Call for more dressage competitors at Rio Olympics
International dressage riders want to increase the number of competitors in their discipline at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games
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Is rider licensing on the cards for international events?
National federations widely support licensing - whereby riders would have to prove "a reliable and consistent competence" at a level by a certain number of qualifying results
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Double blow for Scottish eventing due to weather
Scottish eventing has been hit by the loss of two horse trials due to wet weather damage
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Bigger saddle could be coming to the market
Riding wear company Fuller Fillies has prompted some raised eyebrows after revealing plans to launch a new saddle
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Graham Cory leaves British Horse Society suddenly
Mystery surrounds the sudden resignation of British Horse Society boss Graham Cory
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Sponsorship news in the UK horse industry
We round-up the latest deals struck in the horse world
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Noah the donkey rescued from severe floods in York
An RSPCA animal rescue team has been kept busy in North Yorkshire where flooding is severe
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Cruel cob owner was already banned from keeping horses
Louise Carroll was jailed for six months on Monday - the maximum sentence available - for starving an 18-month-old cob
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A cull of horses could be the last resort, say charities
Six thousand more horses could need charities' help this winter - but welfare organisations are dangerously close to capacity
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New three-star showjumping show planned for Scotland
Plans are under way for Scotland's first three-star showjumping fixture for many years to be held at Ingliston Country Club
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Licensed barefoot specialist 'lamed horse'
An equine podiatrist and licensed barefoot instructor has been convicted of illegal farriery after he applied "equine wraps" to a cob's hooves
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East of England Show scraps horse events
Horses will all but disappear from the rings of the East of England Show next year (5-7 July 2013)
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Tenth British pas de deux title on the trot for vaulting's Eccles sisters
The Eccles first won the pas de deux title in 2002 and have done so every year since
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Ten year anniversary of the Liberty and Livelihood March
Nearly half a million people rallied in London to show their opposition against plans for a hunting act a decade ago
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Special Horses charity needs your help to keep going
A Somerset business, that offers equine therapy to children with autism and other problems needs funding from a fairy godmother
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Britain's ragwort is worse than ever this year
This year's wet weather has helped ragwort thrive. But why are so many landowners guilty of letting the toxic weed proliferate?
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Who will reign supreme at Horse of the Year Show?
We look at the experts' top tips for the 2012 supreme horse of the year at HOYS
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Clayton Fredericks moving to a new base in Florida
The Australian eventer wants to expand Team Fredericks and Southern Stars Saddlery into the US market
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Sponsorship news in the UK and Irish horse industries
A new HOYS sponsorship deal, a £10,000 grant for a therapeutic horsemanship business and support for English farriers are among the deals recently struck in the horse world
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Nick Skelton's Carlo 273 has been sold
Spanish rider Sergio Alvarez Moya will ride the 11-year-old gelding
