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Horse trailers top rural thieves' 'most wanted' list

Rural crime is on the rise — with trailers the most coveted equestrian item for thieves to target, according to insurers NFU Mutual

£20,000 of tack is stolen in raid on Hampshire yard

A livery yard near Hook in Hampshire had 34 items of tack taken in a night time raid on 12 August

Missing on loan — a lesson for all owners

Your horse’s passport, microchip and freezemark are all in your name — so there’s no doubt that you own him. Or is there?

Appeal for information after £40k tack theft

Thieves cleared out two tack rooms at a West Yorkshire yard in the early hours of Monday

Six horses and ponies stolen in Nottinghamshire

Police are appealing for information about the theft of six horses from a field in Calverton at the weekend

New Pembrokeshire Horsewatch scheme launched

A Horsewatch scheme has been launched in Pembrokeshire to help fight equine crime

'Stolen' horses must be returned to Belgium

A judge has ordered that three horses stolen in Belgium must be returned to their original owners

Alleged 'horse rustler' to appeal conviction

An alleged rustler who went on the run after being found guilty of stealing five horses has won the right to challenge what he claims is his wrongful conviction

Warning after attempted horse theft at county show

Competitors are warned not to leave horses unattended at shows after a cob was allegedly removed from a horsebox at Newark and Nottinghamshire County Show on 14 May

Stolen Shetland stallion found tethered and hogged a week later

A Shetland stallion, who was stolen a week ago in Bedford, was found tethered by a canal 20 miles away

Irish showjumper held on horse theft charge

An Irish showjumper is facing a charge of grand theft following the disappearance of selle Français Narqois De B’Neville

Appeal to find stolen miniature Shetland stallion

Thames Valley police are appealing for information after the 30inch stallion was taken from his field overnight

Ownership of showjumpers to be decided by judge

A High Court judge will decide who owns three showjumpers allegedly stolen in 2008

Horse owners warned after spate of rug thefts in Yorkshire

Horse owners in West Yorkshire have been warned after thieves have been stealing rugs from horses out in fields

Ten-year-old donates all her cash after HorseWorld burglary

After hearing that the charity had £5,000 stolen following its carol concert Lia Bailey-Wilkinson donated £10.30 to HorseWorld

Thieves steal £5k proceeds of charity carol service

Burglars broke into the offices at HorseWorld in Bristol just hours after the annual fund-raising event

Twenty saddles and five sets of clippers stolen in Dorset

Thieves broke into two tackrooms on a yard near Dorchester, stealing high value dressage saddles

£100,000 of tack stolen from saddlery in Droitwich

Horse owners are being warned to be wary of buying tack from unknown sellers after a massive theft in Worcestershire recently

Horse stolen just days before it was due to be put down

A horse owner appealing for information after her sick horse was stolen last week, just before he was to be put to sleep

Thieves steal WOW tack worth £7,500 from Lanarkshire saddler

Horse owners are being asked to keep a lookout for components to WOW saddles, after a saddler in Scotland was raided