Irish horse charity Irish Horse Welfare Trust (IHWT) is hosting its annual golf classic at Rathsallagh Golf club in Kildare on Friday 1st June to raise funds for its work rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming neglected horses, as well as the charity’s education projects. The Golf Classic will start at 14.00 sharp, registration costs €700 per team – for teams of […]
Read more →Sharon Power from Wicklow has been named as one of five people shortlisted for the Santa Rita 120 Local Hero Awards 2012. Santa Rita 120, the premium Chilean winemakers, called for people throughout the country to nominate someone they felt deserves recognition for the outstanding work they do in their local community. The winning Santa Rita 120 Local […]
Read more →‘Best Doing Good App’ category Tipperary equestrian app company Grey Horse Apps has won second prize in the ‘Best Doing Good’ App category at the 2011 ‘Best App Ever’ Awards in San Francisco. The ‘Save a horse’ app was created by Grey Horse Apps to support the work of Ireland’s horse charity Irish Horse Welfare Trust. More than 7,240 apps were […]
Read more →Moscow Flyer, a racing legend, equine celebrity, and IHWT ambassador, has generously donated his stable at the Irish Horse Welfare Trust Centre (IHWT) where he spent the last 7 years in active retirement, so it can be used instead to stable neglected equines in need. Jane Mysercough Chairperson of IHWT, explains: “Moscow Flyer trained by Jessie Harrington, became an integral […]
Read more →Tipperary equestrian app company, Grey Horse Apps has been shortlisted for the 2011 ‘Best App Ever’ Awards. The ‘Save a horse’ app, created by Grey Horse Apps to support the work of Ireland’s horse charity Irish Horse Welfare Trust, has been shortlisted from over 7,240 app nominations. The app contains 17 topics including information aboutIreland’s only dedicated equine charity, videos, […]
Read more →Happy New Year! If you are looking for a 2012 calendar, we have a couple of suggestions, all of them supporting good causes! -Saint Aidan’s Services Saint Aidan’s Services is a voluntary body founded in 1968. They are based in Gorey, County Wexford, and they provide services and training to people with a wide range of disabilities, children with special […]
Read more →Christmas is coming and the Irish Horse Welfare Trust has launched its 2011 Charity Christmas Cards, with a specially commissioned piece by celebrated equestrian artist Tony O’Connor, aptly called a ‘Winters Tail’. The inspired and beautiful Christmas card captures the feeling of a magical and spirited Christmas scene of a snowscape and horse on a festive winter’s day. As one of […]
Read more →The Equine Welfare Conference is taking place on the 4th November at the Keadeen Hotel . Jane Myerscough, Chairwoman of IHWT explains “This seminar is co hosted by IHWT and sponsored by Sarah Fisher and Anthony Head and Redwings Horse Sanctuary. It will be the first conference of its kind to be held in Ireland and Myerscough adds, “It will […]
Read more →