curse of many equine vet students’ practical exams, has died at the age of 30 after seven years’ retirement at the sanctuary.

Beware Internet Horse Trading

Buying a horse over the internet is potentially dangerous and irresponsible and equine charities will not be able to cope with the number of unwanted horses should this practice continue.

Police Forge Link With The Horse Trust

Six elderly residents from Tower Hamlets were special guests of the Metropolitan Police, the RAF and The Horse Trust at the Trust’s Home of Rest for Horses.

Horse Trust Publishes Its Pick Of The Year

The pick of the 100-plus horses enjoying retirement at The Horse Trust’s Home of Rest for Horses, Buckinghamshire, are featured on the charity’s 2009 calendar while the Christmas card is a square, silver-edged photograph of a donkey and foal in a frosty field.

September

Horse Trust Mourns Stevie's Passing

Stevie, the little white donkey who won the hearts of the staff and visitors at The Horse Trust’s Home of Rest for Horses, has been put peacefully to sleep after suffering an incurable attack of colic.

Queen's Lead Horse Goes to Greener Pastures

The distinctive grey roan horse which led the team drawing HM The Queen’s state Gold Coach during the Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002 has died in retirement at The Horse Trust’s Home of Rest for Horses.

Clinic Clients Get to Grips with Worms

Horse owners in Suffolk have been getting to grips with worms – the type that cause real problems to horses and ponies alike.

North and South Meet at the Horse Trust

Two horses from police forces at either end of England are to share retirement at The Horse Trust’s Home of Rest for Horses, Buckinghamshire.

August

New Arrivals at the Horse Trust

The work will be undertaken at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, and the University of Liverpool Veterinary School.

Horse Trust Steps In To Protect Fell Ponies

The Horse Trust is funding a three-year project to develop a genetic diagnostic test for Fell Pony Syndrome (FPS) and thus enable control and possible elimination of the disease.

July

Horse Trust Heads for the Olympics

Professor Josh Slater of The Horse Trust’s Scientific Sub-Committee has been seconded as biosecurity adviser to the Olympic Games in Beijing.

June

Welfare Protocol Opens Door for Horse Rescues

The National Equine Welfare Protocol ensures that horses suffering as a consequence of cruelty or neglect will be rescued quickly and effectively, says The Horse Trust.

Horse Trust Boosts Worldwide Colic Knowledge

The most up-to-date equine gastro-intestinal research and full papers of some of the studies presented at the British Equestrian Veterinary Association’s 9th Colic Symposium are being published in a special edition of the Equine Veterinary Journal, sponsored by The Horse Trust and distributed to 3,500 BEVA members, institutions and individuals around the world.

The Horse Trust's Pledge to Equine Welfare

The recently launched National Equine Welfare Protocol sets out guidelines for how cases of equine neglect and abuse should be reported and handled, and what the relevant organisations can do to reduce the incidence of equine welfare problems.

Horse Industry Unites to Face Disease Threat

More than 250 delegates from all facets of the British equestrian industry have met to learn about emerging disease threats and discuss how best to work together to mitigate their effect.

May

Be Prepared - But Don't Panic about AHS

Fears that horses in contact with a confirmed case of African Horse Sickness would have to be destroyed are prompting many owners to phone The Horse Trust in distress.

April

Court Brake is Good News For Spindles Farm Animals

While the future of the horses and donkeys in the Spindles Farm case remains in the balance, today’s Court decision to postpone both the return of the claimed “pet animals” to the Gray family and the sale of others has been hailed as good news by The Horse Trust.

Risk Of New Horse Diseases Prompts Special Conference

Two new horse diseases, threatening Britain as a consequence of climate change, have prompted the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and The Horse Trust to set up a not-to-be-missed seminar.

The Horse Trust Condemn Court Decision

The decision that all the horses rescued from Spindles Farm, Buckinghamshire, earlier this year are to be either sold or returned to their original owner has devastated staff at leading welfare charity The Horse Trust.

March

Mint Hints at Laminitis Treatment

A project funded by The Horse Trust may be able to relieve horses suffering the chronic pain of laminitis.

Rescue Ponies Bounce Back for Easter

he first group of ponies rescued from a local farm early in the New Year are “bouncing back to health”, says Susan Lewis, marketing manager at The Horse Trust.

Shires Reunited at The Horse Trust

Rosie and Duchess, two Shire mares from Bodafon Farm Park, Llandudno, have been reunited with their stablemates Jim, Tom and Tryfan at The Horse Trust’s Home of Rest for Horses in Speen, Buckinghamshire.

The Horse Trust Launches African Horse Sickness Leaflet

(AHS) are spelt out in a new leaflet from The Horse Trust and The British Horse Society.

February

Spring Clean for The Horse Trust

Early spring sunshine may be prompting a clear-out of unwanted ornaments – or even investigating the contents of garage and loft. But before chucking unwanted items away, remember that your clutter could make you money, turn you into a star of BBC TV and help The Horse Trust into the bargain.

From Heathrow to The Horse Trust

The Horse Trust is delighted to welcome 24-year-old Bailey, who has spent the past 15 years working hard at a Special Needs farm near Heathrow Airport.

January

Horse Trust Takes Lead Role in Bucks Rescue

The Horse Trust has taken a leading role in providing sanctuary for many of the horses removed from a Buckinghamshire farm by the RSPCA.

Horse Trust Awards Research Grants

The Horse Trust has awarded three new grants for scientific research and five clinical scholarships to begin in January 2008. 

Horse Trust Says 'Now the Courts Must Decide'

Nearly two weeks have now passed since the first 14 horses were evacuated from the farm in Buckinghamshire, into the care of The Horse Trust.

Where There's Muck...

... there’s money. Or so the saying goes. But at The Horse Trust’s Home of Rest for Horses in Speen, Buckinghamshire, there is at the moment just an ever-growing mountain of muck.

'Horse Heaven' - Special Appeal From the Horse Trust

A further 17 horses and ponies have now been evacuated from the Amersham farm to sanctuary at The Horse Trust, to augment the 14 rescued last weekend.