WIN TICKETS FOR WAR HORSE
The Horse Trust has linked up with the producers of the magnificent show “War Horse” to offer our supporters the chance to win a family ticket. Following two sold-out seasons at the National Theatre, “War Horse” is now playing at the New London Theatre. Based on the celebrated novel by Michael Morpurgo about a young boy and his horse at the outbreak of World War One,” War Horse 2 takes you on a gripping journey through history. Actors work with magnificent, life-sized puppets by the internationally renowned Handspring Puppet Company. Suitable for 10yrs+
For your chance to win a family ticket to WAR HORSE, all you have to do is answer the following question:
When is War Horse set?
a) The Victorian Period
b) World War One
c) World War Two
Please send your answer to The Horse Trust, Home of Rest for Horses, Princes Risborough, Bucks. HP27 0PP giving us your full name and address.
Terms and conditions: The prize is a family of ticket to see War Horse (4 tickets) and can be redeemed on Monday –Thursday performances in August and September. Winner’s tickets will be held at Box Office for collection. Subject to availability. No cash alternative.
If you are not lucky enough to win this fabulous price you can purchase tickets online from www.nationaltheatre.org.uk or telephone 020 7452 3000
Did you know?
The Trust has an extensive archive of historical information and recently found a poignant fact which links the charity notably to “War Horse.”
The Home of Rest for Horses provided the first motorised horse ambulance to transport wounded horses in France during the First World War.
At the outbreak of the 1st World War the Trustees of The Home of Rest for Horses felt that:-
“… while the more immediate objects of The Home necessarily consisted in the relief of equine suffering at home, the members of the Society would welcome an opportunity of doing something to help the patient and faithful creatures whose lives were being sacrificed in the service of our Country.” Home of Rest for Horses Annual Report 1914
To address this The Home purchased a Motor Ambulance to send to France. It is stated in the 1916 Annual Report that in 2 years the ambulance had travelled some 13,000 miles and had carried in excess of 1,000 injured horses. So successful was The Home of Rest for Horses ambulance, which was the first of its kind, that the War Office commissioned it as the official specification for their vehicles for this use. By the end of the war 14 of these vehicles were in operation in France.
The first war veteran, San Toy, was retired to The Home in 1919 at the age of 28. He served in both the Boer and First World War and stayed in happy retirement at The Home’s sanctuary until his death in 1923.
Photography courtesy of Simon Annand.
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