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Great work and interesting outcomes from the Devon County Show team checking every passport for status (and ID). Scary that so many horse being moved and shown around the country with no vax status, esp when notified prior to event. Be interesting to see how other shows fair.

ASAO’s latest article exposes the scale of unvaccinated horses arriving at showing events and the huge pressure this puts on organisers, vets and stewards.

Read the full story from the Devon County Show:
👉 https://www.asao.co.uk/shining-a-light-on-a-vaccination-problem/

Its Bank Holiday weekend and it finally feels like summer might be here 🤞 and temperautres are going to be going up and up! 🥵 (bit of a shock to the system as I've still been wearing two fleeces the start of last week!)

Remember to keep you and your horse hydrated, cool, sun-creamed , fly rugged as needed; and not to ride in heat of day- no one is acclimatised to the sudden golden heat ball in the sky actually working!

Most of all- ENJOY the lovely weather

(image by Ai- it not a real horse 😆 )

Good luck to all competing at and attending over the next few days. Finally..the weather gods have blessed a County Show with (proposed) beautiful weather.

Ben Atkinson and team are performing Friday and Saturday for your horse fix! 😁

Anyone thinking of going- 2x children under 16 free on Saturday with a paying adult (see terms on Devon County Show website):

https://devoncountyshow.co.uk/

Sad news for all involved with Redwings announcing closure of two sites. All horses are to be moved to the Norfolk sites. We must support all our animal rescues - even though times are tough for all. So many more animals will suffer if we do not have these fabulous places to offer help when needed.

It is with profound sadness that we announce the closure of two of our visitor centres, Redwings Mountains in Forfar, Angus, and Redwings Oxhill in Warwickshire, following a period of staff consultation. Both visitor centres are now closed to visitors, with immediate effect.

https://www.redwings.org.uk/news-and-features/redwings-announces-closure-two-visitor-centres-in-scotland-and-warwickshire

We are so sorry to share that 33 staff members have been made redundant across the two sites, and all staff have been offered wellbeing support and help to find alternative employment wherever possible. We would like to thank them most sincerely for all their hard work and dedication and wish them every success in the future.

All the resident horses and donkeys will be relocated to our Norfolk sites, and this includes our Adoption Stars. Anyone who supports Redwings by sponsoring a horse or donkey at one of these centres will receive further information about this in due course, and we are so sorry for any disappointment this may cause.

Every horse affected has a new home ready and waiting for them at our Norfolk sanctuary sites. Neither of these centres took in rescue cases directly, and so the closure does not affect Redwings’ ability to rescue horses from anywhere in the country, as we have always done. We will continue to help horses in need, wherever and whenever we can. However, these closures do save vital and significant operating costs long-term, allowing us to secure the future of the 1000+ horses in our sanctuary care who rely on us every day.

Businesses and charities across the country are struggling severely – Redwings is certainly not alone. Needing to use our reserves (our savings) to cover the gap between our income (what we can raise) and our expenditure (what we need to spend) with costs continuing to rise is simply not sustainable. We have been in a period of financial review for nearly two years, including seeking specialist external advice, and although we always hoped it would not be necessary to make such changes, with the economic climate as it is, our Board of Trustees concluded that there was no viable alternative other than to proceed in the way proposed.

Although these closures will make a difference in terms of our day to day running costs, we continue to need your support so anything you can give at this time would be greatly appreciated. You can read more information over on our website.

Thank you so much everyone for your understanding and support as always. We have been overwhelmed by your kind messages, suggestions and donations, and we are so very grateful. We're incredibly sorry to bring you such sad news.

Hurrah! The sun is shining on the official 1st day of spring or Ostara. Well done crew - we've made it 👏..

Ostara heralds new beginnings, spring cleaning, planting so we will be spending the time planting lots of electric fence posts yo keep the gutsy pony off of the sudden grass flush 🙈

Enjoy the weather and have a great weekend 😁

Hello 1st March 2026 👋. Officially the start of spring in the UK. Fingers crossed we may now start to dry up a bit. But nature is fighting back against all the wet: the daffodils are in full bloom, blossom pushing out on the trees... And the grass starting to grow 🌱🌱🌱

Keep you eyes peeled for grass growth info out this week on our channels... 👀