Reigning champions out of Europeans European showjumping champions DSP Chakaria and Andre Thieme will not defend their title as the mare has sustained a “slight injury”. The pair claimed individual gold and helped Germany to team silver at the 2021 Europeans. They had been due to compete on the German side at the 2023 championships […]
A farrier who hit a horse nine times with a hammer in a “barbaric attack” has lost his appeal against his sentence. H&H reported in March that Scott Manson, 34, had been sentenced at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court, having pleaded guilty to animal cruelty. Manson, of Whitecross Cottages, Bridstow, Ross on Wye, was given a 12-week […]
WARNING DISTRESSING FOOTAGE: Horrific CCTV footage has emerged of the moment a farrier beat a horse with a hammer. Scott Manson was handed a 10 year ban on working with animals.
Scott Manson s (pictured) attack on the horse, known as Buddy, was described as unprovoked and prolonged by the prosecution at the appeal hearing last week.