Equine insurance customers might be interested to learn that four wild Konik ponies – a central European breed – have been put to work grazing the fields of an RSPB nature reserve in Yorkshire. They have been introduced in order to create suitable conditions for ground-nesting birds such as lapwings at the Blacktoft Sands reserve. They have been brought from … More →

Equine insurance customers might be interested to learn that results from a recent survey conducted by the Horse Trust have found that 40 per cent of horses in the UK suffered a traumatic injury last year. The research, to be published in the Equine Veterinary Journal, was carried out by the Horse Trust's clinical scholar in equine orthopaedics at the … More →

Police in North Yorkshire have launched an appeal after the tales of two horses were cut off. The owners of the two animals have warned equine insurance customers in the region to be on their guard after the attacks. Stabled at Colburn Grange Farm, in Colburn, the horses were mutilated on Wednesday November 9th between 05:00 GMT and 15:00 GMT. … More →

Horse insurance customers might be interested to know that equine will be thoroughly looked after by local authorities in the future, after the Horse Trust held a series of welfare training courses recently. The Equine Welfare Assessment and Handling Course was a two-day series of seminars held at a number of different locations in the last month and it is … More →

Equine insurance customers have been urged to try and familiarise themselves with relevant passport legislation by the National Pony Society (NPS). The issue came to light after it was found a show horse, which had been sold on to a breeder, has two different passports in two names. It had been renamed upon being bought and so a second passport … More →

An increasing number of equine insurance customers in the UK are driving with their horseboxes over-laden which could put their animals' lives at risk, according to recent survey results. Research – conducted by NFU Mutual, the British Horse Society and PRP Equine Rescue Services – was undertaken to investigate people's attitudes towards horsebox safety. It found that 64 per cent … More →