Horse dealers

Bombproof horse dealers ordered to pay £5,000 by court

Horse dealer Louise Thomas has been ordered to pay £5,000 to a Lancashire man after refusing to give him a refund for a horse he had bought

‘Dodgy horse dealer’ exposed on TV by the BBC

A Kent horse trader who describes himself as the “Robin Hood of the horse game” has been found guilty of seven charges under the Trade Descriptions Act and one horse passport offence

Ireland tightens up controls on horse passport laws

The Irish government has boosted the number of horse passport inspectors and given them new powers to spot-check dealers and auction rings in an effort to increase compliance

H&H exclusive: lady horse dealers

Find out how the fairer sex gets on selling horses

Illegal horse dealer put out of business by Harrow Council

A husband and wife team running an illegal horse dealing business have been banned from trading on 200 acres of private land in the Old Redding area of Harrow, Middlesex

Horse dealer is taken to court

A dissatisfied customer takes a business to court after being sold an unsuitable mount

Horse dealer in Fife under investigation

Trading Standards in Fife are leading a probe into a horse dealer following a string of complaints

Horse dealers: how to tell the good from the bad

In this week's exclusive feature Horse & Hound asks "How do you pick the right dealer?"

Dealer evades fine for injecting lame horse

Sheree Graves was awarded

Horse dealer faces negligence claims

Philip McAteer of West View Farm Stables Ltd in Durham is at the centre of two private claims for damages

Horse passport legislation bites

Doncaster dealer David John Thomas and his business partner Dagmar Blick, trading as Horse Imports, have been found guilty of passport irregularities and fined £8,000

‘Click and buy’ deals wind up in court

H&H’s 2005 exposé of people buying horses unseen/unvetted only to receive damaged goods, is echoing in the courts

Horse dealer fined for false description

Co Durham dealer Philip McAteer of West View Stables has been prosecuted by Trading Standards for advertising a four-year-old horse as a seven-year-old

Trading standards spotlight falls on dealer

A dealer is being investigated by authorities following a Horse & Hound exposé on websites that dupe buyers into buying horses unseen

Poor support for new dealers' scheme

Dealers have been slow to take up membership of the new British Equine Dealers’ Federation, which has been set up to improve the industry's "dodgy" image

New scheme to root out "dodgy" dealers

A new registration scheme for equine dealers aims to cast off the industry's "dodgy" reputation and help buyers feel confident about buying from trustworthy sellers