In The Saddle

Something Awesome This Way Comes

Paul — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:05:14 +0000

As the more eagle eyed amongst you might have noticed; Horse Searchers is undergoing a bit of a change and I thought I would take a couple of minutes to run through a couple of things that have changed (we hope for the better).

We are still the same Horse Searchers, that hasn’t changed; and we will be bringing you the usual collection of amazing horses for sale.

What has changed though is the way we do things on the site. After doing tonnes of research, chatting to advertisers and users we found some useful information out that has helped us shape the way that Horse Searchers version two looks and works.

Firstly you might have noticed the obvious; we have had a bit of a change to our homepage and to our landing paged like this one. The new interface looks better and helps you the user find your way around the site quicker and with less fuss.

Secondly we have added postcode search functionality which might not mean a lot but the results are staggering. Simply type in your postcode, the distance you are willing to travel and you will be shown all the horses in that radius. Cool right?

Finally we have made it easier than ever to contact advertisers if you are interested in a horse; it’s all on one page and makes it a lot more fluid.

Well that was my quick update but we have a lot more features in the pipeline that will be launching soon!

- PG

Is This The Worlds Tallest Horse?

Paul — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:33:04 +0000

This is Poe and he could be about to be declared the world’s tallest horse. He is pictured with his owner Shereen Thompson, in Tupperville, Canada. Poe stands 20.2 hands tall at the shoulder and 10 feet tall with his head upright, and weighs 3,000 pounds.

Horse Owners Need To Check Electric Fences

Paul — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:16:11 +0000

The RSPCA is urging horse owners and farmers to check their electric fencing after being called twice in a week to deal with reports of deer trapped in the fencing. In both cases the deer were freed and released unhurt.

Lee Hopgood, an RSPCA Cheif inspector was called to a report of a fallow deer caught buy its’ antlers in fencing at Stourport-on-Severn, on 9 September and to another incident in Halesowen on 12 September.

The British Horse Society have backed the RSPCA telling horse owners that “It’s common sense really, regardless of whether it is a deer stuck in your fencing or your horse, you should be checking it regularly.”

New Horse Searchers Features

Charis — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:38:33 +0000

Woow Guys, I actually beat Paul to a technical post and this is big news for us. You can now upgrade your add from the normal free listing to a ‘Featured’ listing for just £5.

So what do you get for your hard earned money then? Well as you know we try to offer pretty much the best free listing package on the web. For those who don’t know, our free ad listings include:

Up to 3 images
Up to 600 words
Your advert is online for a massive 3 months

Well we have gone one better with our featured package, in addition to all of our awesome free package features, featured adverts get:

Up to 5 adverts
A whopping 1500 words
Increased advert exposure
Higher visibility in our newsletter which is sent out to our list of users searching for a new horse
Free video inclusion*

*Video service coming soon.

Four Horses Killed In West Yorkshire

Paul — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:13:05 +0000

Sometimes you read a news story and have to ask – can this be serious? Can people really be so desperate? While trawling the web this morning I saw this article on Horse and Hound. It really does make you wonder what the world is coming to. I guess the only way to look at this story is to be grateful that the horses didn’t escape during rush hour traffic and that nobody was seriously hurt.

Police are appealing for information after the theft of gates from a field resulted in four horses being killed in a pile-up on the A1.

Three horses were killed outright and another had to be put down as a result of its injuries.

Five vehicles were involved in the smash on the southbound carriageway near Ferrybridge Services in West Yorkshire, in the early hours of yesterday (Sunday 20 September).

No people were seriously injured.

The animals were among 11 horses that had escaped from a field two miles from the crash site after thieves stole two gates on Saturday.

The other horses — all of which belonged to Timbertops Equestrian Centre, at Wentbridge, North Yorkshire — had been rounded up.

Police are appealing for anyone who saw people acting suspiciously in the area or knows anything about the theft to contact them.

PC Lee Brook of Selby Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: “The theft of these gates has resulted in a serious collision which tragically ended with the loss of four animals.

“Thankfully none of the occupants of the vehicles was injured, but they were very shaken up. The potential consequences of the thieves’ actions don’t bear thinking about.

“I am appealing to anyone who saw anything suspicious on Saturday evening or Sunday morning or who knows anything about the thefts to contact police.

“I also appeal to people at local auction marts or agricultural sales to be on their guard against purchasing metal gates and contact police if they have any suspicions about where they have come from.

“The monetary value of these gates is very little compared to the devastation caused on Sunday morning and we are determined to find out who was responsible for the theft.”

Anyone who has any information, should contact York CID on 0845 60 60 247 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Source: Horse And Hound.