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What happened to the horses repatriated during World War I? Historian Dot Broady-Hawkes investigates the ef orts to stabilise the equine population THE figure of 484,000 has been put on the number of British Army horses and mules killed in action or lost through disease during the Great War of 1914-1918. Others were lost during the sea journey across the Atlantic from North America — those animals didn’t even reach England for training. Yet more died during the harsh winter of 1914-15. It took the...

A slim volume reveals the reality of Gill Guest’s grandfather’s time with horses as a driver during World War I. Here she reveals some of its poignant moments AS the centenary of the ending of World War I approaches, by a strange quirk of timing, I inherit the war diary of one J. W. Ward (Driver). Generally known as Wilf, J. W. Ward was my grandfather. His diary is a slim, red, “ruby” notebook. Written in pencil, the front of the book contains dates and an account of what happened in the conventional way...

The quietly confident Richard Jones tells Catherine Austen why, with classy horse power behind him, there’s no better time for four-star glory HOW does a man who has won only two open intermediates in 12 years end up in seventh place at Burghley? It’s a fair question. Few people set out to win every class they enter — eventing isn’t racing; you can give a horse an educational outing without being done under the “non-triers” rule — but most, for their own confidence or ego, their owners or their sponsors, like to snatch a few red rosettes...

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A 16-year-old gelding triumphs after several years out and a record- breaking pony continues his streak A HORSE who spent six years turned away recovering from an injury defied the odds to claim the open horse of the year title in his first full season back in harness. Luddington Maestro, owned by Fred and Charlene Vyse and driven by their father Peter, was in strong company to take the top accolade, beating Joey Peters’ three-time champion, Wentworth Ebony, into reserve. “It’s a bit of a...