A lucky horse owner will be able to transport their animal again after Banbury police recovered their stolen trailer.

Police have rallied together and been pulling over vehicles suspected of being involved in pony and trap racing after receiving intelligence that the disruptive practice would be returning today.

North Yorkshire Fire Service's animal rescue crew from Scarborough and Malton were sent to help the horse who had fallen in his field at Hutton Buscel, Scarborough on Saturday lunchtime.

Police in Wales have been giving hands-on support to riders following a spate of thefts. Gwent Police’s Rural Crime team took action after a rise in thefts from yards across the largely rural county, including some high-profile riders.

Two stolen horse boxes have been recovered by police.

A Doncaster man has been banned from keeping animals for ten years after horrified RSPCA inspectors found maggots in the untreated neck wound of his Shetland pony.

Lauren Sapsted’s mare Alice was found dead by Lauren’s seven-year-old daughter Bella on Monday morning (16 May). She had been due to give birth in three weeks, and had gone into labour in her panic but the foal did not survive. Her hind leg was broken.

Nottinghamshire Police is taking extra steps to stop thefts of horse box trailers.

EMERGENCY services are on the scene of a crash on the A171 near Whitby, and the road is closed in both directions.

A man from Barnstaple has been sentenced to 24 weeks immediate custody and banned from keeping horses for life after causing the death of a horse and mistreating three others.

A MOTORIST visiting the New Forest was banned from the roads for six months after leaving a foal with two broken legs in a crash.

The box is an Ifor Williams in a maroon/burgundy colour, similar to the photo above which has been shared by police on social media.

"...the rave had closed off the B3070, given locals a sleepless night and caused ‘distress to livestock on farmland’, Dorset Police’s deputy chief constable Sam de Reya said.

Officers are investigating after a large amount of equestrian items were stolen from a premises in South Staffordshire.

A MAJOR redevelopment of a leading Middleham racing stable appears to have overcome a hurdle after councillors called on walkers of a popular footpath that crosses a new gallops to use common sense.