The Horse Trust wishes to clarify its position regarding the Green Paper “No Animal Left Behind” (May 2021). Contributions to the publication were provided by the 50 organisations named. The Horse Trust’s expertise lies solely within the equine sector and as such supplied input to the points relating only to horses. The Horse Trust was…
Tyrone, one of the Royal Mews’ most treasured Windsor Greys, has arrived at The Horse Trust in Buckinghamshire to begin retirement. After 15 years of loyal service at the heart of Britain’s most historic royal occasions, we are honoured to welcome him to his new home and to be reunited with his family. In an…
Are you working towards becoming a registered equine Clinical Animal Behaviourist? Are you interested in equine behaviour and approaches used to manage behaviour problems? If the answer is yes, then The Horse Trust’s equine Clinical Animal Behaviour webinars are for you! Join us for a fantastic webinar with ABTC registered veterinary behaviourist, Gemma Pearson, who…
The Horse Trust remains closed to visitors at this time. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic The Horse Trust is currently closed to visitors. We plan to open our doors to supporters once again in July 2021, in time for the Summer holidays. This will be dependant on government guidelines at the time and we…
From a one-year-old underweight Spindles Farm rescue case suffering with a salmonella infection to dancing free doing dressage at The London International Horse Show, Dazzle’s journey has been nothing short of miraculous. The Horse Trust team are overjoyed to see progress Dazzle has made in his new home with Claire, her son Tom and of…
The winners for our Horses, Hounds & Heroes Virtual Dog Show are up! Due to the heat on Sunday Stokenchurch Dog Rescue ran a brilliant virtual dog show. If you haven’t already visited the Stokenchurch Dog Rescue Facebook page and seen the winners list, here it is! Waggiest Tail Luna Woody Buzzbert Blue Lovely Ladies…
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 chaired by Col. Stuart Cowan, his former charger Valerian had to be put to sleep….
Take 10 relaxing minutes to watch Rosie Laydon’s beautiful film of her first visit to our Home of Rest for Horses on behalf of FORCES TV.
The Horse Trust recently received an exciting delivery in the shape of two lifting boxes that were used in the First World War to transport horses onto the ships. These boxes were used at the Tilbury docks from November 1914 when the dock opened. During World War One, a military pontoon bridge existed between Tilbury…
Is the way forward for horse identification in the UK good old paper passports or do you feel we should be able to view and manage our horses’ identification records online? We want to hear from you! We’re asking supporters to complete our very quick survey. It contains just 3 questions and will take less…
We’re so excited for our annual Summer fundraising event, Horses, Hounds and Heroes which is taking place on Sunday 19 June. Gates open at 12.00 and the event will run until 17.00. We’ve compiled all the important information you need for the day. Tickets on the Day Please note tickets are no longer available to…
After a two-year gap due to Covid-19, our biggest annual fundraising event of the year returned with a bang! We are pleased to announce that our Horses, Hounds and Heroes event here at The Horse Trust on 19th June was a huge success, raising a whopping £28,000! It was great to get the local community…
[maxbutton id=”29″ url=”https://horsetrust.org.uk/shop/” text=”Book Tickets” ] We’re delighted to announce our annual Horses, Hounds and Heroes (HHH) event is returning this year on Sunday 19 June 2022. Join us for a fun, family day out this Father’s Day! After a two year break due to Covid-19, we’re excited to be holding our Summer fundraising event…
What a day it was! Horses, Hounds and Heroes 2025 was nothing short of spectacular. Thanks to your overwhelming support, we’re thrilled to share that we welcomed almost 2,000 visitors and raised an incredible £32,000 — all to help us continue providing a Home of Rest to our retired and rescued equine residents. The event…
HRH The Princess Royal visited The Horse Trust recently to find out about the Weigh To Win Healthiest Body Condition Awards—a pioneering initiative promoting healthier body condition in show horses and ponies. Over 50 shows are set to host the awards this year, marking a significant expansion of the programme. The Princess Royal joined 40…
The Horse Trust was honoured to have a special visit from our Patron, HRH The Princess Royal who formally opened The Horse Trust Training Centre. The Horse Trust in partnership with The British Animal Rescue and Trauma Care Association (BARTA) welcomed HRH in a small, Covid-secure manner. The key role of BARTA is to provide…
[maxbutton id=”29″ url=”https://horsetrust.org.uk/product-category/hhh-tickets/” text=”Book Tickets” ] We’re delighted to announce our annual fundraising event, Horses, Hounds and Heroes (HHH) is returning this year on Sunday 25 June 2023. After a brilliant event last year, which raised an impressive £28,000 for our charity, we look forward to seeing you once again and welcome those who are…
[maxbutton id=”29″ url=”https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/horses-hounds-and-heroes-tickets-876488339217?aff=ebdsoporgprofile” text=”Buy Tickets” ] We’re delighted to share that our annual fundraising event, Horses, Hounds and Heroes (HHH) is making a return this year on Sunday 30th June 2024. Following a magnificent day last year raising an impressive £27,000 for our charity, we’re aiming to make this year’s event even bigger and better!…
We recently had the honour of welcoming Bucks Vision, a local charity that supports people with impaired vision, to our Home of Rest for Horses. The group were given a sensory tour of the site with the help of; Jon Taylor, Estate Foreman, and little Casper, ex RDA Shetland. For some group members, it was…
This week is National Farriers Week and we’ve created an online course CPD for Farriers on Equine Welfare and Legislation to provide the knowledge and tools needed to be confident dealing with welfare concerns. Are you a farrier? Are you interested in equine welfare? Do you want to earn recognised CPD points? Together with Redwings…
[maxbutton id=”17″ url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=HorseTrust&set=a.525920059567577″ text=”See Photo Album” ] On Sunday 27th November, supporters and horse lovers alike visited The Horse Trust for the last day of opening to the public for the winter. Our fun, festive event, Neddy Noel, was populated by loyal fans, the local community and those far and wide. We raised nearly £5000…
A police horse who was attacked by a dog in a public park in London has moved to our Home of Rest for Horses to continue his recovery from his horrific ordeal. Police horse Urbane, who received multiple wounds in the incident to his chest, torso and legs, has arrived and is now settling in…
Urbane, a police horse who was attacked by a dog in a public park in London, has returned to work following his successful recovery at our Home of Rest for Horses. In his ordeal, Urbane received multiple wounds in the incident to his chest, torso, and legs. He spent four weeks recouping with us and…
We are thrilled to announce that our lovely Guinevere has found her forever home with a sweet little girl and her caring family. It was a bittersweet day at The Horse Trust, we were so sad to see our Guin leave, but watching the delight it brought to her new owners made the transition so…
It’s been a year since we took in Balmoral, once a very sad pony in great need of care and, after a year of help we’re very happy to say that he has come on leaps and bounds. As you can see, nowadays he’s quite the dashing gentleman! You may remember that he arrived to…
We are truly heartbroken to announce the passing of former The Household Cavalry favourite, Belize at the age of 25. Gentle giant, Belize served for an impressive 18 years with The Household Cavalry before retiring to us in June 2017. Throughout her working life she performed in many Ceremonial Parades, for both the Household Cavalry…
We’re excited to let you know that once again we’ll be at Royal Windsor Horse Show. The UK’s largest outdoor premier horse Show takes place on Thursday 1 July – Sunday 4 July 2021, in the private grounds of Windsor Castle. Spectators can see International Show Jumping, Dressage and International Carriage Driving as well as…
We reported last month that Samson, formerly of South Wales Police picked up a very serious tendon injury whilst out in the field and he was fitted with a revolutionary EqueStride Boot to support the fetlock, reduce the strain on the tendon and allow it to heal. You can click here to read our first…
We are delighted to announce that through The Horse Trust rehoming scheme, rescue filly Seren was rehomed to her forever home today. It was an emotional day here for all, but especially for our Knowledge and Skills team (pictured with Seren) who dedicated so much of their time observing and teaching Seren so she felt…
The Horse Trust team are proud to announce that our fundraising event raised just under £27,000 on Sunday! On the day we had amazing performances by the Light Cavalry and Metropolitan Police in our outdoor arena, we hope you managed to catch the show. You might have spotted our estate foreman Jon Taylor riding along…
We are thrilled to announce that our annual fundraising event on Sunday raised £35,000! The day was filled with fantastic performances in our outdoor arena, including impressive displays by the Metropolitan Police, and Horse Rangers Association (HRA) who kindly volunteered their time to us. The War Horse Medieval display and the Light Cavalry performance was…
Join us from Thursday 15 to Sunday 19 May | Stands G500 & G502 (by the Food Hall) We’re thrilled to be back at this year’s Royal Windsor Horse Show, one of the highlights of the equestrian calendar – and we’d love to see you there! Over the four days, we’ll be at stands G500…
[maxbutton id=”29″ url=”https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/horses-hounds-and-heroes-tickets-1312924425299″ text=”Buy Tickets” ] Join us on Sunday 29 June 2025, from 12pm to 5pm, for Horses, Hounds & Heroes – The Horse Trust’s annual summer fundraising event, hosted at our Home of Rest for Horses in Speen, Buckinghamshire. This much-loved family day out features thrilling main arena displays from The Met Police,…
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 their favourite horses, ponies or donkeys from as little as £2 a month. A Big…
[maxbutton id=”28″ url=”https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-horse-trust-entrance-tickets-2023-tickets-505386012167?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&gclid=Cj0KCQiA8aOeBhCWARIsANRFrQFLhwploiWHKDck-F4mrkOoPbPxGeG-LghQkMTOaRr2JLhT8uagY08aAh5zEALw_wcB&_gl=1%2A1mb77ay%2A_up%2AMQ..” text=”Book Here” ] If you’re looking for a ray of sunshine to brighten up a grey day, then you’ve found it. We are excited to announce that on Thursday 2nd February we will be reopening our gates and welcoming you back to The Horse Trust. We know that our residents cannot wait to…
We’re excited to announce two new arrivals at The Horse Trust, namely Jack and Blue, both from Waverley Riding Group Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA). Jack Jack, nicknamed JJ, is a 26 year old black Dales pony. Jack stands at 14.33hh and has been a carriage driving pony for Waverley Riding Group RDA for…
Gorgeous Gawain! Thank you to everyone who voted for their Horse Trust Valentine. We are extremely excited to announce that the horse with the most votes was…. Gawain! Gawain worked with the Metropolitan Police for 8 years and is a ¾ Irish Draught with a striking Roman nose. He was fearless in volatile and violent…
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Jeanette Allen
Chief Executive Officer
Jeanette is a chartered director who began her career in the commercial sector, setting up and running her own successful recruitment business. After the sale of the business she moved to the charity sector as a fundraiser for the NSPCC and later Bart’s Hospital before becoming the CEO of the MedicAlert Foundation.
Jeanette became the CEO of The Horse Trust in 2010 where she has undertaken a strategic review of the Trust’s charitable aims and objectives and also implemented a major re-development project at the charity’s base, the Home of Rest for Horses, in Buckinghamshire.
Carolyn Madgwick
Director of Legislation & Enforcement
Carolyn joined The Horse Trust in 2016 having spent 27 years as a Senior Trading Standards Officer leading a team of officers specialising in the enforcement of animal health and welfare legislation. At The Horse Trust, Carolyn maintains her level of expertise in legislation, develops training materials and provides training and advice on legislation for many audiences including the Emergency Services, Local Authorities, Vets and other equine charities. She is the current Chair of the National Equine Welfare Council (NEWC), the British Horse Council representative on the RCVS Riding Establishments Sub-Committee and represents the Trust on many other committees and in meetings with Government Officials.
Charlotte Launder
Director of Training
Charlotte has more than 20 years’ experience working with horses and has been at The Horse Trust since 2012. Prior to this Charlotte worked as a lecturer at an agricultural college during her PGCE teaching students in Further and Higher Education. As the Director of Training, she coordinates internal and external training courses. This includes training the Equine Care Team internally and externally, training Emergency Responders, Welfare Professionals, Farriers, and other professionals. Charlotte also manages the retraining of horses at The Horse Trust using behaviour modification techniques and is working towards becoming a Clinical Animal Behaviourist to support this.
Claire Lett
Director of Finance & Administration
Claire has been a qualified accountant for over 20 years. Having joined The Horse Trust in 2001, Claire is the Director of Finance and Administration where she deals with everything financial up to and including full statutory accounts. As part of the senior management team she has also been involved in all aspects of modernising the charity and setting and achieving its strategic goals. Claire was a dedicated rider and horse owner for many years and feels passionately about all animals.
Jan Rogers
Director of Research and Policy
Jan is a psychology graduate who before joining The Horse Trust spent 15 years with British Equestrian, the UK governing body for horse sports, running programmes to identify future talent in young performance horses. Jan came to The Horse Trust in 2017 to look after research grants and policy for the horse world. This two-part role involves sharing the knowledge learned from funded projects as well as understanding regulations and the political environment in the horse world, so that the research we fund is relevant and directly applicable to the wellbeing of horses.
David Andrews
Estate Manager
David is one of the longest standing members of The Horse Trust team. After working as a chef for a period of time, he joined The Horse Trust in 1998 as an estate worker. David is now the Estate Manager, and takes care of all maintenance of our 280 acre estate including ensuring that the fields in which our horses, ponies and donkeys live are well maintained, that they are secure and provides our residents with the best possible environment.
Gemma Pearson
Director of Equine Behaviour
Gemma combines her time between research and outreach as Director of Equine Behaviour at The Horse Trust and running a referral clinic for clinical equine behaviour cases where she is based at the University of Edinburgh. She is also an accredited racecourse veterinary surgeon and enjoys working at Musselburgh racecourse.
After working in ambulatory practice Gemma moved to the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies where she completed a rotating residency programme in the equine hospital, completing her Cert AVP (EM), alongside an MScR investigating horse veterinarian interactions.
Subsequently she completed her CCAB (certified clinical animal behaviourist) and her PhD thesis ‘Stress in equids undergoing veterinary care and the development of interventions that positively influence the horses’ experience’. As well as continuing with her own research she supervises several students at PhD, MSc and undergraduate level.
Gemma is frequently invited to lecture internationally, as a recognised expert in this field and an excellent communicator. One of the most successful projects was filming a series of short YouTube videos with the British Equine Veterinary Association aiming to reduce injury rates when dealing with difficult horses under the ‘Don’t break your vet’ campaign.
As the Veterinary Liaison Officer for the International Society for Equitation Science, Gemma is passionate about improving interactions between horses and people, specifically regarding the application of learning theory. In her spare time she has competed up to advanced level endurance on a homebred horse as well as enjoying competing in affiliated dressage and eventing. Currently she is retraining a Thoroughbred recently retired from racing.
Gemma is a qualified veterinary surgeon with over 15 years’ experience with behaviour cases. Gemma is now a qualified Equine Clinical Animal Behaviourist and is the Veterinary Liaison Officer for the International Society for Equitation Science, where she has been involved with several working parties to improve the welfare of horses around the world. Currently, Gemma is undertaking a PhD investigating the stress response of horses undergoing veterinary treatment, with the plan to develop low stress handling techniques.
Jim green
Director of Operations for BARTA
Jim co-founded the British Animal Rescue and Trauma Association (BARTA) in 2012 and together with Professor Josh Slater, promoted the growing initiative alongside their regular careers. BARTA was established with a clear vision to support first responders in the resolution of emergency situations involving animals, with informed, safe and welfare driven plans. In 2019, BARTA became a subsidiary of The Horse Trust and this partnership enabled Jim to continue the journey as full time Director of BARTA. Jim continues to respond operationally to animal incidents through his on-call role as an Animal Rescue Specialist with Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Liane Preshaw
Quality of Life and Research Director
In her role, Liane supports the team by researching new developments in how we care for, manage and train horses, so that we can continue to update and improve our practices, and therefore improve the welfare of the horses in our care. Liane also develops training resources for trainee clinical animal behaviourists and assists the team in dealing with behaviour cases. Liane has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Clinical Animal Behaviour, an MPhil in assessing horse welfare, and an MSc and BSc in Equine Science. She is an ABTC registered Accredited Animal Behaviourist and has achieved pre-certification as a Clinical Animal Behaviourist, which means she has met the knowledge criteria for this role. Liane continues to develop her clinical skills and is working towards becoming an ABTC registered Clinical Animal Behaviourist. She is also a BHS Accredited Professional Coach.
Nicola Housby-Skeggs
Veterinary Director
Nicky graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2007 and joined The Royal Army Veterinary Corps. She served for 10 years: firstly, with Military Working Dogs preparing them and their handlers for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. Later she served as the veterinary officer for The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment with some of The Horse Trust’s most loved residents including the late Falstaff and Captain Greatgun. She now works as the Veterinary Director for The Horse Trust providing both the onsite veterinary provision, internal and external training and providing part of the RVC final year rotations.
Russell Pickin
Director of Equine Care
Before joining The Horse Trust, Russell completed thirty-four years’ service with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). He specialised in public order work as an instructor at the Public Order Training Centre and then the Mounted Branch. As a Mounted Branch Inspector, Russell commanded mounted units on countless public order, large incidents and ceremonial events across London and finished his career riding on and commanding the mounted units at Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. He was the Chairman for the National Mounted Training Advisory Group and also the MPS’s Chief Equitation Officer responsible for buying and training police horses and the training of the MPS’s mounted officers. During this role he developed a good working partnership with The Horse Trust where he is now the Director of Equine Care and heads a team of grooms and volunteers that look after our 130 horses.
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Jessica Tallman
Director of Fundraising & Communications
Jessica has been at the heart of The Horse Trust’s fundraising and communications since 2020, working tirelessly to secure the vital support that keeps our sanctuary running. From planning major events and writing grant proposals to championing our work in the media, no two days are ever the same!
Growing up in Kentucky, Jessica was surrounded by animals and always had a passion for their wellbeing. Now, she works shoulder to shoulder with our team of experts, helping give back to the horses who have given so much to us.
With six years in the charity fundraising sector, including roles at Coeliac UK, and previous experience in the corporate sector, Jessica brings a wealth of knowledge in development and growth. She also holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Arts, History, and Business from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Aberdeen.
Jessica is a driving force behind our fundraising success, ensuring we can continue providing the best possible care to every horse, pony, and donkey at our Home of Rest for Horses and beyond.
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