Equine businesses include:
- Riding schools
- Livery yards
- Training yards
- Breeding services
- Equine welfare charities
- Trekking
- Breaking/ schooling
- Competition yards
- Horse sales
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The Equine Industry
Anything to do with horses, ponies and donkeys.
Equine Facts
- Over £4 billion is spent on equestrianism every year
- 720,000 people own horses in the UK
- Over half of equine businesses employ less than 5 members of staff
- It costs as much to buy a horse as it does to keep it for a year
- The industry is dominated by women - about 70% of total employment
- In 2008, over 341,700 people participated in equestrianism every week
Did you know?
- Racing is the country’s second biggest sports after football. In 2008 £3.4 billion was generated through horse racing.
- Equestrianism is one of Great Britain’s top five Olympic and Paralympic Sports, and one of the few sports where men and women compete on equal terms.
- The National Equine Database, launched in 2008, is a database of all horses that anyone can access online.
- The way everyone in the industry works has changed following new laws on domestic and captive animals – the Animal Welfare Act and the Animal Welfare Act Scotland. It demands the workforce to keep up-to-date with legislation so our welfare standards remain something to be proud of.