horse abuse

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

I posted this a while back...THIS is how they try to prevent horse abuse in
endurance in Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy Bolinger <bolinger@bigsky.net>
To: ride <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 10:34 PM
Subject: Fw: australian endurance


> this is a reply I received from Sue in Australia with a brief description
of
> how things work over there...I thought it was interesting...Sue told me to
> go ahead and share it with you all...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dalkeith Hostel <dalkeith@net-tech.com.au>
> To: Sandy Bolinger <bolinger@bigsky.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 3:20 PM
> Subject: Re: australian endurance
>
>
> > Hi Sandy
> >
> > Our ride books are blue for Novice horses, they must do 3 x 80 km rides
> > successfully before they are eligible for their yellow log book.  All
> TPR's
> > from their rides are recorded in these books along with vet comments and
> > kept as a permanent record of the horse's performance.
>
>
> TPR is Temperature, Pulse and Respiration.  Yes we have an early warning
> system for people who vet out too often.  You can get dropped back to
Novice
> status if you vet out too many times.  It is a strict system designed to
> look after the horses.  Membership of some riders has been suspended or
> cancelled for horse abuse.
>
> The horses details are recorded in the front of the book and any horse
with
> a yellow log book must have a microchip which is checked at each ride.  I
> don't know of anyone that complains about the system - except maybe those
> that abuse their horses!
>
> Horses with a yellow book that have not completed a ride in 13 months need
> to again complete their novice status.
>
> No horse under the age of 4 1/2 may do a training ride (under 80km) no
horse
> under the age of 5 may do a ride of 80km or more.  Every rider must
> successfully complete 2 x 40km rides before being allowed to compete in
80km
> rides.  All these rules are easy to follow and for the protection of the
> horse which of course is paramount
> > If you would like to know anymore, please just e-mail me.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Sue Henderson
> >
> >
>