Five year old Daniel Lee Barrett is defying the odds once again with a 06.km horse trek. A short distance for most of us but a mammoth undertaking for a boy whom doctors said wouldn’t live until the age of two. Daniel is registered severely visually impaired and has severe mobility issues caused by cerebral […]

Abi Shave is an aspiring amateur photographer with a passion for equine.    She has been interested in photography since a young child, whether it was posing in front of or being behind the camera! Now at the age of 17, she is investing in personal, creative and business development.  She is hoping to turn […]

Keen horsewoman Kate West converted to Western Riding after losing her sight and is planning a 300-mile sponsored ride to raise cash for two charities that have helped her overcome health problems. The 44-year-old Liverpool museum worker had planned to ride her American Quarter Horse Dougal around Yorkshire to raise funds for the British Kidney […]

TRiGGA is based on a true story of young girl who confronted the bullies with the help of her horse. As physical assaults become a daily reality, Mae retreats into a silent world and stops talking. Even her comedian father fails to get a laugh from her. Mae escapes the harsh reality of the bullies […]

Charlotte Barber from Ruskington Fen in Lincolnshire has taken home the Petplan Equine High Achiever Award for her performance in the Novice Open Championship with Florisou owned by her father Karl Barber, at the annual Petplan Equine Area Festival Finals held at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire from 6th – 10th April 2016. Petplan Equine, one of […]

Most riders have had to endure the odd tumble off our beloved horses, even sustained an injury or two, but for Chantal Siddle 2015 became the most challenging year of her life when she suffered a heart attack whilst she was galloping around a BE cross-country course. Chantal was a fit and active business owner, […]

All roads lead to Bury Farm Equestrian Village, Slapton, Buckinghamshire, last weekend where pony riders from the length and breadth of the country gathered for four fun-filled Easter days of the Pony of the Year Show. This year the show carried a Jungle Book theme with monkeys and gorillas amongst the animals to become part […]

Following a call from the Environment Agency the Horse Rescue Fund on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, was asked to take in an abandoned coloured colt – one of an estimated 7,000 equines in the UK currently thought to be at risk of neglect or abandonment. He was eventually found in an isolated area between a railway […]

When Karry Gardner’s talented 14yo pure bred Lusitano mare Utopia de Santarem (Tia) injured her left stifle last autumn, it heralded months of veterinary investigations and treatment, but still a gloomy prognosis, so after a recommendation from a friend, Karry decided to use ArcEquine‘s drug free, non-invasive microcurrent therapy. Imagine her delight when the newly […]