Posted by on Feb 22, 2015 in Association News | 0 comments
Last week we took the saddest of decisions to let the gentle Leo take his final journey.
He came to me with a dreadful injury in early 2009, and was so brave whilst I did all sorts of treatments to try and heal him.
His story is here: http://www.equinerescuefrance.org/erf-equines/2010-2/leon/
We went...
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Posted by on Feb 16, 2015 in Association News | 0 comments
We have up for loan Accord, a lovely chestnut gelding who is 11 this year. He’s by Neptune D’Alary (AA) out of the German mare Ariane (Trakehner). He is fully papered in France.
Unfortunately the circumstances of Accord’s current guardians have changed suddenly and dramatically and they had to give up all the horses they had from us. It’s been very emotional for all...
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Posted by on Feb 6, 2015 in Association News | 0 comments
Nieuws en beelden betreffende onaanvaardbare mishandeling is naar buiten gekomen uit de Al Reef Cup, een CEN wedstrijd (nationale endurance wedstrijd) verreden over 120km Abu Dhabi.Om te beginnen, hier is de uitslagenlijst waarin tevens de diskwalificaties en terugtrekkingen zichtbaar zijn. Honderd paarden kwamen aan de start, en slechts dertig haalden de finish wat betekend dat 70% van de...
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Posted by on Feb 5, 2015 in Association News | 0 comments
News and footage of unacceptable abuse has been filtering through from the Al Reef Cup – a CEN 120 Km Endurance Ride in Abu Dhabi.
For starters, here’s the E, R, and Dsq list. One hundred started, only thirty finished, so 70% didn’t manage to complete. Scroll down to the charts at the bottom of the list link to see the numbers breakdown more...
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Posted by on Jan 25, 2015 in Association News | 0 comments
Our lovely Grace has found a fabulous home, in a quiet hamlet surrounded by forest. She is going to have her education furthered, and will be started riding and possibly taught to do some logging, which she would excel at!
She travelled and settled no bother, although her first encounter with one of her new field mates made us smile! Don’t think she’s encountered a short-necked...
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Posted by on Jan 14, 2015 in Association News | 0 comments
Tonight, we say a very sad goodbye to the big gentle giant that is Knaven.
Knaven was put into the care of ERF six years ago, along with his companions Molly and Merlin, when his owner’s circumstances changed dramatically and she could no longer look after them.
Knaven had been taken out of the meat chain from a market in the UK by his previous owner, and she was distraught at the thought...
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