Retirement
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Is age just a number? New study looks at when horses become ‘old’
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‘Quirky’ cob gelding who excelled as a police horse retires aged 20
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‘He taught me so many life lessons’: Tokyo Olympic dressage horse retires age 16
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‘The bravest horse we had’: police horse retires after 13 years’ faithful service
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Paralympian who had to put down dangerous horse speaks out about horses being given away or sold cheaply
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Windsor grey who was ‘popular’ with The Queen retires after 15 years service
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‘No horse should have to end its life like that’: vet urges owners to stop giving away older and unrideable horses
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‘He’s taught me a lot’: Robert Whitaker retires top horse age 18
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‘The horse who made me believe that I could’: World Champion retires five-star partner
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Met Police horse famed for her courage to join equine colleagues in retirement
During her 10 years’ service Orla attended premiership football matches and took part in numerous public order and ceremonial duties including the Black Lives Matter and English Defence League protests
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‘A legend’: unflappable police horse to enjoy retirement after 12 years’ service
“The highlights of both our careers include working for three weeks in London for the Olympics, patrolling the Olympic Park. We even got to meet David Beckham”
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Police horse to enjoy ‘fairytale’ retirement with former rider and old equine colleague
“It’s really lovely, it’s like an ideal fairytale and a happy ever after”
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Bermuda-based sport horse travels more than 3,000 miles to retire in South Wales
“It’s amazing how quickly they settle in once they get here, we have other horses who have come from Dubai and Europe – we’re becoming quite international”
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Where are they now? 9 equine stars enjoying retirement
Since their respective retirements, we perhaps haven’t seen quite so much of these remarkable horses, so here’s a quick look to see what they’ve been up to...
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‘Retired horse, free to good home’: H&H asks the tough question…
‘Is this really in the best interests of your horse, or are you simply passing on your problem to someone else?’
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Call for prize money to fund ‘pensions’ for top horses
"These horses should live out their days with the standard of care they have had their entire lives”
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'Noble and polite' police horse retires to quieter life in the country
"Max" had served with Northumbria Police for eight years
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Top dressage horse Parzival to retire next year
Adelinde Cornelissen has said she is to retire her star horse Parzival next year
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Top showjumping mare retires
The elite showjumping mare, who helped her rider become European champion, has been retired
