Retirement

William Fox-Pitt may retire after London 2012 Olympic Games

The WEG gold medallist and five-times Burghley winner is considering retiring from eventing to train racehorses and spend more time with his family

Pytchley huntsman Matthew Puffer to retire

Matthew Puffer is set to retire at the end of the season, after 36 years of hunt service

The Horse Trust launches rehoming scheme for retired horses

The Horse Trust has launched a rehoming scheme after being overwhelmed with horses donated by desperate horse owners affected by the credit crunch

Met's longest-serving police horse, Raleigh, retires after 20 years

Twenty-three-year-old Raleigh has left the Metropolitan Police Service and is enjoying retirement in the Kentish countryside

Top hurdler Inglis Drever retires from racing

Three-time Cheltenham World Hurdle winner Inglis Drever has been retired from the racetrack after sustaining a hock injury last November

Thwaites brewery shire horse retires after 15 years of deliveries

Classic the 18-year-old shire has been retired from his duties and a new raw recruit will now be representing the brewery in his place

Police horses Iceni and Sawyer retire to The Horse Trust

Police horses from forces at opposite ends of the country have both retired to The Horse Trust's home of rest in Speen, Buckinghamshire

Grand National winning jockey Mick Fitzgerald is retiring from race riding

National hunt jockey Mick Fitzgerald is retiring from the saddle on the advice of surgeons

Two of Lancashire police force's horses retire after a total of 31 years

Loyal servants Hadrian and Lancer retire from the Lancashire police mounted unit after 31 years of service between them

Beef Or Salmon retires to raptuous applause at Punchestown

Beef Or Salmon had his last race at Punchestown yesterday and will now turn his hand to dressage with his owner's 15-year-old grandson

Racing world says a fond farewell to Joes Edge

The winner of the 2005 Scottish Grand National, Joes Edge, has been retired at the age of 11

Grand National winning jockey Tony Dobbin retires

Tony Dobbin, winner of the 1997 Grand National, will retire from the saddle today (Thursday 10 April) at Carlisle racecourse

Bramham winner Foreign Exchange retires from eventing

Bramham 2004 winner Foreign Exchange has retired from eventing and is now enjoying a slower pace of life with his new owners

BSJA chief executive Jacky Wood to retire

British Show Jumping Association chief executive Jacky Wood will retire at the end of 2008 after more than 40 years with the association

Three Shire horses will enjoy their retirement with The Horse Trust

After long lives pulling brewery drays and working on farms, three Shires will enjoy their retirement in Buckinghamshire

Legendary racehorse trainer Michael Dickinson has retired

Michael Dickinson, the now US-based trainer responsible for the first five horses home in the 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup, has retired

Injury forces Julian Pritchard to quit

Britain's most successful point-to-point rider has been forced to quit

Champion hurdler Mighty Man faces retirement after injury

Mighty Man, Britain and Ireland

Racing week: Culloty calls it a day

Best Mate will be looking for a new rider after his partner Jim Culloty announced his retirement from racing earlier this week, plus other racing news

See More Business retires

See More Business, one of the most popular chasers of recent years, has been retired from jump racing following a short illness