Category: Horse News

Annual Health Plan launched to support owners in managing their horses’ routine care. With many equestrians and horse owners making New Year’s resolutions that involve their horses, equine welfare charity World Horse Welfare has launched a new user-friendly, interactive Annual Health Plan to support all those providing equine care by helping them stay on top of their horse’s routine health and welfare requirements.  Rebecca Boulert, World Horse Welfare Research and Education Officer said: “Knowing where to start with putting a horse health plan together can be challenging. We designed our Annual Health Plan…

Leading equestrian specialist, Harry Hall, is continuing its commitment to supporting equine and animal charities by unveiling Saving Abandoned Fly-Grazing Equines (SAFE) as its chosen charity of the year for 2024. After raising more than £30,000 for equine charities and good causes over the past five years, the announcement means that SAFE will be Harry Hall’s exclusive charity partner over the next 12 months. The Bradford based equestrian specialist will raise money for SAFE in a variety of ways – anyone who joins its One Club membership, takes out an insurance…

A current storyline on the popular Radio 4 soap opera, The Archers, focuses on an overweight pony and is highlighting why this is a problem for the pony and what his owners can do to solve it. The storyline is welcomed by equine welfare charity World Horse Welfare who say that excess equine weight is a significant problem that many owners struggle with.  Champion the fluffy Shetland pony was introduced to The Archers listeners on Wednesday 3 January but when he was being groomed it was discovered that he wasn’t as fluffy as it first…

The M56 saw long delays today after a horsebox overturned, causing chaos on one of the busiest days of the year. Notably and most importantly, the horse involved in the incident was not seriously injured and was seen ‘out and walking’ according to a Facebook user. The M56 was closed in both directions between junction 8 and 9 for some time. The jam no doubt caused considerable hold-ups for many, including Kerry Katona, who was on her way to a pantomime in Ellesmere Port, where she is playing the starring…

Hallmarq Standing Equine MRI Unit enables accurate diagnoses without the need for general anaesthesia CVS Endell Equine Hospital has invested in the latest Hallmarq Standing Equine MRI (sMRI) unit to quickly and accurately diagnose the specific causes of lameness in horses.  The imaging equipment facilitates the imaging of soft tissue injuries and diseases to the highest detail. This offers the clearest diagnosis and facilitates the appropriate prognosis and treatment recommendations.  The sMRI unit can perform scans from the hoof to carpus (“knee”) or tarsus (“hock”) region in most horses, including the…

The finalists for the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) inaugural Sir Peter O’Sullevan Charitable Trust RoR Community Impact Award and the prestigious The Jockey Club RoR Horse of the Year Award have been announced. It will be the public who determines the winner of each award by voting for their favourites via the microsite ror-events from today, 18th December 2023. Having received over two hundred nominations from across the racing and equestrian worlds, RoR announced a shortlist of 12 horses for each award in November. An independent RoR Judging panel then had the challenge of…

NEW ECO-FRIENDLY RECYCLABLE REFILL POUCHES LAUNCHED BY LINCOLN Lincoln Horse Care has always had a passion for reducing the use of plastic and utilising recyclablematerials to create a more environmentally friendly way of sharing our award winning andscientifically designed products. Lincoln Horse Care is proud to introduce 100% recyclable refill pouches to a selection of its products,utilising the slogan ‘Reduce, Refill, Reuse, Recycle’ for the campaign. The pouches are resealable should it be desired, but are designed to refill the user’s current tubs, reducing the use of plastics and can…

An important survey about the factors that should be considered when matching riders with horses or ponies has been launched by The Suitably Mounted Group (SMG) to help understand more about what constitues a suitable match between horses and riders. The topic has become highly debated in recent years, and this was the inspiration for establishing the Suitably Mounted Group. Dr Tamzin Furtado, one of SMG’s founders, has highlighted previously that although the focus often falls on rider weight, many other factors may need to be taken into account when…