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Recent research suggests that ponies given reduced access to pasture are capable of ingesting considerable amounts of herbage during the time they are turned out and may indeed increase their intake during this time as they become accustomed to the routine.
The results of the UK's first public National Equine Health Survey (NEHS) were announced at the National Equine Forum and have pinpointed the current, non-notifiable healthcare issues affecting horses, ponies, donkeys and mules in the UK.
The British Horse Society has announced the nominations for this year's BHS Queen's Award for Equestrianism, presented for Outstanding Services to Equestrianism. Included in the nominations is vet John Killingbeck.
A genetic test for carriers of Fell Pony Foal Syndrome, developed with funding from The Horse Trust, has been a hit with the Fell and Dales breeding community, with nearly 1000 breeders submitting samples for testing in just one year.
The British Show Jumping Association's winter competition in Guernsey has been cancelled after a suspected case of strangles was diagnosed. Horse owners in the area have been advised to be aware.
Following the hearing of James Main into charges of professional misconduct concerning his treatment of Moonlit Path, a six-year-old mare owned by The Queen, the vet has now been struck off the register.
Hauctions, an international horse auction site providing the world's first automated online auction environment for trading animals, is to be launched tomorrow, Friday 18th February.
The World Horse Welfare charity has said that it is continuing to see a dramatic rise in the number of horses suffering from abuse or neglect and is struggling to meet demand for places at its four UK rehabilitation centres. The charity is reiterating its appeal to the public to consider re-homing a horse or pony.
