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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. […]

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 […]

Suregrow Raises £600 for Equine Grass Sickness Fund A successful facebook campaign by Suregrow has raised £600 to support the work of the Equine Grass Sickness Fund (EGSF) and helped […]

To lose a horse with grass sickness is painful enough but to lose one on Christmas day is unimaginable. Samantha Morrison (20) from Elgin in Morayshire was devastated when her […]

Bossy Boots, on the right, a beautiful 17.2 hands, 8 year old gelding by Loch Pearl, belonged to Mrs Sylvia Fleming. Bossy died on 13th August 1997 from acute grass […]

HOFSI FROM PENTLAND HILLS Hofsi is a grey Icelandic gelding born in 2003 at Pentland Hills Icelandics, Carlops. In 2005 he developed chronic equine grass sickness and the terrible story […]

Thanks to Jean Oudney and her team who run the Scottish Grass Sickness Show in June each year at Blairgowrie, Perthshire the EGSF has benefitted from a fantastic donation of […]

Grass is the most natural of feeds and turnout is widely recognised as important to wellbeing, but just when grazing paddocks should be at their best, grass sickness continues to […]

George and Mandy Mitchell’s ‘Avon Valley Tidy’ Memorial Show in May 2011 at Hetton Lyons Country Park raised £1,650 for grass sickness research.

In order to gain a better understanding of why some chronic cases recover, a study was conducted by Professor Elspeth Milne, Head of Veterinary Pathology at the Royal (Dick) School […]