THIEVES stole three horses from a yard in North Yorkshire.

The animals were taken from a yard in Oulston, Hambleton, overnight on Monday, May 9.

The first was a Skewbald mare, about eight years old, 13 hands high, described by police as very obese and possibly in foal.

A second horse was a Skewbald colt, about 12.2 hands high, between two and three years old, with a blue right eye.

The third horse stolen was a nine-year-old piebald mare, 13 hands high, microchipped with number 941000015651396.

Anyone with information should phone North Yorkshire Police on 101 quoting crime reference 12160081325.