Rufford Pony Club Rally - 24th November 2024
Rufford Hunt
Rufford Pony Club Rally - 24th November 2024 is being organised by Rufford Pony Club and the booking agent is Equine Bookings
Event Date: | 24/11/2024 10:00 |
Booking Closes: | 14/11/2024 23:59 |
Withdrawal Date: | 14/11/2024 |
Rufford Rally – suitable for all members
D and D+ rally including test assessment
Spurs Test
Withdrawal Date: 14/11/2024
No Refunds after the withdrawal date for whatever reason. Before this date full refunds to be given.
In the unfortunate situation of the event having to cancel all entries will be refunded in full minus any booking fees
After the closing date please contact the event Organiser Rufford@pcuk.org to make any changes
Before the closing date please login to your Horse Events Account and cancel your entry. If a refund is due this will be processed automatically. To withdraw after the closing date please contact the event Organiser Rufford@pcuk.org
Nottingham Trent University
Southwell
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Dress Code Members for all Rufford Pony Club events
Rufford Polo and Sweatshirt or white Shirt and Pony Club Tie, Black, Brown, Navy White or Beige Jodhpurs.
Jodhpur or Long Boots (No Trainers, Wellies or Muckers allowed whilst riding)
Riding hat conforming to Pony Club Standard (tagged) – for XC skull caps must be worn.
Up to standard body protectors (BETA 2018 Level 3 standard – blue and black label) required for XC.
Any new members attending for the first time or if any member has recently purchased a new hat your hat must be checked and tagged before you are allowed to ride.
Long hair must be secured neatly / worn in a hair net.
No Jewellery allowed.
For the D and D+ rally with test assessment and Spurs test members are required to wear jacket, shirt and pony club tie as well as cream/beige jodhpurs.
The Pony Club Equine Influenza VACCINATION RULE 2024
To protect the health of all horses and ponies and the biosecurity of the venue, the following rules will apply to all Pony Club activities. Members competing with other organisations, such as FEI, BHA and HPA, or at certain venues, for example racecourses, will need to comply with their vaccination requirements.
1. Passports
A valid passport (registered on the Central Equine Database) and vaccination record:
• must accompany the horse / pony to all activities
• must be available for inspection by the event officials
• must be produced on request at any other time during the activity
2. Equine Influenza Vaccination Schedule:
No horse / pony may attend an activity, compete or be present as a companion unless it has a Record of Vaccination against equine influenza completed by the veterinary surgeon who gave the vaccination, signed and stamped line by line, which complies with the Minimum Vaccination Requirements set out in the Equine Influenza Vaccination Schedule below.
All horses and ponies receiving a new primary course of vaccinations from 1 January 2024 must be vaccinated according to this schedule:
• initial primary course of two vaccinations (V1 and V2) must be given: the second vaccination (V2) must be administered within 21-60 days of the first initial vaccination (V1)
• Horses may attend activities 7 full days after receiving the second vaccination of the primary course (V2).
• A first booster vaccination (V3) must be administered within 120 – 180 days of the administration of the second vaccination of the primary course.
• Thereafter booster vaccinations must be administered at a maximum of 12 months intervals.
Horses and ponies must not attend activities within 7 days of receiving any vaccination. For clarity: no horse or pony may compete on the same day as a relevant injection is given or on any of the 6 days following such an injection.
NB: This is the minimally appropriate booster schedule; it is highly recommended that horses and ponies competing regularly and travelling around the UK and abroad follow an optimal schedule and receive a booster within 6 months +21 days prior to arrival at the event or activity, in line with the FEI protocol.
Restart
Any horse which is found to have breached the requirements above in relation to V1 (initial vaccination); V2 (second vaccination) and V3 (first booster), or exceeded 12 months between subsequent boosters, must restart and receive a minimum of V1 & V2 and had a 7 day post-vaccine stand-down before being allowed entry to any Pony Club activity.
Historic Vaccinations
o Horses that received the primary course prior to 1 January 2024 are permitted to have an interval of up to 92 days between the first (V1) and second (V2) vaccination of the primary course and for the first booster (V3) an interval of up to 7 months following the date of the administration of vaccination V2.
o For the period 1st October 2022 to 31st December 2022, lower risk equines may have, with veterinary advice and approval, extended the annual booster period to 15 months if there was a genuine veterinary shortage of vaccine. The subsequent booster should have been made within 9 months, resulting in 2 booster vaccinations in 2 years and making the 2023 vaccine booster date no more than 24 months from the 2021 due date. Vaccination records which have this extension clearly approved and annotated by the vet will be accepted at Pony Club and BHS Riding Club events, but other venues and competitive bodies may insist on a 12month interval and hence if a booster is missed a restart may be necessary.
For the D and D+ rally with test assessment and Spurs test members are required to wear jacket, shirt and pony club tie as well as cream/beige jodhpurs.
The syllabus for the test / assessment rallies can be viewed at:
- D Test d-test-2023-rev22072024.pdf (pcuk.org)
- D+ Test d-plus-test-2023.pdf (pcuk.org)
- Spur Test Spurs-Test-Syllabus-v21.5.1.pdf (pcuk.org)
Please be aware from 1st January 2025 members wishing to wear spurs are required to successfully complete the Spurs Test or be hold C+ or higher test.
Please speak to Ruth if you have any questions regarding the tests and member suitability.
For all test information follow the link Pony Club Tests | The Pony Club UK (pcuk.org)
Liability: Save for the death or personal injury caused by the negligence of the organisers, or anyone for whom they are in law responsible, neither the organisers of this event or The Pony Club nor any agent, employee or representative of these bodies, nor the landlord or his tenant, accepts any liability for any accident, loss, damage, injury or illness to horses, owners, riders, spectators, land, cars, their contents and accessories, or any other person or property whatsoever, whether caused by their negligence breach of contract or in any other way whatsoever. Entries are only accepted on this basis.
Health and Safety: Organisers of this event have taken reasonable precautions to ensure the Health and Safety of everyone present. For these measures to be effective, everyone must take all reasonable precautions to avoid and prevent accidents occurring and must obey the instructions of the organisers and all the officials and stewards.
- Run under the Current years Pony Club Rule Book. Entry is taken as acceptance of these rules.
- All hats must comply to current Pony Club rules and be tagged before riding. Hat guidance can be found here. https://pcuk.org/officials/health-and-safety/dress-and-tack/Legal