December

Room at the Inn for Stevie

Little white donkey Stevie has had the perfect Christmas present - he has traded a temporary stable at The Horse Trust's Home of Rest for Horses for a permanent one.

November

Grant Marks Breakthrough in Equine Heaves

A grant from The Horse Trust has led to a breakthrough in the lung function analysis of horses subject to equine heaves ­ the horse equivalent of human asthma - and which may ultimately lead to better prevention and treatment for potential victims.

Equine Evening is Full of Surprises!

Meopham’s horse and pony owners enjoyed an evening full of surprises at the village hall, when Paul Jepson, chief executive and veterinary director of The Horse Trust was guest speaker at the Meopham Veterinary Surgery's client evening in Kent.

Calendar and Christmas Cards

The Horse Trust is delighted to offer our supporters packs of Christmas cards and a calendar for 2007. A suggested donation of £6 for a calendar and £3.50 for a pack of Christmas cards helps towards the cost of production, postage and packing.

Horse Trust to Fund Worm Resistance Research

The Horse Trust has awarded £60,000 to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to investigate why horses are becoming resistant to modern-day wormers.

September

Princess Royal Unveils New Name for Home of Rest for Horses

The Home of Rest for Horses, the oldest horse charity in the UK, is changing its name. Patron HRH the Princess Royal today (Thursday September 28 2006) announced that it has been renamed The Horse Trust.

Home of Rest for Horses Rewards Clinical Evidence

In an unprecedented move, The Home of Rest for Horses has made two awards for clinical evidence this year. The awards are presented at this week's British Equine Veterinary Association conference.

August

Clover Moves on to Greener Pastures

The Home of Rest for Horses has today sadly said goodbye to Clover, the pretty bay mare who was rescued from a field where she was found dirty and starving.

Primrose Bids Farewell to the Open Road

Primrose, a 16.2 hand black mare has retired to The Home of Rest for Horses after a wonderful life on the open road.

BHS Announce Second Equine Welfare Conference ­ A Horse for Life

After great demand, The British Horse Society, in partnership with the Home of Rest for Horses are holding a second equine welfare conference, on 24 September 2006 at Bailbrook House, Bath.

June

The Clinical Scholar Programme

Professor Josh Slater BVM&S PhD DipECEIM MRCVS, European Specialist in Equine Medicine, Professor of Equine Clinical Studies, Royal Veterinary College

Retirement for a Special Knight

Lancelot, a 26 year-old Irish Draught horse, recently retired from The Royal Mews at Windsor Castle has been reunited with his old friend Otto at The Home of Rest for Horses at Speen, Buckinghamshire.

Supporting Equine Welfare

Professor Stephen May MA VetMB PhD DVR DEO FRCVS DipECVS, RCVS & European Specialist in Equine Surgery, Professor of Equine Medicine and Surgery, Royal Veterinary College

Home of Rest for Horses Funds Equine Veterinary Education (EVE) for BEVA Student Members

The Home of Rest for Horses has elected to continue to support BEVA by funding subscriptions to the Equine Veterinary Journal (EVE) to BEVA Student Members.

The Opening Address

The Lady Somerleyton, President of the Horse Trust gives an address

Home of Rest for Horses Funds Laminitis Research

Thanks to £66,000 funding from The Home of Rest for Horses, the Royal Veterinary College is going to investigate whether laminitis (lameness) can be caused by a metabolic dysfunction.

The Fortunate Five

The Home of Rest for Horses has awarded clinical scholarships in equine studies to scholars at five different research institutions. A total of £400,000 has been committed to fund their three-year programmes of studies, which start in January 2007.

Facility Grants

Research Shows How to Take the Itch out of Sweet Itch

The Home of Rest for Horses has committed £141,000 to Bristol Veterinary School to find a way to alleviate sweet itch ­ an allergic reaction of horses to the bites of midges, which is a world-wide issue.

May

Strangles Research Wins £228,000 Boost

The Home of Rest for Horses, Britain’s leading equine charity, is giving £228,000 to The Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, to create new tests to help identify horses which are believed to be carriers of strangles - a potentially fatal disease.

Gentle Giants Retire to Buckinghamshire

Two gentle giants from Manchester have retired to The Home of Rest for Horses in Buckinghamshire.

April

Beware Internet Horse Trading Warns Home of Rest for Horses

Buying a horse over the internet is potentially dangerous and irresponsible, warns leading equine charity The Home of Rest for Horses.

Animal Health Trust Research Funded By Home of Rest for Horses

The Animal Health Trust has received £147,000 from the Home of Rest for Horses to fund a project investigating a possible genetic link to Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO) in horses.

March

Home of Rest Combats Equine HerpesVirus

Work funded by the Home of Rest for Horses has enabled researchers to take the first steps towards developing new anti-viral drug regimes to combat equine herpesvirus-1.

Please Hold The Carrots, Pleads Home Of Rest For Horses

The record numbers of visitors coming to see the elderly horses, ponies and donkeys at The Home of Rest for Horses' Westcroft Stables in Lacey Green are in danger of turning the animals orange!

Apply Online for Equine Research Grant

The Home of Rest for Horses is inviting applications for its 2007 grants for non-invasive research into equine diseases.

"Lucky" Gets Her New Name

Since "Lucky's" arrival at The Home of Rest for Horses on Friday 13 January suggestions for her new name have been flooding into the charity's offices at Westcroft Stables, Buckinghamshire.

Friends Reunited

Joshua from The Horse Rangers has been reunited with old team mate Jack at The Home of Rest for Horses, Westcroft Stables in Buckinghamshire.

February

Peninsula "Ben" Passes On

Peninsula, better known by his stable name "Ben", has been put to sleep at The Home of Rest for Horses in Buckinghamshire, after a long illness.

The Home of Rest for Horses Gives £1.5million to Equine Research

The Home of Rest for Horses has awarded more than £1.5million to support 13 programmes of non-invasive research into equine ailments and a BEVA Trust seminar to improve education of horse owners in 2006.

January

Shadow Succumbs to Colic

Underscoring the need for urgent research into Colic, The Home of Rest for Horses lost one of its oldest residents to the ailment just before Christmas.

HRH The Princess Royal to Attend Horse Owners' Seminar

HRH The Princess Royal, patron of The Home of Rest for Horses, will be attending a seminar on "Buying and Owning a Horse" at Wolverhampton Racecourse on 27 April.

Can Anyone Out There Help Lucky?

The Home of Rest for Horses in Buckinghamshire is appealing for £500 to help rehabilitate ponies like Lucky.

A Breath of Fresh Air

Research carried out at The University of Glasgow has discovered that one in six of the UK’s horse population suffers Respiratory Airway Obstruction (often referred to as Heaves).