The Horse Trust

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

The Queen honours retiring Royal Parks Shire horse

Nineteen-year-old Jed has retired to The Horse Trust after 10 years service with The Royal Parks Agency

Retired Household Cavalry horse dies aged 25

A retired horse from the Household Cavalry has died at the ripe age of age twenty-five

Colt was pitifully thin and crawling with lice, says charity

Quest, who was rescued from a field in Bedfordshire last week, has been described by The Horse Trust as "one of the worst cases of animal neglect" the charity has seen

Three-fold rise in equine abandonments this year

Leading horse welfare charities are seeing almost a threefold increase in abandoned horses this year

Police horses retire after half-a-century of service

One of their last job's was policing the summer riots in Manchester. They will spend the rest of their lives at a horse sanctuary.

Lameness is most common reason for euthanasia, research shows

Lameness is the most common reason for older horses to be put down, according to new research funded by The Horse Trust

Long serving Metropolitan Police horse Vernon retires

Vernon the police horse is retiring following 18 years service patrolling the streets of London

The Horse Trust chosen as Olympia charity

The London International Horse Show has helped The Horse Trust celebrate it's 125th anniversary by naming it their official charity

Giant police horse Titan recouperating at Horse Trust

The UK's tallest police horse, Thames Valley Police's 18.3hh Titan, is spending time at The Horse Trust in the hopes he can recover from the arthritic complaint ringbone

The Horse Trust celebrates 125th anniversary

The Horse Trust equine welfare charity is celebrating its 125th anniversary this month with a series of events

Army horse Denzil retires to The Horse Trust

Denzil, a 19-year-old, 17.2hh dark bay gelding, has spent the last six years working for the Light Cavalry Honourable Artillery Company in Windsor, taking part in ceremonial duties and teaching people to ride

Police horse retires to The Horse Trust after 15yrs service

Dickens (above left) has retired to The Horse Trust’s Home of Rest for Horses after working for Greater Manchester police for 15 years

RDA pony Topsy retires to The Horse Trust after 19 years' service

The 14.3hh skewbald mare had worked at the New Yatt RDA in North Leigh, West Oxfordshire since 1992

New winter opening hours at The Horse Trust

The Horse Trust in Buckinghamshire will be open to the public on Fridays and weekends only during the rest of the winter

Former Horse Rangers Association pony Breeze dies at Horse Trust

New Forest pony Breeze moved to the Home of Rest in Buckinghamshire last year on retirement from the HRA, but developed a painful eye condition earlier this month and had to be put down

Staffordshire farrier wins The Horse Trust open farriery competition

The Horse Trust's open farriery competition took place over the weekend of 6 November at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Former police horse put to sleep after retirement at Horse Trust

Barkis, a former Greater Manchester Police horse, has been put to sleep aged 20 last week.

Jeanette Allen is new chief executive of The Horse Trust

Jeanette Allen has succeeded Brig Paul Jepson as chief executive of the welfare charity

Could you volunteer with the Horse Trust and be a Horse Samaritan?

The charity is looking for volunteers based in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire to help with its rehoming scheme