Caol Ila
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Yeah, you're preaching to the choir there.
Thoughts on riding being allowed with November lockdown
- Thread starter Spottyappy
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Yeah, you're preaching to the choir there.
spotty_pony
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I won't be stopping unless it's made illegal. Riding is what keeps me sane - there will be a whole load more trouble
Mental health wise if people are made to stop riding etc.
Last lockdown I broke in two horses and bought myself a lockdown project (now sold.) *must not get myself another projext*
bouncing_ball
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No they actively said ok to ride in March during full lockdown
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronav...th-animals#horses-livestock-and-other-animals
Hopefully same logic will apply this time.
Link last updated 12th October.
Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
Nothing personal but this is my biggest worry at the stables. I try to keep myself as safe as possible as I have a bunch of health conditions but several of the other people there are teachers working in schools with cases of the virus. I just try to go down at other times than they are there.
Keith_Beef
Novice equestrian, accomplished equichetrian
Where did you get that from?
I took a walk up to the yard yesterday and saw a young woman tacking up one of the horses. I remarked on her exercising this horse, and she told me the director had asked a few people if they would be available to help out by each of them working a few horses now and then.
The first Confinement was in the spring, lasting into early summer, so the horses were sent away to pasture for five months. This time around, it being the winter, that might not be possible. The land owners might not have facilities for bringing in at night when the temperature drops well below zero, and they might not want their fields being churned up to mud.
The rules of Confinement 2.0 specifically forbid group leisure, exercise and sport activities but specifically allow individual lessons; there is a possibility that I'll be able to get some riding in, then.
It was a bit tricky, though, to talk about this with the instructor who was there at the time (not my regular, but he's taught my class from time to time)... I asked him if the director had given him any info about organising a rota for exercising the horses. "No, and I've been put on unemployment so I don't have any say about organisation", in his voice I heard that he was resigned to his fate, but quite bitter at being exluded from the process, as well as being on less than his normal income.
shamrock2021
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In Ireland your only allowed to exercise Up to 5 kg from your house. Everyone still rides there horses. I still rides my horse. Chances are you you would never get caught anyway. I don’t see why you would stop riding . Winter/autumn is so important to keep your horses in work since they are stabbed more.
Keith_Beef
Novice equestrian, accomplished equichetrian
shamrock2021
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Lol I meant 5 kilometresIs that 5 kg including tack?
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
Thanks for that. That advice about riding wasn’t there at the outset though, was it? It’s appeared somewhere along the way. Wonder when it went in, probably in the 18 May revision? Anyway, it’s there in writing now in the current guidance - riding is ok. More revisions to guidance are possible, but I very much doubt they’ll stop riding.
If you are not self isolating
You may:
- leave your house to provide care for your horse or livestock.
- ride your horse or walk your animals as normal
mariew
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We had thousands and thousands of tourists from covid 'heavy' areas in the UK here this summer and it did not spike any cases as feared. Most activities were outdoors so therefore I'm not going to worry about restricting outside horse stuff and riding apart from the common sense bit. Don't share tools and grooming stuff, don't hang about chatting in tea rooms and only go out with one other person hacking. I would probably go as far as to keep what you need in your car so you don't have to access any shared tackrooms. And keep hand sanitizer to use plus use gloves
Keith_Beef
Novice equestrian, accomplished equichetrian
What about camels? Are we allowed to ride camels as normal, or are we limited to walking them? And ostriches?
Widgeon
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Good question. I think this leaves open the possibility of riding your camel, but only in walk. No camel trotting Keith, or we'll get the police on you. The same probably applies to ostriches but the guidance doesn't seem to take into account their unique gait.
SussexbytheXmasTree
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They don’t need to advise anything as they have absolutely no formal regulatory role at all.
As to a previous poster saying an insurance company was insisting BHS advice be followed I would think that would be on really tricky ground legally.
teapot
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For individuals and private yards absolutely; it's a bit different when they act as an approvals body, especially when it comes to insurance. Which is why they caused so many problems back in March. The BEF is the governing body, and the BHS will take it from them.
J&S
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I shall continue to exercise my own ponies when the weather is suitable, I like to be able to get them out a couple of times a week for a good trot round the block. They live behind my house. The owners of the big horse I ride have said its fine for me to carry on, he is a doctor and she was an OT. Obviously taking precautions and hand washing/sanitising etc. It is private and I have no need to see any body when I go there. I do not go anywhere else at all apart from dropping by the horse feed merchant. My food is delivered and I can work from home.
Cob Life
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Owners have said they are happy for me to keep riding.
Private yard, I’m the only rider and I do all the horses on my day to ride anyway so no contact with anyone’s else.
Blue especially needs the work to get his weight down
Private yard, I’m the only rider and I do all the horses on my day to ride anyway so no contact with anyone’s else.
Blue especially needs the work to get his weight down
Sossigpoker
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What do we think the BHS gospel will be about me brushing my donkey? I am concerned the donkey brushing police will be casing my yard and will detain me the moment I pick up a brush.
Thank god for the BHS as I just can't make my own decisions at all.
Cob Life
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Might be best to teach your donkey to brush himself before Thursday
Sossigpoker
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Do you think it would be ok if I only brush left to right and sing Ave Maria at the same time?Might be best to teach your donkey to brush himself before Thursday
ester
Not slacking multitasking
just mount one for him
Cob Life
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You might be okay singing Come on Eileen
teapot
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Maybe with a renditon of the national anthem every other hour?
Gingerwitch
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Eyeeore ways does that lol.... What about miles I have a pair can I still go out in them ? ,..........Might be best to teach your donkey to brush himself before Thursday
3OldPonies
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I've just moved my boys, and we have a grass menage that we didn't have before, so I'll probably ride the sane one in there and leave the nutty one until lockdown eases
Muddywellies
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Exactly this!!The BHS don’t tell us not to ride every winter when hospitals are overflowing and on blackwatch ??
Gingerwitch
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That should be mules flipping phone arghhhh
MagicMelon
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Of course you'll be "allowed" to. Nothing is law as such, its all advisory. Same as they cant force you to wear a face mask (I do personally, Im not anti mask).
I'm in Scotland and we haven't locked down (and hopefully wont) so things are carrying on as normal up here.
I'm in Scotland and we haven't locked down (and hopefully wont) so things are carrying on as normal up here.
lannerch
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But you can be fined if you choose not to unless exempt
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
The police can do and are issuing fines, it’s not all advisory.