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ROYAL PRESIDENT VISITS WORLD HORSE WELFARE
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HRH The Princess Royal visited the Norfolk centre of Britain’s largest equine rescue and rehoming charity on 11th May.
As president of the charity, The Princess Royal wanted to find out how the work of World Horse Welfare had continued throughout the pandemic, learn more about how the charity deals with the increasing number of cases involving large numbers of unhandled horses and meet some of the horses currently in the farm.
RIVER RESCUE OF FOAL
Animal rescuers from the RSPCA and Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service joined forces to save a foal stranded in a river from drowning.
RSPCA inspector Justin Stubbs was called to the River Nene at Guyhirn, Cambridgeshire, after a passerby spotted a little piebald pony stuck up to its shoulders on the edge of the riverbank. Officers used ropes and a rescue sled to paddle out to the foal, secure him safely, and pull him to safety.
FESTIVAL OF HUNTING RETURNS: WEDNESDAY 21ST JULY
The East of England Agricultural Society, organisers of The Festival of Hunting, along with the Chairman and committee of The Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show Society are delighted to announce they are planning for this popular rural event to return to the East of England Showground, Peterborough, on Wednesday 21st July, supported by the Countryside Alliance.
The Festival plays host to the Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show, the blue-ribboned competition in the summer showing calendar for Foxhound packs up and down the country.
www.festivalofhunting.com
RARE BREED CHAMPIONS
Rare native horse and pony breeds on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) Watchlist have the chance to compete for ‘RBST Priority breed’ and ‘RBST At Risk Breed’ champion rosettes for the first time.
The two classes will close the Norfolk Equestrian Show, hosted by the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association (RNAA) in association with RBST, behind closed doors at the Norfolk Showground on 28th July 2021.
HORSE TRUST COMMISSIONS CELEBRATORY ARTWORK
The Horse Trust has commissioned a special piece of artwork in celebration of its 135th Anniversary.
The celebratory painting has been created by specialist animal artist, Sarah Perkins from Derby, and is being sold as a series of limited edition mounted fine art prints signed by Sarah, as well as the original painting, to raise funds for the charity.
www.horsetrust.org.uk
CROWDS TO RETURN TO HICKSTEAD
This year’s Prenetics Royal International Horse Show will see crowds welcomed back to Hickstead for the first time since summer 2019.
Tickets for the show (21st-25th July) are on sale now, costing just £15 per person with concessions available and under 16s going free. A strict limit of 4,000 people per day will apply, so visitors are advised to book quickly before tickets sell out.
