Beds Horsewatch - Stolen, Lost and Recovered - Stolen Horses

From the BBC:
Horse owners are urged to chip their tack under another scheme to tackle equine-related crime.

GOOD NEWS ......

FOUND - Rusty from Cambridge Farm, Birchmorton, Malvern 6 year old cob chestnut gelding (flaxen mane and tail, white blaze with flesh mark on nostril) 14.2hh

FOUND - Redhouse Ziona 15hh chestnut mare - returned to owners, Saturday 22nd January

This recovered tack and saddles is held at Bognor Regis Police Station -  anyone recognise it ?
call 0845 60 70 999 Extension 80373

Remaining Items of Unidentified Tack
1 set of  black Tedman driving harness, marked with small squares of blue tape.
1 x Head  collar blinkers (blue tape) (Possibly linked to above  item)
1 x Dark  brown bridle and Mylers bit.
1 x Black  bridle marked Tack Right
1 x Dark  brown Stuben bridle.
1 x Bridle  with plastic bit.
1 x  Multi-lead rein.
1 x Bridle  and H-shaped silver bit.
1 x Black  and silver KB bridle.

Remaining Items of Unidentified Saddles
1 x Small  black Eclipse saddle.
1 x Black  Pessoa saddle.
1 x 16" black saddle, dark brown leathers and stirrups, and Cottage Craft black  girth.
1 x Brown  saddle with flexible seat points.
1 x Black  saddle, marked ˜Supplied by Michael Longland.
1 x Wintec  2000 black saddle with C Air marking.
1 x Black  Rhinegold saddle and leathers, with damage to inside left flap and blue  Numnah.
1 x Small  brown saddle.
1 x Dark  brown saddle with small spot of blue paint underneath.
1 x Black  Eclipse synthetic saddle and stirrups.  Heritage make with leather straps.
1 x Black  Wintec children's safety pony saddle cover, No. 147799 and stirrups.
1 x Black  Wintec saddle on which are grey horsehairs.
1 x Brown  leather GK Keiffer saddle and stirrups,  serial 5987, on which are black horsehairs.
1 x New  brown Wintec saddle and Velcro thigh pads.

SOME MORE GOOD NEWS ......

FOUND - 30/07/07 - GOOD NEWS - Mr Brock has been FOUND and reunited with his owner

 FOUND - Dark bay mare, Welsh Cob Section D Molly from Burgess Hill Sussex On 29^th November 2004 More on Molly ...  Her owners wish to thank everyone for their help.

FOUND - Lollipop - freeze mark OY4A was found just before Christmas

FOUND - Chocolate filly miniature pony (no details) near Newport, South Wales

FOUND - Farmkey report a 14.2hh skewbald cob mare has been found 3 miles from home; it had strayed.  Aged 6 years, Freezemark 9F6D, believed stolen on Monday 22^nd November from Orsett, Essex.

FOUND - Filly and colt, 7 month old miniature Shetlands stolen from East Keswick, Leeds in the early hours of Monday 1^st November More on Peaches and Romeo

FOUND - Jaz Piebald 13.2hh cob mare stolen from Worcestershire 8^th/9^th October  More on Jaz ...

FOUND - Kelly Dark bay mare 15hh  freeze-marked 16R3  in Wakefield, Yorks

Farmkey have informed Sussex Horsewatch (www.sussexhorsewatch.co.uk) of the following good news:

• Please note we have found freezemark number 16R3 (Kelly, Dark bay mare 15hh ) in Wakefield, Yorks

FOUND - The two horses that were stolen from Bridge of Allen,
Perthshire overnight 12^th/13^th August, 2004 - FOUND

AND .....

The two horses stolen from Ireland were returned to their field, suddenly, following massive press coverage. Apparently there is very little horse theft in Ireland, other than from/by dealers and travellers, who don't publicise their losses.  It is possible that these were taken in error, and the resulting attention made them too hot to handle.

Currently, as the passport law has not yet come into force in Wales, it is believed that stolen equines are being taken there to sell and new sales are cropping up all over the Principality. Therefore we can deduce that passports will eventually lead to a drop in theft. 

Bearing this information in mind, if travelling in/near or through Wales, please keep a look out for sales, or horses in transit.  Just jot down as much information relating to vehicles/occupants (human and equine) when you can, as it could be valuable later.

Breed Dutch Warmblood/Andalucian Gender Filly Description / Comments Chocolate brown filly, with black legs, mane and tail. She has a small white star in the middle of her forehead.  Due to her mother's colouring, she is starting to go grey around her muzzle and eyes. Colour Brown and black Height Unknown  Age 3 days (as at 26th June, 2008) Stolen from Field in Murrow, Nr Wisbech, Cambridgeshire during the day on Thursday 26th June.  Reward given for safe return. Contact Cambs Police tel no. 0845 4564564 Owners believe this foal may now have been put on to a surrogate mother so please, if you see a foal that fits this description, take a second look.  Please don't be deceived by what you see.  The owners just want to get this foal back with her frantic mother. You can call in confidence on 07765 656956. Only interested in the foal being returned, not who took her. Date of Theft 26-06-2008 Region Stolen Horse Register Tel: 0870 870 7107 E-Mail: info

STOLEN PONY

Cash reward of £1000 for information leading to her safe return!  Taken from her stable 17^th November, 2006.
See the poster

• she has a white mane
• black forelock and bit of white
• she is heavily feathered and has a pink black muzzle with a pink chin
• on her right fore she has a small black spot at chestnut and all black eyelashes
• her nearside nostril is black, round to bottom of offside nostril and she has a pink line just below her nearside nostril
• she has all white whiskers on her muzzle, a white face with red cheeks
• a black fleck on her belly and all pink teats

Information is required on a horse stolen from Crawcrook in Tyne & Wear Friday 15^th June, 2007. He is a 10 month old colt between 11 and 12 hands high and has very bright blue eyes. His body is black with to white patches on either side of his neck he has a white half moon shape on his right hand hind quarters and four white boots from his knees down. He has a even split main which is white at the top then turns black. His forelock is black and he has a white tail with black on the end. He has a very big white blaze that is off set on his right side near his nose. His muscle has a black patch with a blue trace around it. The colt has also had stitches in his top left front quarters about 6 weeks ago so there may be some scaring or the odd stitch remaining in the site.

Please pass any information on the thieves or the whereabouts of the colt
to the police on 0845 113 5000 or to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Savvy - 13 year old 15.2/16hh dapple grey gelding - stolen from Kellingley, Nr Selby, North Yorkshire around 23^rd April, 2005

Pickles - 8 year old New Forest 13.2hh grey roan gelding - placed with a dealer to be sold on behalf of the owner; the pony was sold and the dealer has absconded.

Gem on 11th March, 2005 from Carmarthenshire.  11 year old 16.2hh chestnut TBX mare.

Phoenix on 11th March, 2005 from Carmarthenshire.  9 year old 16.3hh grey Hunter mare.

Rusty on 28^th February, 2005 from Cambridge Farm, Birchmorton, Malvern 6 year old cob chestnut gelding (flaxen mane and tail, white blaze with flesh mark on nostril) 14.2hh 

Hazel on 17^th February, 2005 from Keston, Kent 10yr old bay mare 13.2hh.

Humbug on 11^th February, 2005 from Spalding, Lincolnshire. 13 yr old piebald Shetland gelding, 38".

Lucky on 4^th February, 2005 from Rochester Road, Ayelsford, Kent. Crime Ref: CZ 1480-05
5 months old 24" miniature Shetland pony. 
She is chestnut with a tiny white star. She was taken from her mother inside her stable, and has recently recovered from a serious illness.

Freezemark number 6C2P Cassie is missing on loan from the Worcestershire area. She is a heavy weight bay mare 9yrs old 17.1hh in foal , all details are on the stolen horse register.

Bay Irish Sports Horse 16hh gelding from Ruthin, North Wales between 4^th and 6^th January, 2005

Dark bay TB mare 16.2hh from near Tiverton, Devon 19^th/20^th October, 2004 More on Polly ...

RDA bay gelding 14hh cob and two piebald mares: 15.2hh 6 years old and 14hh 10 years old
RDA bay gelding, Porgy, is a specifically trained cob to accommodate all types of disabled riders

Brown & white Shetland 9hh gelding freeze-marked 0Y4A, Huddersfield, Yorks. Oct 2004

Dark bay mare 15hh and Mid bay TB 15.2hh gelding (FOUND) from Hartlebury, Worcester 8^th/9^th October, 2004; Kelly, freeze-marked 16R3 FOUND in Wakefield, Yorks

Piebald 13.2hh cob mare from Worcestershire 8^th/9^th October 2004 FOUND

Piebald 14hh gelding from Kidlington, Oxfordshire 7^th October 2004 

Piebald 14.2hh gelding from near Oxford 5^th/6^th October, 2004

Thoroughbred 16.1hh gelding from Winterbourne, Whitchurch, Dorset 2^nd/3^rd September, 2004

Piebald mare from South Wales 30^th/31^st August, 2004

Palomino and white skewbald stallion, from Romney Marsh overnight 21^st/22^nd August, 2004

Two horses stolen in Worcestershire, overnight 13^th/14^th August, 2004

Coloured cob stolen, from Outskirts of Stroud, Gloucestershire, 14^th/15^th August, 2004

Stolen from Willingham, Cambridgeshire, (out of field, along byway and out via Priests Lane) one night last week (October 24^th to 30^th): 

It's a silver Richardson two-horse trailer, front and rear unload with the name PIP on the roof.

It was wheel clamped with a police recommended wheel-clamp, which was totally wrecked.  It even had a built in hitch lock (one you use a key in the top for) but not one that actually covers the tow ball bit. 

It has been slightly adapted inside, the head piece at the front is home made specially for her two horses, out of mesh metal.  If found/seen, please email me and I'll pass your details on to the owner. 

The trailer is not normally left in field but due to Willingham-Over road being temporarily closed for few days, and owner needing to use trailer each day, she left it in her field for just 3 days, and that was enough. Just shows how much our every moves are being watched each day, just waiting for us to make a tiny mistake...

 
STOLEN HORSEBOX ......

Surrey
Recently there have been a number of tack thefts in Surrey. It is believed that the thieves have now moved south.  Overnight between 11th and 12th of October in Brooks Green, five saddles and bridles were stolen from a tack room. There was also a sighting of a suspicious vehicle with five occupants at a stables in Cowfold.  The vehicle seen was a silver Peugeot 405, registration K772 ***.  Please remember to be vigilant at all times and report any sightings of suspicious vehicles to the police by telephoning 0845 60 70 999.

Bedfordshire
Between 1600hrs Monday 16^th August and 0800hrs Tuesday 17^th August, thirteen saddles and associated items were stolen from premises in Radwell, Bedfordshire. 

The items stolen include:

Two German made 'Kiefer' saddles

Two English made 'Cliff Barnsby'  saddles

One Australian made synthetic 'Wintec' saddle

Eight standard English made leather saddles

Twelve metal bits

The saddles are marked either on the 'cantle' area (back part, underneath) or under the saddle flap.  All the items are post code marked, MK43 7HY  

Bedfordshire Police are asking all Horse Watch members to be aware of an increase in tack thefts and to be on the look out for these stolen items.  Please continue to be vigilant and report anything suspicious immediately on 01234 841212 or non urgent information to PC Martin Anstee on 01234 275175

North Oxfordshire
Stolen items JE/9165715/04 overnight 19^th/20^th August, 2004

Three Beaufort saddles 18” GP Havana medium fit, two fitted with Sprenger stirrup irons, one fitted with Stubben offset stirrup irons

One Albion dressage saddle 18” wide fit, black leather

Two  Jeffries full size bridles, brown leather with flash nosebands

One Hubertus bridle, brown

One Jeffries full size double bridle

One Stubben full size dressage bridle with flash noseband, black leather

One handmade in hand bridle with brass buckles, incorporating noseband with free ring snaffle, brass chain and leather lead

One in hand bridle, German-type with no side buckles, adjustment between horses ears full size

One French noseband, shaped and very wide over the nose

One veterinary laser for physiotherapy, battery operated, contained in black cloth shoulder bag 

Ten or more bits, all full size dressage type

One mains Lister clippers with spare blades

Assorted rugs, two summer sheets and two travel rugs

Three full leather girths, shaped and elasticated at one end, 1x dressage girth in leather

May be connected with a Daihatsu Fourtrak stolen the same night from Hook Norton N642GBW

Polly was purchased at a sale, with foal at foot, by a genuine purchaser.  On going to collect, they were told by the vendor that they had in fact only bought the 4wk old foal, not the mare, despite the fact that receipt clearly showed both had been paid for!!  There would appear to have been an error made by the auctioneer when he sold both, but the buyer wanted the mare and took them both - the foal was too young to wean anyway.  There were signs that the matter would not be allowed to rest so the horses were moved to different fields in an effort to confuse the original owners.  However, despite best efforts the mare was stolen a few weeks later, but the foal & other horses were left.  So it seems clear who took the mare, but so far no-one can find her, & it's doubtful that she will turn up at a sale - and there is a possibility she might be in foal again.  The youngster is quite depressed at present but now eating so hopefully will be OK.

The story, as it has reached us, is that Jaz and a freezemarked pony went at the same time and the freezemarked one sold on immediately to a nice lady who tried to re-register pony in her name.  When she found out it was stolen, she became not such a nice lady and descended on the dealer she'd bought it from like a ton of bricks and threatened him with all sorts of hassle if he did not disclose who he'd bought the horse from.  He was not best pleased, and met up with the thief at a sale, where they proceeded to have an argument which became violent.  The police were called to arrest the indignant dealer, who mightily fed up, told them the story, so they arrested t'other one, who admitted the theft.  So both horses are back home now and someone will hopefully get punished for it!

Following a TV appeal, both ponies have been FOUND.  They were "dumped" on waste ground near to where they were taken.  Both are safe and in good health.  Their owner thanks everyone for all the help given.

Dark bay mare, Welsh Cob Section D Molly from Burgess Hill Sussex On 29^th November 2004
Name: Molly
Colour: Dark Bay, white spot on forehead with thin strip to nose, white muzzle
Breed: Welsh Cob Section D
Sex: Mare Age: 3 years
Height: 14.2hh
Mane/Tail: Both black and full
Additional Information: Ride and drive, recently shod all round with heavier driving shoes. Not heavily feathered. Very high stepping. No photograph available
Police Contact: Sgt. Cook – Burgess Hill Crime Ref: 1526/29/11