Janice Louise Denny, who is also known as Janice Northey, was convicted on two charges of failing to provide proper and sufficient food to an animal as well as two charges of failing to provide vet treatment to an animal when the matter appeared in Bega Local Court on Tuesday.

She did not appear in the courtroom on the day, but Magistrate Doug Dick convicted her based on details tendered to the court, saying the 58-year-old had been given plenty of time to appear seeing as the matter was not dealt with until midday.

He was "satisfied ownership has been established" when it came to Denny owning the four horses, and gave custody of the animals to RSPCA NSW, which is also seeking veterinary and shelter costs of about $11,500.

The RSPCA's investigations, included in the court documents, stated she was known to the society as in 2016 she was convicted of failing to provide proper and sufficient food as well as vet treatment to an animal, and was prohibited from owning more than five horses for five years.

The RSPCA alleged investigators visited a Tantawangalo property owned by Denny on November 15, 2019, and saw several horses in a varying degree of conditions, tethered with heavy neck straps and long ropes along a creek, Crown Land reserve and within the property.

The next month, investigators and a veterinarian visited the area to examine about 70 horses alleged to have been owned or in the care of Denny, during which they examined four horses in Candelo and Tantawangalo.

In January these four animals were seized by the RSPCA. The RSPCA alleged the Candelo property had no edible material, no evidence of supplemental feeding and the water was not suitable for consumption, despite a nearby free council water point. The two ponies at Tantawangalo also could not access edible material or water.

The RSPCA reported a Cooma vet examined the animals and found the three colts had a list of alleged health and condition problems.

When Denny was interviewed in February she denied owning or being in charge of these four horses, saying she had to obtain legal advice as she was appealing her 2016 conviction and declined to identify which five horses she owned.

But later that month an RSPCA inspector and the RSCPA itself received a text and email purportedly from Denny in which an admission of "equitable interest" was made, which the RSPCA stated conveyed an intention to reclaim the horses.

The matter returns to court on May 26 and Magistrate Dick said if Denny did not attend a warrant would be issued for her arrest.

He also said there were "mounting costs in caring for the horses".

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