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Police appeal for information on stolen tack and riding boots

Police are appealing for information after tack and a number of pairs of expensive riding boots were stolen from a farm in Dorset at the end of last month

Thousands of pounds of specialist tack stolen from RDA centre

Riding for the Disabled Association centre Miller’s Nook Riding School in Bolton was targeted by thieves overnight last Monday (9 March).

Horses seized by police in County Durham are stolen

A number of horses seized by police last week were stolen in a midnight raid over the weekend

£50,000 of tack stolen from Riding for the Disabled centre

The Conquest Centre for Disabled Riders in Taunton has been forced to cancel lessons after £50,000 of tack was stolen last night (Wednesday, 25 February).

Horse owners encouraged to mark tack as thefts soar

Tack thefts across the country soared in the last two months of 2008, leading to renewed pleas from police and Horsewatch groups for people to identity mark all their equipment

Northern Ireland couple gets trailer back a year after it was stolen

Police have returned a horse trailer to a couple from Londonderry a year after it was stolen

Valuable beagles stolen from Ireland's oldest beagle club

Police are appealing for information after seven valuable hounds have been stolen from the Riverstown Foot pack in County Cork

Horsewatch issues Christmas checklist to help keep thieves at bay

After a spate of thefts around the UK, Thames Valley Horsewatch is warning owners to be safe, not sorry

Terrier stolen along with eight-horse lorry at hunt meet

A Cheshire woman is appealing for information after her dog Jasmin was stolen along with an eight-horse lorry at a meet of the Cheshire Forest hunt

Thieves steal £20,000 of show tack from Jo Bates' yard

Show rider Jo Bates and eventer Pip Taylor have had their tack room cleared out by thieves, who also took a quad bike, trials bike and trailer

Stolen Shetland pony returned to owner

Another of the eight Shetland ponies stolen in the South of England has been returned to its owner

Freeze-marking frenzy followed summer theft scare

The riot of text messages claiming that individuals were stealing horses to order resulted in a massive increase in the number of horses being freeze-marked over the summer

Carriage driver targeted by thieves in Essex

A young carriage driver is appealing for information after thieves stole her carriage and emptied her tack room last weekend

Microdots is latest system for security marking tack

Horse owners could soon be using the high-tech "microdots" method of security, which was pioneered by the motor industry, to mark tack

Police recover stolen trailers at Beaulieu Road sales

Police patrols at the New Forest pony sales paid off last month with the discovery of a pair of stolen horse trailers

Horse thefts in Sussex prompt police security warning

Horse owners in the Horsham area are being advised to increase their security following the theft of a number of mares and foals

Gloucestershire police target schools in fight against equine crime

A year-long crime awareness and security campaign by police in Gloucestershire has seen a 40 per cent fall in equine-related crime

Equestrian jewellery worth over £100,000 stolen at Great Yorkshire

Police are appealing for witnesses after £100k-worth of jewellery by well-known equestrian designer Rosemary Hetherington was stolen at Great Yorkshire last Thursday

Horse thief Susan Nicholson jailed for six months

Owners of horses that passed through the hands of Derbyshire horse thief Susan Nicholson have criticised her six-month prison sentence as too lenient

Owner appeals for return of three-day-old foal

The owner of a foal stolen in Cambridgeshire says she is "very concerned" for the wellbeing of both her foal and its mother