Sussex Horsewatch - Jan 2012 to Oct 2017

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Mid Sussex
0249, 23/06/2016
The tack room to a riding establishment in Hickstead Lane Hickstead was broken into and 1 x Pesoa Jumping saddle, 1 x Mark Todd Jumping saddle, 1 x bridle & breast plate, 1 x lead chain, 1 x set show boots and a Lemure saddle square were all stolen.

Horsham
0422, 30/06/2016
Three bridles, two Stubben and the third an Amigo along with three saddles, one was an 17.5 inch mahogany Biarritz Jumping type, a Black Country 17.5 inch GP and a black Albion dressage saddle 17.5 inch were all stolen from premises in Wineham Lane Wineham.

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Mid Sussex
1383, 13/07/2016
West Sussex Fire & Rescue attended a Horsebox fire in Brantridge Lane.

Horsham
0239, 15/07/2016
West Sussex Fire & Rescue attended a Horsebox fire (caused by an electrical Fault) on the A272. There were no horses in it at the time.

Wealden
1420, 15/07/2016
Horse riders are being advised to look out for motorcyclists on off road bikes roaring up and down the bridle path near to Abbots Wood, near the long man. There have been several recent reports.

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Wealden
0352 , 26/07/2016
The main barn to a farm in Hadlow Down Road, Crowborough has been broken into and stolen a very old Dressage Carriage, this has red and black wheels and made from wood and metal.

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Arun
0417, 02/08/2016
A horse owner, who keeps their horse on a farm in Lower Bognor Road, Chichester found her horse tethered in its stable to a pallet on the yard outside by baler twine.

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Wealden

1500, 12/08/2016
A shed in a field in Station Road, Hailsham has been broken into and various items of horse related items have been stolen.

0621, 21/08/2016
Two horses were deliberately let out of their field in the Three Cup Corner area of Heathfield in the early hours of Thursday evening 18/08/2016. Fortunately instead of turning left and going onto the road they turned right and entered a cattle field, the gate to this field had also been deliberately left open.

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Wealden
0236 , 31/08/2016
A CTEK 7000 battery charger and 4 leisure batteries were stolen from inside a horsebox in Plawhatch Lane, Sharpthorne.

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Chichester
0957, 14/09/2016
A horse in Stoughton, Chichester is reported to have had a large chunk cut out of its mane.

Rother
0959, 21/09/2016
Between 08:00 and 15:20 on 21/09/2106 a horsebox parked in St Georges Road, Bexhill has had its windscreen smashed. No entry was gained to the vehicle.

Horsham

0767, 01/10/2016
0780 Three arrows, from a bow, have been found in a field in West Chiltington where horses are kept; they are about 18” in length. Two have Links Marksman on them and the other says Lightening. The arrows have been collected by police and are being examined by forensics.

0597, 16/10/2016
West Sussex Fire & Rescue attended a fire of a horsebox on the A24 between Storrington and Ashington. They managed to rescue the horse in it before putting out the fire. It is believed the fire was caused by overheating brakes.

Wealden

1260, 22/09/2016
A stable yard in Pound Lane, Framfield has been broken into; at this time it is not known if anything has been stolen.

1242, 23/09/2016
An unsuccessful attempt was made to break into a livery yard in the Hellingly area.

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Sat 3 December 2016

Warning to people Riding in the West Dean/Lavant area, all gateways from the triangle field (Hayes Down, that leads up towards the trundle have had barbed wire wrapped around the gates and post and the barb wire has been stapled into the posts so that pedestrians and riders etc cannot open the gates, this has been reported to the police and will also be reported to the public rights of way team at the council on Monday!

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To view this weeks issue of Sussex Police Farm Watch Bulletin please click on the link below.
https://www.intheknow.community/da/164841


Horsham
0987 , 13/12/2016
A silver Ifor Williams HB506 horse trailer has been stolen from premises in New Road, Billingshurst.

Mid Sussex
0345 , 14/12/2016
An Ifor Williams horse trailer Has been stolen from premises in Henfield Road, Albourne.

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6 January 2017

To view this weeks farm watch bulletin click on the link = http://www.intheknow.community/da/16573 ... letin.html

Arun
0399 , 20/12/2016
Over the last six months a horse owner from Findon has been experiencing problems with person/s unknown tampering with their horses such as, cutting manes, tampering with leg straps, undoing buckles, letting horses out and breaking electric fence posts.