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|Year=1984
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|Author=Joan West
|Theme=Biography of cavalry horse 'Sefton'
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 July 20<sup>th</sup> 1982.   Sefton was among 15 horses on their way to take part in the ceremony of the Changing of the Guard.   When crossing Hyde Park, an IRA bomb, planted in a car, was detonated.   Four soldiers died.   All the horses were injured, seven so badly that they were put down at the spot.   Of the others, Sefton was the worst injured.   He had a severed jugular vein, a wounded eye, and 34 severe body wounds.   Sefton’s initial emergency operation lasted 90 minutes and he was given a 50/50 chance of recovery.    In total he was to have 8 hours of surgery.
-'''PUBLIC RESPONSE'''
+'''PUBLIC RESPONSE'''   The attack filled the news.   Sefton, in particular had struck a chord with the public.  Donations of over £620 were sent, and a new surgical wing at the Royal Veterinary College was named after him.
-The attack filled the news.   Sefton, in particular had struck a chord with the public.  Donations of over £620 were sent, and a new surgical wing at the Royal Veterinary College was named after him.
+'''RECOVERY.'''   Sefton slowly recovered.   Eventually he re-joined the regiment, still with his same trooper, Michael Pederson, who had also been injured.   That year he was awarded “Horse of the Year” at the “Horse of the Year Show”.
-'''RECOVERY'''
+'''RETIREMENT.'''   In August 1984 Sefton retired to the Home of Rest for Horses at [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Speen_Farm Speen Farm], Lacey Green, aged 21, where the public came from far and wide to visit him.   In 1993, having been nursed and lovingly looked after for eleven years, he had to be put down  due to incurable lameness.
-Sefton slowly recovered.   Eventually he re-joined the regiment, still with his same trooper, Michael Pederson, who had also been injured.   That year he was awarded “Horse of the Year” at the “Horse of the Year Show”.
+'''STATUE & AWARD.'''   A statue of Sefton now stands at the Royal Veterinary College, his name is in the British Horse Society’s equestrian Hall of Fame, with an annual award named after him.
-'''RETIREMENT'''
+'''Hallmark 1990.'''  The best know horse at the [[Home of Rest for Horses]], [[Speen Farm]] has recently undergone a successful operation to have more bomb fragments removed.  These he received during the IRA bomb attack of 1982 in Hyde Park.
 Also see [[2011 Home of Rest for Horses Updated]].

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	A statue of Sefton now stands at the Royal Veterinary College, his name is in the British Horse Society’s equestrian Hall of Fame, with an annual award named after him.		A statue of Sefton now stands at the Royal Veterinary College, his name is in the British Horse Society’s equestrian Hall of Fame, with an annual award named after him.

−	Also see [[2011 Home of Rest for Horses Updated]]. ~~{{Social Snapshot~~	+	Also see [[2011 Home of Rest for Horses Updated]].
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 [[1982 Horses killed in I.R.A. Bombing]].  Copy of letter in The Horses Trust magazine
-[[1986 Celebrating the Centenary of the First Home of Rest for Horses]]. by Miles Marshall
+[[1986 Celebrating the Centenary of the First Home of Rest for Horses]]. by Miles Marshall.
 [[2011 Home of Rest for Horses Updated]].   copy of a newsletter by Peter Larson of The Horses Trust.

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 Several articles were printed in Hallmark about the Home of Rest for Horses created at [[Speen Farm]] in 1971.  Click the following for more :-
-[[1971 new Home of Rest for Horses]] by Walter Stein.
+[[Home of Rest for Horses]] by Walter Stein.
 [[1982 Horses killed in I.R.A. Bombing]].  Copy of letter in The Horses Trust magazine

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		+	Several articles were printed in Hallmark about the Home of Rest for Horses created at [[Speen Farm]] in 1971. Click the following for more :-
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		+	[[1971 new Home of Rest for Horses]] by Walter Stein.
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		+	[[1982 Horses killed in I.R.A. Bombing]]. Copy of letter in The Horses Trust magazine
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		+	[[1986 Celebrating the Centenary of the First Home of Rest for Horses]]. by Miles Marshall
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		+	[[2011 Home of Rest for Horses Updated]]. copy of a newsletter by Peter Larson of The Horses Trust.
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	The Biography of Sefton. Reported by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Joan_West Joan West] information taken from national news and local knowledge		The Biography of Sefton. Reported by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Joan_West Joan West] information taken from national news and local knowledge

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 Sefton served with the British army from the age of 4 years until he was 21years old.    He was not an easy ride.   Soldiers did not learn on him, but to ride him was offered to the best pupils as a reward.   He spent time in Germany with the army.    He competed in the army show jumping team.    At the age of 12, he was posted to London to work in the Household Cavalry.
-'''IRA BOMBING'''
+'''IRA BOMBING'''   See [[1982 Horses killed in I.R.A. Bombing]]
 July 20<sup>th</sup> 1982.   Sefton was among 15 horses on their way to take part in the ceremony of the Changing of the Guard.   When crossing Hyde Park, an IRA bomb, planted in a car, was detonated.   Four soldiers died.   All the horses were injured, seven so badly that they were put down at the spot.   Of the others, Sefton was the worst injured.   He had a severed jugular vein, a wounded eye, and 34 severe body wounds.   Sefton’s initial emergency operation lasted 90 minutes and he was given a 50/50 chance of recovery.    In total he was to have 8 hours of surgery.
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 '''STATUE & AWARD'''
-A statue of Sefton now stands at the Royal Veterinary College, his name is in the British Horse Society’s equestrian Hall of Fame, with an annual award named after him.{{Social Snapshot
+A statue of Sefton now stands at the Royal Veterinary College, his name is in the British Horse Society’s equestrian Hall of Fame, with an annual award named after him.
 |Year=1984
 |Village=Lacey Green