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LATEST NEWS:
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The Olympic Equestrian events start with the Eventing trot up on 8th August....click here for more info on the Equestrian schedule.
Or if you want to watch all sports, click here for the full schedule
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The British Horse Society, in conjunction with the British Equestrian Federation’s Welfare Group, has launched a voluntary code of practice to set out acceptable welfare standards for horses at shows and events. The Code was devised as a result of the number of concerns reported to the BHS Welfare Department regarding the treatment of horses at shows, and feedback from show organisers who often feel unable to act when welfare breaches are reported to them. Click here to read the full version......or here to read the shorter version
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The GB event and dressage horses have arrived safely in Hong Kong ready for the Olympic games which start on 8 August. You can read more on the Horse and Hound Website - www.horseandhound.co.uk/olympics/
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I am delighted to hear that the stolen bay mare 'Darcie' has been found in a field not far from where she was stolen. The matter is now in the hands of the police.
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What is the world coming to?!:
2 ponies stabbed in the eyes.....
2 horses shot dead......
2 horses stabbed to death......
all within the past 3 weeks......
Join the campaign for equine justice by signing this petition: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Maggies-Law or visit: www.maggieslaw.co.uk
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Warning to all, I received this by email:
"just a note to say ALL my tack was stolen from my yard in Broadwas Worcester sometime between last night and this morning. Luckily as it has happened before so I keep most of it at home, but a Falcon Hawk event saddle and a synthetic dressage saddle were stolen. Also my horses's headcollar and lunge equipment as well as an expensive jump-starter for my lorry which was a birthday present. I am devistated but trying to warn others incase it happens to them."
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Desperate to get fitter and/or lose weight?
A selection of second hand fitness equipment is for sale on the 'Buy/Sell anything not horsey' page.
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The challenges of BHS TREC are to reach new heights at the 2008 Welsh Championships.....and Herefordshire's Maddy Jacob, recent Level 4 winner at the BHS TREC Scottish Championships, is competing.......read more
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Olympic latest:
Daisy Dick and Tina Cook are going to the Olympics following the loss of Zara Phillips and Toytown and Lucy Wiegersma's Shaabrak. Shaabrak will not be fit enough to compete at the Olympics in the GB eventing team following suffering a poisoned foot.
Meanwhile, Maria Eilberg is named as travelling reserve for the British Dressage team. Read more on the Horse & Hound website.
Seven polo ponies had to be cut free from an overturned lorry at the Air Balloon Pub at Crickley Hill at the weekend. See Horse & Hound website for more
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A pony has been stabbed in the eye in Wales, between Kidwelly and Trimsaran. Visit Horse & Hound for more
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Unconfirmed report that on the afternoon of Thursday 26th June 2008 a silver Lexus was seen to be following two horses which were being ridden along a narrow country road on Clytha Hill, Raglan. As the vehicle passed the two riders, it is reported that the occupants were seen to take photographs of the horses.
At the moment, this is an uncomfirmed report and enquiries are ongoing to locate the witnesses to this incident.
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EQUINE MARKET WATCH ARE HOSTING A SKY DIVERS PARTY!!
PETE AND DALEY TO FLY FOR EMW
Sykdivers Peter Jones ( other half of EMW Trustee Amy ) and Daley Wear (Amy's cousin) are going to be doing a
Skydive in September.
They will be doing a Tandem Skydive.
The tandem is arguably the best way to experience their first freefall!
They will get a 30 minute ground briefing on the equipment, exiting the aircraft, freefalland landing.
They are then securely attached to an experienced tandem instructor with a 4 point harness system, and board the aircraft.
The aircraft will normally climb to around 10 000 to 12 000 feet where they will exit and begin to freefall.
They will reach speeds of approximately 120 miles per hour.
The freefall ends at around 5 000 feet when the tandem instructor will deploy the main parachute and they begin
their descent under canopy.
This will last between 4 to 6 minutes as they will fly towards the landing area.
There will be have professional cameramen available to capture the moment !!!!
The time and date of the jump will depend on weather and the number of jumpers attending the course.
Spectators and supporter to hold my hand are welcome, at the moment they plan to do the jump from
Whitchurch, Shropshire on a Fri and Sat.
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Thank you for your support!
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Size did not matter for Herefordshire's Maddy Jacob at the BHS TREC Scottish Championships.
Maddy proved bigger isn’t necessarily better by riding one of the smallest competing ponies to take the Level 4 Individual title at the 2008 BHS TREC Scottish Championships.
Maddy and her 13.1hh Welsh Section C, Taffechan Princess, fought off competition from the likes of former World Champion David Hay-Thorburn to win the highest competition level in BHS TREC.
Maddy said: "I was thrilled with Scotland! It certainly made the miles home much easier. It was a good one for Taffie as the going was favourable for her. She had an adventurous time in Scotland - I did fear on Friday that we had overdone it but she was fine for the vet and A1 at the start. She had been attacked by mad Highland ponies on Wednesday (they pack a serious punch) and gone belly deep in a bog on Thursday. Still, you can't wrap ponies in cotton wool even if they are competing in championships!" Read more here.
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Temporary email problem - If you are sending me an email, please use sally@herefordequestrian.co.uk but also c.c. it to herefordequestrian@hotmail.com
As soon as the problem has been resolved by my provider, I will post the info here. If your email has been safely received by my sally@herefordequestrian.co.uk email server, you will receive an automated reply. If you dont receive that, I havent received your email!! (Unfortunately though, there is no automated reply facility with the hotmail address)
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you!
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As I write about one record, another one is broken! Following the record breaking 32,278 hits on Monday, there were then 35,879 hits on June 18th!
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Stop press: Latest info on the suspicious men below:
a horse belonging to James Grassick in a yard in Maisemore was
stolen Tues a.m. It was a 2 yr old 15hh cob unshod with a long mane. A blue
Renault has also been seen in Ashleworth with a video camera set up on the
front passenger window it drove off when questioned 1 male 1 female both
sixty ish with white hair. Scroll down for previous news on this worrying activity.
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Olympic News:
Mark Todd has been selected for the NZ Olympic team! click here to read more
Britain's world eventing champion Zara Phillips will not compete in Hong Kong because Toytown has suffered an injury in training. A team replacement will be chosen from the list of reserves - Kristina Cook (Miners Frolic), Daisy Dick (Hope Street or Spring Along), Ruth Edge (Two Thyme) or Oliver Townend (Flint Curtis).
Carl Hester's Dolendo is also out though Carl still has Lecantos. Read more on the Horse and Hound website.
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Herefordshire Event Rider Louise Skelton and Partly Pickled finish 5th at Bramham International Horse Trials.
Well done Louise for a great result at Bramham 3* three day event. 12th after dressage, and 2nd after XC, no doubt Louise was disappointed to have 2 fences down in the show jumping, but that is the nature of the sport. The top of the leader board changed quite a bit on the final show jumping day with William Fox-Pitt the eventual winner on Navigator, Mary King second on Kings Fancy, Matthew Wright 3rd and Andrew Nicholson 4th. Click here for more
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Only Connect (BBC Four) – Teams of three required
We are seeking profoundly perceptive minds to participate in our forthcoming intelligent television quiz where rote learning, however extensive, will only take you so far.
The victors will excel in lateral thinking, and exhibit the ability to deduce the connections between seemingly disparate elements.
Teams of three players will share a common passion, ability or profession, as they pool their combined wits to solve fiendish conundrums and vexing puzzles.
This light hearted, team based quiz is to be presented by Victoria Coren (Balderdash and Piffle, The Observer).
Applicants must be 18 years of age or over and U.K. residents. Auditions will be carried out in Cardiff, Belfast, London, Glasgow and Manchester.
To apply:
To request an application form and for further information
Email: contestants@presentable.co.uk
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Can you help??
Does anyone know Mrs Roberts, possibly from Shropshire, who is or was a breeder (or show-er) of Irish Draughts and has the current champion? If you know this person, or think you may know her, please email me: sally@herefordequestrian.co.uk
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Stop press:
Latest info on the suspicious men below:
Tues 10 June - They can't have been caught as I have received this:
Yesterday Frank Lane a local farmer went to feed his cows and saw a man taking photographs of some horses just passed the church in Welsh Newton,
A man looked suspicious of Frank watching him and instead of walking back to his car along the road the (quickest way) he went out of his way and went through the church yard to get back to his car.
Frank is not sure what make the car is but the registration number is V858KDW and he thinks its a navy fiat, he described the man as in his 40's with close cut dark hair and wearing a green and red jacket.
Im a little concerned as I live on Welsh Newton Common and I have several horses and alot of people keep horses there too.
The owner of the horses photographed rang the police and they didnt seem to want to know, they just logged a complaint. Is there anything else we can do?
The thieves were spotted on Wednesday, at Bitterly, near Ludlow, taking photos of horses and near Brecon (White Transit Van) Thursday evening.
More updates of the people photographing horses and acting suspiciously are coming in all the time.
The Police have just phoned us to update us after their investigations into a report of men and the N reg white van and red four wheel drive (land cruiser/land rover has been mentioned) photographing horses in LLanishen yesterday.
The owners gave chase to the vehicle but could not get the registration and unfortunately they got away.
The Police have just told us that yellow arrows have been marked on the road to the horses in Llanishen.
Also, last night Caldicot Police were given reports of a van fitting the description acting suspiciously in the Tintern St Arvans area.
The Police have passed it on to intelligence to see if it has any links to a number of horse thefts. They seem to be taking it very seriously.
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14 Coloured Horses stolen during the last few days.
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MORE ALERTS, NOW FOR GLOS:
There have been unconfirmed sightings of a White minibus
Van reg N253 XAJ and a red Isuzu seen in the Newent and
Huntley area photographing horses under suspicious circumstances.
These vehicles have been seen all over the country doing the
same and we have reason to believe are looking to steal
the animals. Please alert anyone in your membership who
keeps horses. Should the vehicles be seen please contact
the Police on 0845 090 1234 quoting incident 289 of 2nd June.
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| As above and below - number plates are being cloned and used on other vehicles. A white mini bus, a red Land Cruiser and black Peugeot VRM have all been spotted, as well as a Silver Transit Y848 XNR. These are false plates. CONTACT THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY IF YOU SEE THIS NUMBER PLATE AND SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY!
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| There have been sightings of 2 men with Eastern European accents photographing horses. This could be a "steal to order" gang. The men have been seen at shows, events and even in a horse owner's field taking photographs. They have been seen in a White Van, Registration Number N 253 XAJ and a Red Land Cruiser. The Police are treating this as suspicious, so please contact them urgently if you see anything. Read more on this story on the Horse and Hound website - click here ALSO:
Y848 XNR - Silver Transit Van caught casing a yard in Lambley - Police confirm false number plates - please advise as many people as possible to be alert.
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Horse owners from Upton Bishop, nr Ross on Wye, had their Mains electric fence unit stolen over the weekend. Nothing else has been noticed to be missing as yet. Light fingered people are about so take care!! I know it is impossible to be at yards 24hrs a day and thieves are chancers.....but everything costs a lot of money to replace! Be warned and be vigilant.
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| Bill Jackson and Peter Hicks (his partner on the bike) completed the 10 mile cross country course last Sunday (see news item below) – they were thrilled to have come second out of ten teams in one hour 37 mins and was only beaten by a minute!
It isnt too late to make a donation with cheques payable to Hereford RDA. So far over £2000 has been raised!
Click here to read more and see how you can help with a donation
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Nullabor, one of Clayton Fredericks top event horses has died following a fall on the flat between fences while eventing at Saumur, France. Click here for full story
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| British Eventing and the British Olympic Association have today announced the GB eventing team for the Beijing Olympics:
Team members are William Fox-Pitt riding either Ballincoola, Parkmore Ed or Tamarillo; Sharon Hunt and Tankers Town; Mary King with either Call Again Cavalier or Imperial Cavalier; Zara Phillips and Toytown and Lucy Wiegersma on Shaabrak.
Yogi Breisner: "As the team manager I am fortunate to have five such talented riders on the team, and I am very grateful to all the owners for making such excellent horses available."
Two groups of reserve riders have been named. Full information is on Horse and Hound website - click here
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Uninsured driver who disabled horse rider and caused the death of her horse on Minchinhampton Common, while talking on mobile phone, escapes jail! An outrageous outcome....... click here for full story.
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BHS Access Week to highlight efforts in the battle for equestrian access:
The British Horse Society Access Week 2008 will take place from 16-26 May, highlighting the work of BHS staff and volunteers, and raising awareness and money for Access campaigns. Click here to read more.
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Bill Jackson - Estate Agent, dons breeches after 45 years of not riding to raise money for Herefordshire RDA.
On Sunday 18th May, in the beautiful Herefordshire countryside surrounding Canwood Farm, Checkley, 10 teams of horse riders accompanied by their bike riding partner, set off around a special 10 mile cross country course in a sponsorship ride for the Herefordshire Riding for the Disabled Charity.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Rosie Thomas who had a very good first Badminton on Barry's Best. Clear cross country on a day which saw Olympic riders have falls and run outs. She finished 21st. Full results from Badminton can be seen here.
Rosie and her family run the Grafton Farm Riding Centre near Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire. Click here to visit their website to read more
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New Herefordshire Riding Stars Page.
This page will profile our local riding stars as well as our rising riding stars and we start with a profile of 10 year old Lucy Scudamore. Click here to read
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We've reached some new milestones during April with a total of 690,681 hits - just in one month!! Following early April excitement at exceeding over 25,000 hits on one day on a few occassions, we then smashed 30k hits a few times, with 30,700 hits ONE DAY - a record! Thanks for all your loyal support visitors!
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Terri Webb now offers insertion of a microchip called Saddle-trac to your saddles. this can help prevent theft and aid recovery of stolen saddles. Terri has also designed and developed a new dressage saddle. Read more here.
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Visit the website www.maggieslaw.co.uk dedicated to Maggie the horse that was butcherd by youths with a meat cleaver. A campaign is on trying to get tougher sentencing as the maximum sentence is just 6 months! And you can sign an online petition - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Maggies-Law/
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The Promise Auction held on Wednesday 23rd April in aid of the Society for the Welfare of Horses and Ponies was a great success, with good attendance. Over £3,000 was raised, which is a brilliant amount, and will certainly help all the horses and ponies at the horse hospital.
www.swhp.co.uk
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Herefordshire seeks its' equestrian stars from all and any field of equestrianism.
Are you a star or a rising star in your field of equestrianism in Herefordshire, or maybe you would like to nominate a star? The 'star' needn't necessarily be someone already competing on the International circuit, (although we do want to hear about those stars for sure) but could be someone who is showing the talent, or someone who is succeeding against all the odds, young or old!
Please email me at this website to nominate yourself or someone else. Please include as much information as possible. Emails should be sent to: sally@herefordequestrian.co.uk and put Herefordshire Star in the subject line. DON'T BE SHY!!
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Success!! Click here to read the latest on the Amersham horses......
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The return of Amersham Horses
You may or may not be aware of the recent court ruling which has decreed that 29 of the equines rescued from Spindles Farm in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, must be returned to the Gray family, four members of which are awaiting trial on offences under the Animal Welfare Act (2006). A further 82 horses must be removed from the sanctuaries where they are currently housed, to be sold at public auction on May 3rd.
Obviously this ruling defies any logic and, while it will be hard to overturn, we are asking you to do what you can. To this end can you please take a couple of minutes to add your name to the online petition which has been organised by the National Equine Welfare Council Click here to sign the petition
The British Horse Society has expressed its outrage at the decision to return 29 donkeys and Shetland ponies to the family at the centre of the recent rescue operation at Spindles Farm in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Read more......
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Moreton Hall, a key part of Warwickshire College has been badly damaged by fire. The mansion houses administration offices, a restaurant, some dormitories for students and is also a prestigious setting for weddings, banquets and conferences. Click here for more.
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Bill published to ease burdens on equine industry
A new Bill to protect responsible owners of animals from unfair compensation claims has been published today. The Bill, introduced by Stephen Crabb, Conservative Member of Parliament for Preseli Pembrokeshire, is due to receive its Second Reading in the House of Commons on Friday, 14th March. Click here to read more
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The Princess Royal is President of the Petplan National Riding Festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Founded in 1998, the Festival encourages new and lapsed riders to take up the reins and start riding. Click here to read more about the National Riding Festival
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Major Breakthrough is announced in Battle Against Strangles
A new diagnostic blood test has been developed to combat the virulent horse disease Strangles.
The breakthrough has come after four years of research by scientists at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket.
The development of the test is part of the campaign ‘Breaking the Strangles Hold’, launched by the Animal Health Trust and The British Horse Society in February last year by the AHT’s President HRH The Princess Royal.
It has two main aims: to raise awareness among owners, riders and anyone involved in the health and welfare of horses, and to generate funds to support the vital research in the ongoing battle to eradicate the disease.
The blood test identifies horses that have recently been exposed to Strangles, enabling it to be nipped in the bud.
Oliver Wilson, campaign director at The British Horse Society, said: "It is fantastic news. This big breakthrough is a real boon to horse owners and I believe will lead to a significant drop in Strangles outbreaks. But there is still much to be done.
"The AHT's work to develop and test a fully effective vaccine against Strangles is ongoing. To support it we need to raise another £120,000 by the end of this year to reach the campaign target of £250,000."
The Horse Trust's Chief Executive Brigadier Paul Jepson said: “We are delighted our funding for this project has been so fruitful. This represents major progress in our battle to reduce the suffering caused by this common and debilitating disease.”
Peter Webbon, Chief Executive of the Animal Health Trust, said: “Our re |
