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A Letter from Laura

Hi, My name is Laura and I want to tell you my story. My pony Zola died on the 5th January 2012 of equine grass sickness. She was my first […]

In Memory of William

In April 2011 Ulla Balletta of Bedfordshire lost her horse William to grass sickness, a disease she had never heard of. The loss of William was so harrowing that Ulla […]

Scottish Grass Sickness Show 2012

£2100 raised. Simply fabulous!! Thank you…. to all who attended the Scottish Grass Sickness Show, dedicated to the memory of Sykes the Clydesdale, who died aged 4 years from acute […]

Avon Valley Tidy Memorial Show

The 11th Avon Valley Tidy Memorial Show at Hetton Le Hole, County Durham was an enormous success, raising £1300 plus £750 matched funding from Barclays Bank, making a grand total […]

Ghillies Fancy Dress

Having sadly lost Atholl ponies to equine grass sickness, supporter Debbie McLauchlan decided to raise money by organising a ghillies fancy dress pony trek!! Please support the Ghillies at http://www.justgiving.com/trekkingcentre

Sue Tackles the Liverpool Marathon!

Sue Hudson, whose horse Baz fell ill with chronic grass sickness two years ago is in training for the Liverpool Marathon in October 2012 to raise funds for research into […]

Dot and Sheila’s Four Peaks Challenge – Please Donate!

2 Grahams, 2 Donalds, a Dot and a Sheila!! – April 15th 2012 Who are these two Grahams and Donalds, I can hear our husbands asking?? All will be revealed! […]

Fond Farewells

Sadly the Equine Grass Sickness Fund has had to say goodbye to two key people recently, one to retirement, the other to pastures new. Many of you will have met […]

Mark Johnston becomes Grass Sickness Fund Ambassador

The Equine Grass Sickness Fund Chairman Philippa Gammell is delighted to announce that Mark Johnston, one of the UK’s most successful racehorse trainers, has become the Fund’s very first Ambassador. […]

A New Face for Grass Sickness Fund

Many of you have been surprised to hear a new voice on the phone at EGSF, and even more surprised to hear that Joyce McIntosh, secretary of the fund since […]