The Space Shuttle Atlantis recently completed its final mission and the shuttle program has been closed down. It operated for around 30 years and is possibly the most advance transportation system men have ever created. So, how did horses design the space shuttle.

Winnie heading for the red rosette at Horse World dressage

Horse Rescue Centres are our Equine Safety Net

We all love our horses’ to bits and would hate to see anything bad happen to them, but the unforeseen and unexpected does happen. Particularly in today’s economic climate when everyone is finding everything that little bit more expensive.

Small bale hay is over £4.00 per bale in our area. Petrol is over £1.35 and diesel is over £1.40 a litre, which made our last trip to a horse show in our 4×4 and trailer, with only the one horse, over £40 each way. Plus there’s the horse show entry fees averaging around £15 to £25 per class and all the costs if you need to keep your horse at livery stables. I won’t mention hard feed, rugs, fly spray and the unavoidable Vet, Farrier, worming and dentist fees.

Fancy a VIP day at Burghley 2011 or gold tickets for the 2011 HOYS then you should be interested in the BHS Drawing the Line auction. An auction supported by equestrian personalities and being run by the BHS to help highlight and tackle the problems of over-breeding horses and ponies in the UK.

The British Horse Society launched the Drawing the Line on Indiscriminate Breeding Campaign at Badminton in 2009, and are now upping the profile of the over-breeding problem with the ‘Drawing the Line’ auction to be held on 13th October 2010 at Cheffins Auction House in Cambridge.

British Open champion Ellen Whitaker says she will not represent Britain this year following a row with world class performance manager Rob Hoekstra.

Whitaker, known as the golden girl of British showjumping, fell out with Hoekstra over a row about her schedule, accusing him of “interfering”.

Horse or Mares Tail, (scientific name Equisetum Palustre), is toxic to horses and should in my opinion be equestrian enemy number one. It looks like it belongs in Jurassic Park and spreads like wildfire.

In spring, brown green shoots appear with small cones at the tips that produce spores, millions of them, and it grows away from creeping thin brown roots that you can hardly see as they are soil coloured. Digging out these roots is not feasible as they go down into the soil for up to 1.5 metres – yes, 5 feet.

British Vaulters dominate the first international of 2010, the CVIO** Saumur 2-4th April

Great Britain were able to enter 2 nations cup teams. 7 teams competed including France, UK, Germany, Holland & Belgium.

All 3 members of GBR 1 performed fantastically under pressure in a tense packed arena to lead throughout and clinch the top spot, this is the first time GBR has won such a class.

DEFRA has confirmed, Equine Infectious Anaemia (EIA) has been detected in two horses in Wiltshire following importation from Romania via Belgium.

The British Horse Society is urging horse owners not to panic.

EIA is a notifiable disease.. If you suspect the disease, you must immediately notify the duty vet in your local Animal Health Office.

Defra has confirmed that Equine Infectious Anaemia (EIA), otherwise known as Swamp Fever, was found in two horses imported from the continent. The infected animals, which arrived in a group of ten originating from Romania and Belgium, have been humanely destroyed.