Rescue

Many of the horses and ponies we rescue are suffering from severe neglect and cruelty.

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Re-homing

Can you give one of our rescue horses or ponies a bright future and a loving, forever home?

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Education

We run many successful, community based educational projects.

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Thoroughbred Club

Supporting loaners, owners and riders of ex-racehorses and thoroughbreds in Ireland.

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Could you foster or re-home a horse or pony in need?

Some of the wonderful animals in the care of the Irish Horse Welfare Trust, looking for their forever homes…

Spud, yearling, dark bay colt

October 2017 Spud is only a baby and would have been born earlier in 2017. Sadly this lovely little Cob was abandoned on land. No owner could be traced as he was not micro chipped. Spud has a lovely temperament and will make a lovely little Cob when he grows up. ...

Blueboy, yearling skewbald colt

August 2017 Joint operation with ISPCA. We assisted the ISPCA after they received a complaint about a young horse that was tethered at a small site in the Wicklow area. When we arrived at the site Blueboy was caught up in the rope and was unable to move. He had no access to water or...

Hughie, yearling skewbald colt

January 2017 IHWT Hughie. We received a call about a young horse that was abandoned in the Sallygap – Glenmacnass area in Wicklow. The horse was straying on the road and appeared to have a leg injury. With the help of Wicklow National Parks we where able to locate the horse and he was loaded safely...

Jigsaw, yearling piebald filly

January 2017 IHWT Jigsaw. Our office received a call about a young horse that was tethered for a prolonged period of time at a site in the Wicklow area. She had no access to food or water although her body condition was ok. We followed up on the complaint and discovered that she had been dumped and...