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![]() | General Equestrian News Thursday 09 May 2013
The Sports Recreation Alliance carries out a biennial Sports Club Survey in order to identify how community and grassroots sports clubs are faring. And, in the next survey they will include horse riding for the first time.
The next survey will have a more specific aim, which is to see how ... |
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![]() | General Equestrian News Wednesday 08 May 2013
Metro Meteor, a former champion racehorse, has begun painting after retiring from racing.
The 10-year-old thoroughbred from rural maryland was forced to finish his racing career early d... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Tuesday 07 May 2013
Sunday’s horse racing saw one lucky gambler win a huge £210,000 payout after only placing 1p wagers.
He won a series of accumulator bets that included Sky Lantern, ridden by... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Thursday 02 May 2013
A teenager in Scotland attacked a horse (not pictured) last year after pretending he had food for it to lure it near.
Nico Pettigrew, 17, allowed the horse to get near then punched it i... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Wednesday 01 May 2013
A second Newmarket trainer is facing a British Horseracing Authority inquiry for giving racehorses banned steroids.
Speaking to the Independent, Gerard Butler said that several of his h... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Monday 29 April 2013
The Appleby Horse Fair is on the horizon and roadside verges and lay-bys in Cumbria are being blocked off in preparation.
Around 10,000 Gypsies and travellers are expected to attend the... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Thursday 25 April 2013
Police in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire are trialing a scheme which aims to deal with horses that are on the loose.
In 2011/12, the police in Slough, Chiltern and South Bucks recorded t... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Wednesday 24 April 2013
The police in Lisburn, NI, have said that a double decker bus, which was overturned whilst carrying 60 wedding guests, may have been struck by a horse box lorry.
The incident occurred on the... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Tuesday 23 April 2013
Mahmood Al Zarooni, a Godolphin trainer, has admitted to making a "a catastrophic mistake" after anabolic steroids were discovered in samples from his horses.
He is now set to... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Monday 22 April 2013
A recent campaign in East Yorkshire has received the backing of almost 2,000 signatures on a petition that opposes the disbandment of Humberside Police’s mounted section.
Last mon... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Thursday 18 April 2013
The horse charity World Horse Welfare are launching a competition to find their Rehomed Horse of the Year. If you are a rehomer through the charity then you can enter one of your horses into this ... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Wednesday 17 April 2013
A man from Newcastle has admitted that it was him who punched the horse during altercations after the Tyne-Wear derby.
Barry Rogerson, from Morpeth, was arrested and bailed on suspicion... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Wednesday 17 April 2013
The EU has sought to tighten controls over information on horses in the wake of the horsemeat scandal, in a move that could see Britain being forced to make an embarrassing U-turn.
The ... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Thursday 11 April 2013
The Blindley Heath Country Show has to be one of the best family days out around and the organisers of the show are offering one family (2 adults, 2 children) a fantastic VIP day out!
As well... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Thursday 11 April 2013
In the wake of the Grand National, we reported that the RSPCA was happy with the way the event ended, stating that they were pleased that no horses had to be put down. Well, horse charity, World H... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Tuesday 09 April 2013
A 50cm tall foal has taken its first steps at the Miniature Pony Centre on Dartmoor. Sorrel is one of the smallest horse foals in the UK but she still managed to trek around her enclosure in Devon... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Wednesday 03 April 2013
World Horse Welfare held their Chairman’s Circle Event in London at the King’s Troops’ new barracks in Woolwich last Wednesday (27/03/2013). The location was where Penny, a horse... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Tuesday 26 March 2013
The Equine Sector Council for Health and Welfare has launched the horse owners’ passport survey by initially identifying its problems. This is the first step in a two stage consultation that... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Tuesday 26 March 2013
Over the last 15+ years the stud vets at Arundel have been performing artificial insemination using fresh, chilled and frozen semen from all over the world. The protocols and techniques that ... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Tuesday 19 March 2013
A winning racehorse was injured on Saturday (16 March 2013) when a B&Q van hit it whilst trying to overtake the string.
The gelding, an 11-year-old called Bennynthejets, was stabled... |
![]() | General Equestrian News Monday 18 March 2013
Over 65 equestrian business owners from throughout the South East attended Horsemart’s first ever Online Marketing Seminar last week. They gained valuable insights into how the latest digita... |
























