‘Discarded’ stallions discovered operating free and different issues the horse world is speaking about

1. ‘Discarded’ stallions discovered operating free by predominant highway

The Lluest Horse and Pony Belief has taken in 4 stallions who have been operating free for 2 weeks by the A48 between Pyle and Margam. The charity mentioned the horses have been “a hazard to themselves and to the customers of the highway”. The group, who’ve been named after Lord of the Rings characters Frodo, Baggins, Gandalf and Samwise, will all have veterinary and farriery care, and will probably be gelded and ready for rehoming when they’re prepared. “Following exhaustive efforts to find their proprietor, no person stepped ahead to assert them. All 4 have been discovered to be complete males and none have been microchipped,” mentioned a Lluest Horse and Pony Belief spokesman.

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2. Prize-winning horse dies abruptly at World Cup Ultimate

Chromatic BF and Jill Humphrey after their third-placed spherical on the World Cup Finals

Chromatic BF, the trip of US showjumper Jill Humphrey, has died abruptly aged 13. Jill and Chromatic BF got here third within the second spherical of competitors on the World Cup Ultimate yesterday night (18 April). An FEI spokesman mentioned the gelding returned to the stables after competitors and later unexpectedly collapsed. “He was instantly attended to by the US Equestrian veterinary employees and FEI veterinarians however was unable to be resuscitated,” mentioned the spokesman. Chromatic BF’s owner-breeder Katharine Branscomb mentioned, “what I hope individuals will take away from this freak accident and nice tragedy is that it was an evening of tears – tears of pleasure and tears of loss. If I’d ask something of these of you that knew or celebrated him, let’s keep in mind him for a way he lived and never for a way he died.”

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3. Investigation after 500 horses discovered useless

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Australian authorities are investigating after greater than 500 horses have been discovered “slaughtered” at a property in New South Wales. A Wagga Wagga Metropolis Council spokesman mentioned: “Council was supported by New South Wales Police in investigating reviews that horses had been butchered on the property and their carcasses left in a dry creek mattress.” The investigation is ongoing.

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Since becoming a member of H&H in 2018, Becky has coated a broad vary of equestrian information together with welfare issues, veterinary research, FEI Tribunal hearings and highway security campaigns. She has additionally interviewed prime riders together with Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to call only a few. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, in addition to the Royal Highland and Blair Fort Worldwide Horse Trials nearer to residence. She was additionally a key a part of the distant reporting workforce for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.