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Understanding worming

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Allison Lowther, 23 April 2012 14:22

Worming your horse can often be confusing - knowing what to worm when and how often are common queries. Pfizer Animal Health, manufacturer of the market leading equine wormers EQUEST & EQUEST PRAMOX, has unveiled a brand new website www.wormingyourhorse.info, to help. This website aims to make it easier for us to understand and follow the most up-to-date principles of sustainable ...

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Understanding worming

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Allison Lowther, 23 April 2012 14:22

Worming your horse can often be confusing - knowing what to worm when and how often are common queries. Pfizer Animal Health, manufacturer of the market leading equine wormers EQUEST & EQUEST PRAMOX, has unveiled a brand new website www.wormingyourhorse.info, to help. This website aims to make it easier for us to understand and follow the most up-to-date principles of sustainable ...

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Man jailed for neglecting his horse - the thinnest horse World Horse Welfare has ever seen

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Imogen Johnson, 04 April 2012 12:52

A man has been sentenced for neglecting his horse – which, World Horse Welfare claims, is one of the thinnest the charity has ever seen. Tom Parker, 72, from Cleveland has been jailed for 16 weeks and received a ban for life from keeping equines after neglecting his horse, which is one of the thinnest World Horse Welfare (WHW) has ever ...

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Royal visit to one of the longest established Colleges in the UK

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Larissa Chapman, 26 October 2011 17:08

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall brought the spotlight to Writtle College in Chelmsford, Essex as she toured the specialist College, founded in 1893, accompanied by Lord Petre and a number of Essex Civic Dignitaries.  Specialising in subject areas relating to environmental design, equestrianism, agriculture and animal sciences, the courses on offer at Writtle are of particular interest to The Duchess. ...

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RSPCA reveals annual animal welfare figures for RSPCA Week

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Lauren Gilman, 04 May 2011 09:00

We all know that the RSPCA works hard to investigate complaints of alleged cruelty but do you know just how many cases they deal with in a year?  The RSPCA have revealed the number of complaints, calls and treated animals in 2010 to coincide with their RSPCA week.  The RSPCA investigated almost 160,000 complaints of alleged cruelty in 2010 (159,686), which ...

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Retraining of Racehorses Heart Awards

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Helen Milbank, 28 April 2011 14:26

Retraining of Racehorses (RoR), British Horseracing’s official charity for the welfare of horses that have retired from racing, has launched its first RoR Heart Awards online at www.ror.org.uk Open to owners of registered RoR ex-racehorses, these awards are a fun opportunity for riders to nominate their horses for being great to know and love, whether they’ve been re-trained for fun ...

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RDA Horse Retires after 19 years service

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Lauren Gilman, 10 February 2011 14:36

A horse from an Oxfordshire Riding for the Disabled group has retired to The Horse Trust's sanctuary in Buckinghamshire after 19 years service, during which she has given hundreds of rides to disabled people. 26-year-old Topsy, a 14.3 hh skewbald mare, has worked at the New Yatt Riding for the Disabled Association (NYRDA) in North Leigh, West Oxfordshire since 1992. ...

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Sussex Horse Community page brings the South East together

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Nicola Young, 12 January 2011 16:19

If you live in or around Sussex, you will most probably have heard about some of the awful incidents involving horses in the area recently. Just one story is of 18-month-old Rascal who suffered horrific injuries from being repeatedly stabbed, and another horse killed just a month later in the same village. Deciding that something needs to be done to bring the ...

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Film release - Touching Wild Horses

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Rebecca Gibson, 07 January 2011 16:27

Touching Wild Horses will be released on DVD on the 14th Feb. This stunning film shows the healing power of nature at its best as a young boy struggles to re-build his life following a tragic accident in which his parents are killed. After a terrible car accident involving his family, 12-year-old Mark is sent to live with his aunt ...

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World Games medallists to parade at Olympia

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Rebecca Gibson, 26 November 2010 10:27

Olympia’s Thursday night audience will be able to show their support for Team GBR’s medal winners in Eventing, Dressage, Vaulting and Para-Equestrian Dressage from the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games. Joining them will also be Team GBR’s young riders including the European Eventing Pony Team, European Eventing Young Rider Team, and the European Showjumping Children on Horses Team, among others. ...

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Your chance to quiz Carl Hester

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Rebecca Gibson, 30 September 2010 16:18

Ahead of the launch of Carl Hester’s new television series on Horse and Country TV Your Horse Magazine have been exclusively invited to the dressage star’s yard. We’ll be snooping behind the scenes to find out what makes Dolendo tick and how Liebling is settling in back on the yard, but we’ll also be putting your questions directly to Carl. ...

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