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Winter Team Dates:
Winter novice dressage at Sandyflats, Glasgow is on Sunday 14
November
Winter novice show jumping at SNEC on Saturday 27 November
If anyone is interested in either of these competitions please contact Alison
as soon as possible so that we can organise some training or team selection as
required. Don't be shy, we would love to hear from you!
New date:
Alene (Stirlingshire Saddle Fitters) is doing a Saddle Fitting Demo
for the riding club at Woodside Farm on 20th September (Gaynor's and John
Hill's yard). It's an outdoor event so she can give practical
advice based on the various shapes and sizes of equine exhibits on the yard so
please remember to bring a warm jacket etc - there are plenty of lights
outside but no heaters. Please click
here for all the info.
Rachel Jay, Katherine Edridge
and Colin Sykes represented the club at the Endurance Team event at
Hexham recently - and well done to them all - they have qualified for the
championships at Southwell Racecourse. Excellent work!
The Le Trec training day has
been rescheduled to Sunday 19th September at Marigold. Rhoda McVey (a BHS Trec
specialist) is coming to instruct and the day is aimed at anyone who
interested in finding out more about this sport. Click
here for details
Thank you to Judith and her well
organised team for such a successful day at Etal. This was a first for SLRC
and the day ran very smoothly indeed and we are fortunate and very grateful to
be able to use the superb facilities at Etal. The only complaint was that
there were too many flies!!
Click here for
the results for Etal Dressage Competition Sunday 18th July
Congratulations to the two Horse
Trials teams who competed recently at Beamish. Novice team was fourth and the
Intermediate team won. Amy Brown did exceptionally well as she was first,
second & third individual on the intermediate section too. Many thanks to
the helpers without whom the day would not have been possible. Click
here for the report.
Congratulations to the Dressage competitors who braved wind and rain so they
could impress the judges for us. The only saving grace was that any break in
the torrential rain happened to coincide with their 8 tests so whilst they
were windswept they weren't wet - there again they always say that the sun
shines on the righteous! All in all the team did really well to get 4th out of
ten teams particularly bearing in mind not only the dreadful weather, but that
preparation was nil and also that 50% of the team was made up of completely
inexperienced 5 year olds. Results here
North Lammermuir Riding Club are arranging a couple of evenings of Style
Jumping instruction - there are still some spaces and if anyone is interested
please contact Aileen Burnett.
A
word of caution to everyone:
A
rider coming home from the Royal Windsor Horse Show was stopped by
Trading Standards Officers for a horse passport check, only to be told
that hers was illegal – she fortunately received an official caution
rather than being prosecuted. Her offence, she had not got a completed Section
9 certificate, Medicinal Treatment concerning "slaughter for human
consumption or not" in her passport. Her passport was issued by the
Welsh Pony Society pre mandatory passports so the certificate was not
included. How many of our members would fall foul of this part of the
law? Numerous probably!
Here
is a simple checklist of the sections that Trading Standards Officers check:
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Name of
horse is shown together with colour and sex
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name, address
and signature of current owner
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completed
certificate in Medicinal Treatment concerning "slaughter for
human consumption or not",
plus if
any treatments have been given that the vet has completed the
section fully
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drawing and
description of horse signed by a competent authority or vet plus
vets stamp
Of course
this must also include the flu certificate giving all the vacinnations.
Please remember to make sure your
horse's vaccinations are up to date and that your passport is correctly
filled in. Whenever you travel your horse his passport should accompany
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Click here for more background
information on the club.
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