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Riding school at risk

An equestrian centre that is a riding school, a centre for equine-assisted therapy and a rescue could be at risk as the grazing it leased has been allocated to alpacas. Russells, in Southampton, recently celebrated 50 years in business and for 10 of those, it has rented 7.5 acres of summer grazing from Eastleigh Borough Council. This space fulfils the conditions of its riding school licence, issued by the same council, regarding space for the number of horses it has.