Homepage of the The British Horse Society with information on careers, regions, horses, safety, training and exams, clubs, centres etc. The British Horse Society was founded in 1947 in the amalgamation of two organisations - the Institute of the Horse and Pony Club, and the National Horse Association of Great Britain. We are a registered charity - number 210504 - and our activities are overseen by the Charity Commissioner. Our primary objectives, as published in the Memorandum of Association, are: To promote the interests of horse and pony breeding and to encourage the use and protection of horses and ponies. (Horses and ponies includes any mare, gelding, foal, colt, filly or stallion and also any ass, mule or jennet.) To promote and facilitate the acquisition and distribution of the knowledge of the various arts and sciences connected with the horse and pony and the use and management thereof.