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Miracles for Rescue Resident Maggie

Miracles are incredible when they happen. Today marks a very proud day for all the team here at The Horse Trust. Our gorgeous rescue resident Maggie has successfully been rehomed. This really is a happy ending to what was a…

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Sleep now Zulu, your service is done

After such a wonderful week of celebrating 130 years of caring for working horses, we have some dreadfully sad news to share. One of our visitor's favourites and all round big softie, Zulu, died in the night a few days…

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SEBO Winner Announced

High Wycombe-based SEBO, the vacuum cleaner specialist, supported The Horse Trust’s successful Horse, Hounds & Heroes event by donating a SEBO E1 Pet vacuum cleaner. Amy Twomey (pictured) was the lucky winner who walked away a proud owner of a…

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Join in on the fun – Burghley Sponsored Ride

SEIB Burghley Sponsored Ride - Sunday 4th September 2016 A unique one-off chance to ride along the famous four-star Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials Cross Country Course on the final day of the world class international three day event. An…

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Big Thanks to SEBO

The Team at The Horse Trust would like to send a massive thank you to Justin and the Sebo UK Ltd team, who donated a SEBO AIRBELT E for our prize draw for our Horses, Hounds and Heroes event on…

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Honouring Sam Slick

The Horse Trust has been caring for the twilight years of military working horses since the Boer War, after 130 years, losing these amazing boys and girls at the end of their lives of service never gets any easier. It…

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Final Lap of Honour for Lochnagar

We know so many of you were following the progress of beautiful Lochnagar after his severe mystery head injury. We had thought that after Royal Windsor Show Lochnagar might be coming home as he'd been showing signs of improvement. Very…

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Farewell Valerian

It has been a deeply challenging couple of weeks for everyone here at The Horse Trust and for our friends and colleagues in the military. Just as Royal Windsor Show was getting underway, celebrating HM The Queen's 90th birthday and…

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Keeping paddocks safer for horses

Volunteer to Vet

Here at The Horse Trust’s Home of Rest for Horses we receive many applications for work experience or volunteering – and we try our best to accommodate as many of these requests as we can.  For health and safety reasons…

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Lochnagar in the wars

Lochnagar has been in the wars this week; he’s managed somehow to sustain some pretty nasty injuries to his face. We are not sure of the cause of his accident, but he managed to give us a pretty big scare…

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Thank You Hartpury

In March 2016, a selection of students from Hartpury College organised a charity demo with Badminton winner and Rio 2016 shortlist rider Paul Tapner in aid of The Horse Trust and Cancer Research UK. Hartpury Equine is one of the…

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Meet Bear – Our Resquip Mannequin

The Horse Trust would like you to meet our newest resident. He is very different to all our other residents… apparently he doesn’t need expensive stables or even food… because he is a mannequin! This handy horse will be invaluable…

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We say goodbye to a Horse Trust legend, Snodgrass

At the end of February 2016 we said goodbye to a Horse Trust legend, Snodgrass, formerly of Greater Manchester Police. At The Horse Trust, we have the honour of specialising in giving a dignified retirement to our country's equine civil…

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We open our doors for 2016

On Thursday 4th February 2016, we opened our doors to the public for the first time this year. We were overwhelmed with the warm welcome we received from our visitors and the horses couldn’t wait to see you all again,…

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