Winter isn’t without its challenges, and this includes keeping your horse healthy, happy and looking their best. Inevitably shorter days and dismal weather can mean reduced turnout, irregular exercise and less hacking opportunities to blow the cobwebs away. Feeding plenty of forage to keep the horse occupied when stabled for longer also means keeping an […]

This probably won’t come as much of a surprise to most horse lovers, but recent research has shown that the majority of animal owners have stronger bonds with their pets than their families! The recent research was carried out by equine charity Brooke and revealed that more than a quarter of animal lovers would rather […]

2023 marks the Sanctuary’s 40th Birthday, which is an absolutely amazing achievement especially given all the setbacks and issues that we have faced over those years. We are proud to have done so much good work and touched, helped and saved so many horses, ponies, donkeys and other animals over the years but we could […]

The nights are dark and it’s cold and damp – but never fear, there are plenty of things to love about being a horse owner in winter! It may be hard to get yourself up and out when it’s colder and dark, but there’s an upside to making the effort. Winter mornings can be crisp […]

Around 15 years ago, we changed our fencing from wire to post and rail. Unfortunately we are now finding that its come to the end of its life – the posts and rails are starting to deteriorate quite rapidly. This means we need to start a rolling plan of repairs asap – could it have […]

As a horse sanctuary, our first consideration is for the animal, which is why our regular followers will know, we are not a fan of horse sports and events such as The Grand National. So we were pleased to see that the theme of the 25th World Horse Welfare Conference in November, was ‘when does […]

Giving Tuesday is no longer just around the corner! This year we are raising funds to repair our perimeter fencing, which has started to deteriorate quite badly. The fencing was changed from wire to post and rail about 15 years ago. Our priority is to repair or replace the perimeter fencing first, in order to […]

Remus Horse Sanctuary is thrilled to announce that it is one of the thousands of organisations taking part in this year’s #GivingTuesday campaign, taking place on 29 November. This Giving Tuesday 2022, Remus are fundraising to carry out the necessary repairs to their perimeter fencing which protects the animals. Each metre of fencing costs £40 which […]

Some of the horses we rescue are in the latter years of their life, but here at Remus Horse Sanctuary we believe that age is just a number. So it was heartening to read this article in Your Horse magazine, which details several cases of older horses who have been ill or injured, and who, […]

Help us enter Give as you Live Online’s £10,000 Giveaway before 31st December 2022. Supporting Remus Horse Sanctuary couldn’t be simpler this winter thanks to Give as you Live Online’s winter giveaway, and here’s how you can take part. Give as you Live Online are giving you the chance to earn a £10 bonus donation […]