The word on the ground is that Petplan will succedd in the tender to issue passports.
Some of the societies with their main stud book abroad are already making plans for registration to be done in France/Germany/Holland. However, this doesn't help the UK breeds....
Utter madness from DEFRA
Normally you would have to do a risk assessment e.g. risk of fire
What I do with my liveries is give them a short induction showing them where first aid kit is located, fire equipment etc. It might be prudent to get them to sign to say they have been shown these.
While it is advisable...
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ld like to see native breeds and others as well as sportshorse stallions, I wouldn't like to see this degenerate (sorry- its clear I'm not into showing!) into just a show; I would like the performance aspect to be emphasised; I'd like to see CBs and QHs under saddle and jumping, etc...
Personally I feel that the only way a UK stallion show can truly work is if the various societies & stud books work together or there is some UK/EU subsidy. In this recession large corporate sponsors are hard to find.
You then have the issues around licensing/grading. I really would like to...
I have just had an update to this posting. The Horse was stolen on the 22nd January and not the 15th as previously stated. The search is still on for her.....
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A Missing Horse:
We have had a report of a missing horse from the Stathern area in the Vale of Belvoir, which went missing on Friday 15th Jan in the morning between 08:30 and 10:30.
The horse is about 17hh or 1.7 meters in height.
Chestnut in colour with a white...