RACE HORSE charity Greatwood has received a welcome donation which will fund six automatic drinking water units in its stables.

Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation handed over a cheque for £500 to the charity based at at Rainscombe Hill Farm near Marlborough.

Sasha Thorbek-Hooper, fundraiser at Greatwood Charity Limited, said: “At the moment we are looking after 57 horses – the most by far in recent years – and we only have a limited number of staff.

“The automatic water drinkers allow our staff to spend their time where it is most needed rather than filling up water buckets for the horses in the isolation unit.”