Mary King is looking for a rider for her Olympic Silver Medal winning horse King Solomon III.
Paula Lee has been riding ‘Solly’ since 2005 when he retired from eventing. Paula has qualified the horse for the 2009 British Dressage South West Summer Regionals but cannot ride now herself as she is pregnant.
Paula said:
“I am looking for a talented young rider or well deserving rider who just needs the opportunity to show their talent,”
“I am expecting a baby in August and will be unable to compete him at the regionals myself. I would therefore like to give someone the wonderful opportunity to ride this amazing horse.
“We are looking for a kind, considerate, quiet rider who really deserves a chance.”
A pit pony from the National Coal Mining Museum has died at the age of nineteen after battling a sudden illness.
Robbie has lived at the museum for the past ten years and before that he was the last pony to leave Pant y Gasseg mine in Wales where he had worked underground for five years hauling coal.
Debra Evans from the mining museum said:
“The museum is sad to announce that our pit pony Robbie passed away on April 18, 2009.
“Robbie was good-looking, good-natured, and his favourite companion at the museum was Patch.
“We know Robbie will be sorely missed as he was loved by all who met him. His loss will be felt by all the staff at the museum, those who adopted him and the visitors.”
Police and wildlife officers are looking into the deaths of three horses found shot dead in Sundre near Calgary on Tuesday.
The horses, a pregnant mare, a yearling and a 2 year old colt were found near the Mountain Aire Lodge campground about half a mile from the roadside.
It is thought that the horses were shot from the roadside on Tuesday afternoon.
Bob Henderson of the Wild Horse Society of Alberta said:
“For the first time in a long time, I actually cried this morning. It hurts your heart when you watch them out there, the way that they are and live out there. They’re such a beautiful, magnificent animal, and to see this needless, senseless act just sickens the heart,”
A Florida vet is blaming the deaths of 21 polo ponies on the mineral supplement Selenium which is often given to horses to help them recover from muscle fatigue.
Vet Thomas J. Holt said that tests on the ponies showed that they had above normal levels of the mineral in their bodies. He also said that the ponies had shown signs of toxic poisoning when they were dying.
Dr Garland, head of toxicology at Texas A&M’s Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory stated that the horses would have suffered a painful death after the overdose.
It is not yet known if the overdose was a vet or pharmacy error.
A stallion owned by Leona Lewis has head butted her after becoming spooked.
The X Factor winner was hit so hard that she was knocked to the floor and her lip was split. She was sent home by doctors and ordered to rest just in case she was suffering from concussion.
Leona has been riding for many years and the stallion was a birthday gift from her friends.
Ms Lewis didn’t need to have surgery on her injuries but she is resting and her album recording sessions have been put on halt for now.
