Buckinghamshire charity The Horse Trust is facing an additional bill of £23,575 for hay and haylage this year due to a shortfall in production and the rising cost of hay. Last year, The Horse Trust was able to produce the…
Buckinghamshire charity The Horse Trust is appealing for volunteers to help with its rehoming scheme and equine welfare helpline. Volunteers are needed within Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire to help with the rehoming scheme. This involves assessing potential homes…
The Horse Trust is holding a rug and tack sale on Saturday 11 September between 12 and 4pm at its sanctuary in Speen, Buckinghamshire. The money raised from the yard sale will help fund the care of the horses living…
The Horse Trust, renowned for its Home of Rest for working horses and its programme of scientific research to improve the welfare of horses and ponies, has announced the appointment of Jeanette Allen as its new Chief Executive. Allen comes…
Visitors to The Horse Trust in Speen, Buckinghamshire are now able to meet four colts that were rescued from Spindles Farm in January 2008. For the last 18 months, the colts - Ben, Dazzle, Star and Walt - could not…
The Horse Trust has today launched a personalised horse sponsorship scheme, which enables individuals or companies to sponsor the full costs of looking after a horse at the sanctuary. Unlike horse adoption schemes run by other charities, The Horse Trust…
Buckinghamshire charity The Horse Trust is looking for a home for Dancer, a young horse who came to the charity when his owner passed away. Homes are sought in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding counties, including Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire…
A research project funded by equine charity The Horse Trust has discovered that proteins in a commonly-injured tendon are renewed less frequently in older horses, which is likely to lead to an increased risk of tendon injury. The research was…
A research project funded The Horse Trust has confirmed that stabling horses results in increased exposure to environmental ammonia and that this is associated with respiratory problems. The presence of ammonia in stables, which is caused by the decomposition of…
Buckinghamshire horse dealer James Gray and his family’s appeal against their sentence for animal welfare convictions have been quashed at Aylesbury Crown Court today, after their convictions for animal welfare offences were upheld last week on 6th May. The sentencing…
Four pupils from Woodland Short Stay School in High Wycombe are taking part in a six-week course at The Horse Trust to build their confidence and self-esteem. The course, which is run by Horsewyse CIC¹, aims to improve the children's…
Members of the Gray family have today had their convictions for animal welfare offences upheld by Aylesbury Crown Court. James Gray, his wife Julie, daughters Jodie and Cordelia, and James Gray Junior, were successfully prosecuted by the RSPCA in 2009,…
Buckinghamshire charity The Horse Trust is looking for a home for Bess, an affectionate mare who was found abandoned on Boxing Day. Bess, a 12hh black mare, was found abandoned in a snow-covered field last year. The Horse Trust, which…
The Horse Trust’s Home of Rest for Horses in Speen, Buckinghamshire, got a helping hand from a group of veterinary students last Thursday. The six final year students from the Bristol School of Veterinary Science carried out dentistry work on…
The owners of TVT Horseboxes and Thames Valley Trailers on Wednesday visited The Horse Trust to officially launch a fundraising partnership with the Speen charity. Frank and Liz Connolly, who run the Arborfield-based horsebox company, raise money by asking for…
Horse Trust scholar Fernando Malalana, 31, is travelling to Ethiopia in May to provide veterinary treatment to horses and donkeys. Fernando is in the second year of a three year clinical training scholarship programme at the University of Liverpool, which…
A research project funded by The Horse Trust has discovered that the expression of a particular protein in fat tissue is positively associated with an increased rate of post-operative mortality in horses. The research was led by Melissa Packer, who…
A research project funded by equine charity The Horse Trust has developed and validated two simple techniques that can be used to monitor respiratory problems in horses and ponies. These techniques could potentially be used by vets to screen for…
Laminitis is an extremely painful condition and more than 8000 ponies and horses in the UK suffer an acute attack for the first time each year. Many of these animals become chronically debilitated and prone to recurrent attacks, joining the…
Due to the growing problem of drug-resistant worms, people are advised to take a more informed and strategic approach when worming their horse. Small redworms (cyathostomins) are the most important parasite affecting horses. But overuse of worming drugs has led…
The Horse Trust is running a variety of activities during the Spring half-term at its sanctuary in Speen, Buckinghamshire. Staff at The Horse Trust will be running activities from 2pm onwards between Monday 15th and Sunday 21st February. A shoeing…
A sales assistant from John Lewis' High Wycombe store is temporarily leaving her job in the china, glass and gifts department, to work on secondment at The Horse Trust in Speen, Buckinghamshire. Great Kingshill resident Sue Goodman, 53, has been…
The Horse Trust has sadly said goodbye to ex-Household Cavalry drum horse Leonidas and miniature Shetland pony Thuglet. Leo was the last remaining drum horse living at the sanctuary in Speen, Buckinghamshire, after the other drum horses Janus and Constantine…
The Horse Trust today announced that it is reopening its doors of its sanctuary, thanks to an increase in donations from the public. The first horse to benefit from this is Weller, a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) horse who has…
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