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Finalists We're all very excited at The Horse Trust after we have been chosen as a finalist for this years Equestrian Social Media Awards! Teddy is especially thrilled as his blog has earned him a place as a finalist in…
The Horse Trust to help lighten shoppers’ loads at Horse of the Year Show
“The World’s Most Famous Horse Show” has teamed up with “The World’s Oldest Horse Charity” to help lighten the load for shoppers at this year’s Horse of the Year Show (HOYS). The Horse Trust will run the Bag Drop in…
Sad farewell to the last Cleveland Police Horses as they move to new pastures at The Horse Trust
Four horses from the recently disbanded Cleveland Mounted Police Unit have moved to a new home at The Horse Trust. It was a sad day for the region as the section’s officers, grooms and volunteers accompanied the horses on the…
Win a Gold Sponsorship for 2014
Win a Gold Sponsorship this month To celebrate the New Year, The Horse Trust is giving away 5 Gold Sponsorships! Horse sponsors receive a personalised certificate and fact sheet from their sponsored horse, as well as a photograph, updates from…
Win a Gold Sponsorship in January
WIN! 5 Gold Sponsorships! To celebrate the New Year, The Horse Trust is giving away 5 Gold Sponsorships! Horse sponsors receive a personalised certificate and fact sheet from their sponsored horse, as well as a photograph, updates from their horse…
Tis the season to be jolly! Horse sponsors enjoy a fun-filled festive afternoon at The Horse Trust
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at The Horse Trust after the Sponsors Christmas Party last weekend. Our brand new sponsorship scheme was launched in May this year, and offers supporters the chance to sponsor one of…
Brave police horse Trojan returns to The Horse Trust
Former Essex Police horse Trojan has returned home to The Horse Trust from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) after his second round of emergency surgery this year. Trojan was first admitted to the RVC in September 2013 He was treated…
New Yatt Riding for the Disabled pony Scooby retires to The Horse Trust
Riding for the Disabled 30-year-old Scooby, a 11.2hh Shetland X New Forest piebald gelding, has worked at the New Yatt Riding for the Disabled Association (NYRDA) in North Leigh, West Oxfordshire since 1994. For nearly two decades he gave riding…
Volunteers from Mars Horsecare spend a month helping out
During October this year, The Horse Trust welcomed volunteers from Mars Horsecare UK Ltd (home of the SPILLERS®, WINERGY® and T.E.N. brands) who got stuck in helping with everything from painting field shelters, mucking out barns, raking flint from the…
The Horse Trust Remembers Our Nation’s War Horses
Animals in War On Friday 8th November The Horse Trust will attend a special remembrance service at the Animals in War monument on London’s Park Lane. The Horse Trust will lay a wreath on behalf of all our supporters in…
The Horse Trust and Your Horse Live raise the roof for Teddy and Klyde
The Horse Trust has been chosen as nominated charity at Your Horse Live 2013, one of the UK's biggest equestrian events. Your Horse magazine, who organises the event, has been working all year to raise money to build new stables…
Abandoned and left to die: Teddy one year on
As a beautiful young pony canters across the field, not a care in the world, it is hard to imagine that only a year ago this same pony was found close to death dumped on the side of the road…
Brave Police Horse Spartan retires to The Horse Trust
Thames Valley Police Horse Spartan has retired to The Horse Trust after spending six years’ serving the public. Thames Valley Police Mounted Section Spartan, a 17.1hh Clydesdale cross fondly known as Sparky, served with the Thames Valley Police Mounted Section…
The Horse Trust is The British Veterinary Nursing Association’s 2013 Charity of the Year
The Horse Trust is delighted to be the British Veterinary Nursing Association’s (BVNA) nominated charity of the year for 2013 and will be attending the BVNA’s annual congress at The Telford International Centre between the 11th and 13th October. Working…
Military heroes help raise thousands for retired army horses
The Chelsea Pensioners and Defence Animal Centre have helped raised thousands to support our retired army horses at our recent Horses, Hounds and Heroes Family Fun Day. Defence Animal Centre The MoD’s Defence Animal Centre (DAC), the Regimental home of…
Remus, the longest serving horse in the British Army passes away peacefully at The Horse Trust
The previously longest serving and oldest horse in the British Army has peacefully passed away in retirement at The Horse Trust, where we have been providing retirement and respite for military and other working horses since we were founded in…
Horse movement rules to be tightened following horse meat scandal
The Horse Trust welcome proposals to tighten horse movement rules between Britain, Ireland and France following the horse meat scandal in Europe. Defra has proposed that the Tri-partite Agreement (TPA), a long standing agreement which allows horses to travel between…
Two future Metropolitan Police horses take a break at the world’s oldest horse charity, The Horse Trust
As The Horse Trust welcomes a new resident, Qwerty, we say fond farewell to Poppy, who is returning to training before she will begin helping to police the busy streets of our capital. The Horse Trust works very closely with…
The Horse Trust wishes Rocky luck in his new home
The Horse Trust’s Rocky has been settling in to his new home with local lady Jo Huggard. Rocky arrived at The Horse Trust with his mother Rose when he was two days old. At the time, nobody could have imagined…
Annual rug and tack sale – Sunday 29th September 2013
Our extremely popular annual sale will be taking place on Sunday 29th September between 11am and 1pm at our sanctuary in Speen, Buckinghamshire. The sale includes bargain rugs, saddles, bridles, bits and more at fantastic prices. By supporting our sale…
Teddy and George visit Bucks County Show
Last week rescue pony Teddy, who recently celebrated his first birthday, attended Bucks County Show with his best friend, 36 year old Shetland pony George. The trip was Teddy’s first outing and his very first time on the Horse Trust…
Spindles Farm survivor Duke triumphs at local horse show
A thoroughbred gelding who survived one of the worst animal cruelty cases the UK has ever seen this week won his first ever dressage competition at a local horse show. Duke, a gorgeous thoroughbred gelding, was rescued from the horrors…
Sad Farewells
The Horse Trust has recently said a very sad goodbye to three of our beautiful horses, rescue horse Duchess, military horse Cordoba and police horse Oliver. These three horses spent their last days in retirement at The Horse Trust, relaxing…
Former Essex Police horse Trojan returns to The Horse Trust after hospital stay
Looking at 17.2hh gelding Trojan, nobody could doubt that he’s a fine looking, strong horse. But following his recent health scare it would also be fair to say that Trojan is as hard as nails! Vets described Trojan as exceptional…
