Horse & Hound – 22 August 2019

inbetweenjabs.AndI’veyetto

finda localclubshowthatis even

checkingwhetherhorsesare

vaccinatedatall.

Showsseemtohavedifferent

policiesonwhethera horse

requirestohavea jabeverysix

monthsoroneeveryyear,so

surelythereshouldbesomeclear

policybynow?

Personally,it hasbeena very

difficultseasontoplan for.

AnnMarieTroy

Skipton,NYorks

RAGWORTCONTROL

THEannualritualofragwort

digging,sprayingandburning

is wellunderwayhere,butto

littleavailwhenthesurrounding

verges,fallowfieldsandrailway

embankmentsarejustbrilliant

yellowwiththewretchedstuff.

Someconservation

organisations,however,are

vehementthatit’sa usefulfloral

habitatforbugs,asit maywellbe.

However,onourland,it spreads

likewildfire.

I wonderif therewillcome

a timewhena five-stagevetting

willincludea bloodtestforliver

damage?I wouldcertainlyhave

onecarriedoutif buyinga horse

withunknownhistory.

RoseHart

Halesworth, Suff olk

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I recentlyvolunteeredatour
areaqualifiersandnoticedthat
therewereonlytwocompetitors
intheopeneventingsection.
Duringmyandmydaughters’
timeinthePonyClub,therewas
fiercecompetitionandgreatpride
ingettingintoa teamtorepresent
yourbranch.
ThefactthatBEhasopened
itsdoorstochildrentheageof 12
meanssomechildrenareleaving
thePonyClubornotevenjoining
atall.Notonlythat,butsome
oftheseyoungstersaregoing
eventingwithouttheexcellent
instructionandknowledgethey
wouldhavegainedatPony Club.
MarionMcFadzean
Cupar,Fife

CLARIFICATIONPLEASE

AMI theonlyonewhois confused
andfrustratedbythelackof
anyclearpolicyrelatingtoflu
vaccinationsrequiredforshowing
atthemoment?
Obviouslythereareconcerns
aboutcontinuedoutbreaks
andI’mcertainlynotanti
vaccination,butthereis justno
standardisation.Forexample,
somecountyshowsstatethat
horsesshouldbevaccinated
withintheyearofa booster,while
someagriculturalshowsare
insisting on a six-month interval

LETTEROFTHEWEEK

Thewriterofletterofthe week wins a bottleofChampagneTaittinger

THISyearwasmysecondyear

stewardingattheNAFFive

StarInternationalHartpury

HorseTrials.Wegotsoaked

twiceandwereonthecourse

for 12 hoursduetohold-

ups.However,whatmade

it bearableweretheriders

stoppingtothankusandthe

spectatorsbeingrespectful

ofourrequestsformoving

wheneverneeded.

Thecoursephotographers

werealwaystherewith a

smileandready

fora quickchat,

andwewerewell

lookedafterwith

refreshments.The

only downside was

theweather,but

eventhatcouldn’t

puta dampener

ontheday.

Therefore,

I’dliketosaya

massivethankyou

toallinvolvedfor

makingtheevent

sospecial.What

wasparticularly

noticeablewas

howmannerly

everyonewas.I for

onewillbebackfor

moreofthesame

infuture.

AbbieLee

Weston-super-Mare,

Somerset

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