Police horses

Mounted police looking for horses on loan

Greater Manchester Police is appealing for horses on loan to help train inexperienced officers

Police horsebox breaks down on motorway

While all horse owners dread a lorry breakdown on the motorway, it may be a relief to know that even the police can be caught out

Police horses awarded medals for bravery

Charity gives medals to 10 brave Met Police horses who had bricks hurled at them during riots in London

Police horse punched by football hooligan

A police horse was punched during violence between Bristol Rovers and Mansfield Town fans

Football fan who punched police horse jailed

A football fan who punched a West Yorkshire police horse in the head has been jailed for a year

Video: Police horse tramples on a football steward during crowd trouble

Police are investigating after a police horse trod on a football official during a pitch invasion by fans

How stressful do police horses find their job?

Researchers have been investigating how stressful police work is for horses

Police horse caught up in football violence

Bud, a West Yorkshire police horse who appeared to be punched by a football fan is reported to be fine after the incident

Man who tried to ‘feed sausage rolls to police horses’ will face trial

A man who tried to feed police horses sausage rolls is to face trial in February

Budget cuts threaten our mounted police units

With two more forces disbanding mounted units this year due to financial cutbacks — and further cuts on the way — could police horses on our streets become a thing of the past?

Paralympic athlete meets the police horses who patrolled the Games

Josie Pearson, a keen rider who won gold in the discus event, asked to spend the day with the horses who helped look after the Olympic venues

Another mounted unit faces closure due to cuts

Essex Police is set to be the second force to disband its mounted unit in the past two months, under pressure to make cuts

Abandoned newborn foal found by police horse

Police horse Jeeves alerted rescuers to a tiny foal that had been abandoned or lost in a field close to his own on Sunday in South Norfolk

Rebekah Brooks' loan horse brings new 'hacking' revelations

It's emerged that former newspaper executive Rebekah Brooks — who resigned over the phone hacking scandal — was loaned a horse by the Metropolitan Police

Long-serving police horse retires to The Horse Trust

After 18 years of service, Clyde - who has been honoured by HM The Queen -  is enjoying his retirement

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.

More horses needed for the Metropolitan Police Service

The Metropolitan Police Force's mounted branch is looking for loan horses to help teach officers to ride

Long serving Metropolitan Police horse Vernon retires

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

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

Mounted policeman's leaving present to remember

One of the UK’s most experienced mounted policemen got a leaving present to remember when his colleagues arranged for him to have a lesson with dressage star Kyra Kyrklund last month