Farming Today This Week

There are too many horses for the number of good quality homes available for them in the UK, according to the country's biggest horse charity Redwings.

Charlotte Smith speaks with horse riders in North Warwickshire about the financial strain of keeping the animal. Anna Hill visits World Horse Welfare in Norfolk who have taken in 230 horses in the last year.

Horse owners, carers and riders in Britain spend more than £7 billion per year in gross output terms, Charlotte visits the London Equestrian Centre in Barnet to see if it is still in the current economic climate.

Also, we hear from Stephen Potter who runs an abattoir in Taunton about the possibility of selling horses for meat and French chef Michel Lemoine describes what horse steak tastes like.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emma Weatherill.