Two Shetland ponies that were rehomed by The Horse Trust last February are enjoying life at their new home in a village south of Milton Keynes. The Horse Trust, which runs an equine rehoming scheme that covers Buckinghamshire and the…
Gwain, an 18hh grey gelding, is coming to The Horse Trust for a year's respite because he suffers from intermittent lameness caused by navicular syndrome. It is hoped that his condition will improve by next year so he can return…
The Horse Trust has noticed a dramatic increase in the number of horses being abandoned across Buckinghamshire. In 2010, the Buckinghamshire charity took on seven abandoned horses. In the previous five years (between 2004 and 2009), it did not take…
The Horse Trust has welcomed the announcement from Defra to introduce new controls on the online sale of veterinary medicines. The Veterinary Medicines Directorate, a Defra agency, has announced that from April 2012 only approved websites will be able to…
A horse from an Oxfordshire Riding for the Disabled group has retired to The Horse Trust’s sanctuary after 19 years service, during which she has given hundreds of rides to disabled people. 26-year-old Topsy, a 14.3 hh skewbald mare, has…
The Horse Trust is today celebrating the progress made by the horses, ponies and donkeys rescued from Spindles Farm three years ago. Of the more than 100 horses, ponies and donkeys rescued from Spindles Farm between 4 and 9 January…
From 4 January 2011, The Horse Trust sanctuary in Speen, Buckinghamshire will be introducing its new winter opening hours. The sanctuary will be open to visitors from 2 - 4pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only, rather than being open…
The Horse Trust is celebrating a success for its rehoming scheme after learning that Spindles Farm rescue horse Disney has made "amazing training progress" at the Horse Rangers Association. Spindles Farm rescue horse Disney was rehomed by The Horse Trust…
Equine welfare charity The Horse Trust is advising horse owners to only purchase wormers from suppliers that provide appropriate veterinary advice. The Horse Trust has recently become aware that various websites have for sale equine wormers such as moxidectin without…
The Horse Trust has sadly said goodbye to Barkis, who worked with the Greater Manchester Police Mounted Section for 13 years before retiring to the sanctuary in Speen, Buckinghamshire. "I'm totally gutted that he's gone. I was very attached to…
The Horse Trust has noticed a dramatic increase in the number of horses being abandoned across Buckinghamshire. So far this year, the charity has taken in five abandoned horses. Unlike the previous five years, when The Trust had not been…
The Horse Trust provided training in horse handling skills to a group of Thames Valley Police officers this week. The training, which was held at the charity's sanctuary in Speen, Buckinghamshire on Wednesday 3 November, lasted for one and a…
Brigadier Paul Jepson, the recently retired CEO of The Horse Trust, will be laying a wreath at the Animals in War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday (14 November) "It is an honour to take part in the Remembrance Sunday parade and…
A research project funded by The Horse Trust has succeeded in killing equine sarcoid cells in vitro by silencing a gene in the virus that causes sarcoids. The researchers are now hoping to obtain funding for clinical trials using the…
Buckinghamshire charity The Horse Trust played host to two employees from Marks and Spencer last week, who swapped a day's work at their busy London office for the peace and tranquility of the Chiltern Hills. Sarah Lambert, a Personal Assistant,…
Kat Sully turned heads last Sunday as she ran the Cardiff half- Marathon in an inflatable cowboy horse costume to raise funds for Buckinghamshire charity The Horse Trust. Kat, 27, originally from Chesham but currently living in Tamarind Yard, Wapping,…
In January, The Horse Trust rescued Pixie, a 12hh grey mare, who was found abandoned. I was asked to look after her as I've worked quite a lot with nervous horses. When Pixie arrived she was extremely nervous of people…
Today, Cllr Bill Bendyshe-Brown, Chairman of Wycombe District Council visited The Horse Trust to welcome its new Chief Executive Miss Jeanette Allen. After 13 years Brigadier Paul Jepson has retired as CEO of The Horse Trust and is passing the…
A research project funded by The Horse Trust has discovered how proteins in horse's mucus change with the development of equine respiratory disease. The researchers are now investigating how these changes are regulated, which may enable the development of new…
A research project funded by The Horse Trust has discovered that a racehorse's performance does not markedly change after it has recovered from a tendon injury. The research was led by Bryan O'Meara, who is in the final year of…
Yearling Dillon, who was rescued earlier this year, has been found a new home thanks to an equine rehoming scheme run by The Horse Trust based in Speen, Buckinghamshire. Dillon, a 12hh iron grey yearling was abandoned in London Colney…
A review led by The Horse Trust, on behalf of the equine sector, has found that the Animal Welfare Act 2006 is "significant improvement on previous legislation", but some changes are required "for the Act to be fully effective". The…
Staff at The Horse Trust are delighted to have found a new home for Shetland ponies Timmy and Snakey. The ponies were found a home through the Buckinghamshire charity's rehoming scheme, which focuses on retired, unridden horses from any background…
Buckinghamshire charity The Horse Trust is looking for a home for Ben, one of the horses rescued from Spindles Farm. Homes are sought in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding counties, including Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. Ben, a 13.3hh 5-year-old piebald…
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