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Oakley Horseboxes wins award from The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers : Herts Mercury

11 Tuesday Feb 2014

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[Hertfordshire Mercury] A bespoke coachmakers based in Ware in Herts has been recognised by The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers.

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Oakley Horseboxes has been awarded the 2013 award to industry for its contributions to technological advancements in transport.

The Eddie Stobart Race Horse transporter by Oakley Horseboxes. Photo: tyretracks.co.uk

Master coachmaker, The Hon Michael Callaghan, said he was impressed by Oakley’s high quality craftsmanship.

Full story here at the Hertfordshire Mercury….


Herts Mercury
Tue 11th Feb, 2014


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Today at Brendon Stud at Pyecombe – The 2 day Pony Affiliated Show: Equihunter

02 Sunday Jun 2013

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[Equihunter] Brendon Stud is holding a two day event this weekend, a pony British Showjumping affiliated show held over the weekeBritish Showjumpingnd of Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of June on the all weather surface arena.

Stabling is available for this show, temporary stables are priced at £50 for the show duration. You will find a stable form on back of entry form.

Download your copy here…..

Classes 1, 2, 7 & 8 will be Pre-entry and Drawn Order. However, entries may
possibly be accepted for these Classes on the day before 9am, providing that pre-entries for each class are less than 60.

Any entries taken on the day must compete first in the drawn order. If over 60 entries in a class before 9am show day no entries for these specific classes will be taken on the day. Entries taken on the day for all other classes also if spaces.

Useful contact details: 

The Show Secretary: 07815 908017 / 07811 116835
www.brendonpyecombe.co.uk email: light16@hotmail.co.uk

Directions:

Located on the A23 – approximately 5 miles south of Hickstead. Take A273 turning off of the A23. The Showground is situated at end of main Pyecombe Bridge and turn left.

Brendon Stud, Haresdean Farm, London Road, Pyecombe, Sussex. BN45 7ED

Brendon Stud, Haresdean Farm, London Road, Pyecombe, Sussex. BN45 7ED

We took our sponsored rider Libby Newman there today to compete in two classes , Newcomers and Foxhunter.

Libby has a choice of two ponies currently, both Connemara Geldings, “Kinvara Silver Star” and “Bobby VI”, both were entered. Libby managed to get a 4th place in the Newcomers class on Bobby.

We also took along the EQUIHUNTER ENDURANCE to show a couple of customers around who wanted to see more…..

Here are some new pictures taken today……

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Equihunter Endurance 7.5 Tonne Horsebox
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Team Equihunter Rider Libby Newman Competing at Pyecombe in Sussex
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Team Equihunter Rider Libby Newman Competing at Pyecombe in Sussex

Equihunter
1st June, 2013


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Are things on the up for horsebox manufacturers? Easy2Insure

31 Friday May 2013

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[Easy2Insure] A recent report in the Financial Times suggests that niche motor industry businesses are currently bucking the economic trend and doing rather well.

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The report looked at a number of businesses in the usually hard-hit North East of England and found that, rather than struggling during one of the worst economic periods in decades, small manufacturers and specialist producers are doing particularly well financially.

One of those listed is the UK’s largest horsebox maker Equi-Trek. The firm is the largest maker of horse boxes in the UK and produces everything from £5,000 hitch and go trailers to luxury mobile homes for professional showjumpers that run into hundreds of thousands of pounds. So why are things looking so bright for horse box manufacturers, and could this be part of the ‘Olympic Legacy’ we’ve all heard so much about this year?

A little extra disposable income and some smart options such as group ownership and syndicates has also meant that more people are being encouraged to enter what was previously thought of as an elite sport. But there are still expenses and along with the tack, the equipment and, of course, the horse, owners need to be mobile. And that means investing in a horse box…..

Read the full feature at Easy2Insure……


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31st May, 2013


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Canterbury Horse Rescue Centre may put down its 25 horses if forced to close: This is Kent

06 Wednesday Feb 2013

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[This is Kent] An animal charity facing closure may be forced to put down 25 horses if urgent funds are not raised. Canterbury Horse Rescue Centre has been plunged into financial crisis after the recession caused donations to dwindle.

UNDER THREAT: Horses may have to be put down if the centre closes.

UNDER THREAT: Horses may have to be put down if the centre closes. Picture: Canterbury Horse Rescue Centre

Trustees have launched a desperate appeal for funds, in the hope of saving the last remaining equestrian charity in Kent – and the lives of the horses that live there.

Yard manager Stella King, 50, said: “We are currently caring for 25 animals who cannot be re-homed due to medical and behavioural issues.

“This will result in them having to be euthanased if we are forced into closure – which will happen in two weeks if we don’t raise enough money.

“There would be nowhere else for the animals to go. I don’t like the thought of it at all, but it’s a quality of life issue.

“The older horses with breathing difficulties or other medical problems would be put down. We would try to get other charities to take them, but everyone is suffering at the moment.”

The charity has been rescuing abandoned horses, mules, ponies and donkeys since it was founded in Sturry 10 years ago.

Stella, who lives in Staines Hill in Sturry, said it ran into difficulty after the economic climate forced supporters to stop donating.

She added: “The charity is very small. It doesn’t have loads of investors.

“The money donated goes straight into caring for the horses, their welfare and rehabilitation.”

The centre is called to the aid of horses found dumped in places such as cemeteries, cul-de-sacs and waste-grounds all over the South East.

Stella said: “If the charity shuts down, there will be no-one to respond to these emergencies, and ponies will end up dead in fields.

“We’ve been inundated with calls, but we’ve already had to start turning people down.”…..

Read the full story at This is Kent….

If you would like to help and for information about how to donate, visit…..

www.canterburyhorserescue.org

or

Visit the Canterbury Horse Rescue Centre Facebook page here…..


This is Kent
6th Feb, 2013


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Equestrian interests soar in China: Horse & Hound

06 Wednesday Feb 2013

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[Horse & Hound] A riding population of 150,000 may not sound impressive, but starting from zero less than a decade ago, Chinese equestrianism is clearly going places.

Western breeds are popular, Warmbloods, Arabs and Quarter horses are favoured.

Western breeds are popular, Warmbloods, Arabs and Quarter horses are favoured. Image: courtesy xinhuanet.com

The world’s fastest growing economy has a new cash-rich middle class who, buoyed by interest from the 2008 Olympic Games, has quickly embraced “status” pursuits such as horse sport and golf.                                         equihunter horseboxes

Until recently, only a few hundred horses, mostly racers, were imported.

But in 2012, 2,000 thoroughbreds and sport horses — mostly from France, Germany, Ireland and Holland — entered China.

About 600 riding clubs cater for 50,000 serious riders and a further 100,000 ride weekly.

Li Yanyang, publisher of China’s main equestrian magazine, Horsemanship, believes growth is 15-20% a year and that £60million was spent on new facilities between 2010 and 2012

Western breeds are popular, Warmbloods, Arabs and Quarter horses are favoured.

“But local breeds and local crosses are cherished,” added Li Yanyang. “These horses are good doers and sturdy, their main appeal.”

China’s proud history was based on the back of warrior horses. Millions of indigenous ponies still work in rural areas, notably inner Mongolia and Xinjiang.

But because China has no culture of leisure riding and suffers from harsh winters, westernised activity is based round club-style resorts with multiple indoor schools.

They are mostly around Beijing and the affluent Yangtse and Pearl River deltas, the so-called “factory of the world”…..

Read the full story at Horse & Hound…..


Horse & Hound
5th Feb, 2013


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Keen horsewoman was crushed to death by one-ton hay bale: Daily Mail

05 Wednesday Sep 2012

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[Daily Mail] Charlotte Louise Conroy-Taylor, 45, died after bale fell on her at Beaumont Grange Farm in Morecambe, Lancashire. She had warned about the dangers of such an incident only months beforehand an inquest hears. The tragedy happened as she mucked out stables with her daughter Zara, 13.

Round bales are harder to handle than square bales but compress the hay more tightly. This round bale is partially covered with net wrap, which is an alternative to twine.

Larger bales are harder to handle than smaller bales but compress the hay more tightly. This round bale is partially covered with net wrap, which is an alternative to twine. Photo: Wikipedia

A keen horsewoman died after being crushed by  a ‘precariously balanced’ hay bale just months after warning about the dangers  at a livery stable, an inquest heard today.

Charlotte Louise Conroy-Taylor, was killed  when the giant hay bale weighing a ton fell on her at the stables where she kept  her daughter Zara’s horse, Flash. Mrs Conroy-Taylor had kept the horse at  Beaumont Grange Farm, which has an equestrian centre with a riding school, for  several years.

But tragedy struck in May last year when Mrs  Conroy-Taylor, 45, went to the stables to help ‘muck out’ Zara’s horse after  returning from a family holiday. An inquest into her death at Preston  Coroner’s Court was told that Mrs Conroy-Taylor died almost instantly after  being struck by the hay bale covered in black plastic.

Giving evidence 13-year-old Zara told how her  mother had warned of an accident occurring with the hay bales prior to her  death. She said: ‘A few months before the accident  my mum said “I bet one day one of them is going to fall” because she wasn’t as  happy as she should have been with the way that they were stacked.

The girl said she went to the stables with  her mother every evening at around 5pm.

Mrs Conroy-Taylor, Youth Offending Team  manager at Lancashire County Council, would begin mucking out duties whilst Zara  rode her horse around the stables.

Zara said her mother suffered from a bad back  causing her to ‘hunch over’ meaning she preferred to get hay from a trough  within the stables rather than access the bales. However, on a number of occasions clients  were forced to access the hay bales as the trough ‘was more often than not  empty’.

She said: ‘We never opened a bale at the bottom of the stack and would know not to open one supporting the stack. It would make it unstable or fall it was common sense.’

On May 31 last year, the last time Zara saw  her mother alive was as she stood next to a stack of hay bales around five metres high. Preston and West Lancashire Coroner, James  Adeley said: ‘Zara went to muck out the horse and Charlotte went to collect some hay.

But after her mother left Zara heard a scream  a few moments later and found her mother on the floor with a hay bale near her  feet and another by her side.

‘Zara called for help but Charlotte had  already succumbed to her death.’ Zara held her mother’s hand and squeezed it  but Mrs Conroy-Taylor did not respond, the court heard……

Read the full story at The Daily Mail…..


Daily Mail
5th Sept, 2012


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Horse rescued from River Douglas in Wigan: BBC News

14 Saturday Jul 2012

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[BBC News] Firefighters who rescued a horse from a flooded Greater Manchester river have said the animal was “safe and well”.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said the rescue was "difficult" .  BBC News

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said the rescue was “difficult”. BBC News

Crews were called to Martland Park, Wigan, on Tuesday morning after receiving reports of a horse being unable to get out of the River Douglas.

Water rescue teams worked for three hours with ropes and an inflated fire hose to rescue 16-year-old mare Molly. Station manager Ben Levy said the rescue was “difficult” due to “the heavy rain we’ve had recently”.

Molly was helped out of the river by firefighters

Molly was helped out of the river by firefighters

He said members of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) had initially attempted to rescue the horse, but had been unsuccessful, so had called Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service for help.

Two specialist water rescue crews attended the incident and used the hose “to create a barrier to guide Molly to a safe area before getting strops round her,” he said.

He added the mare had been moved down the river to a “suitable spot” before being walked out of the water. “It took three hours in total to rescue Molly from the river [which] was quite deep because it was flooded due to the heavy rain we’ve had recently,” he said.

“The rescue was difficult not only due to flooded river, but also because of the very steep and muddy banks, but she came out and is safe and well thanks to the efforts of our crews and the RSPCA.”

Read the original story at BBC News…..


BBC News
11th July 2012


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