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EVENING TALKS
Stoneleigh Riding Club will be holding two evening talks on 10 February and 10 March, both will be at Weston Village Hall starting at 7.30pm. Any member of an Area 5 Riding Club is more than welcome to attend.
First Aid Talk – 10 February 2010
We will be holding a First Aid Talk at Weston Village Hall on Wednesday 10 February at Weston Village Hall. This will give you the basics of effective first aid plus will be a great refresher for experienced first aiders. Our speaker will be Phillipa Gibbs, who apart from being an active member both of Stoneleigh Riding Club and their committee is also a paramedic on the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. We will start at 7.30pm for 8pm. Refreshments will be available. There is no charge but donations to the Air Ambulance will be gratefully accepted. This is purely an awareness talk not a certificated training course.
Human Skelton & Muscles Talk - 10 March 2010
We will be holding an Evening Talk at Weston Village Hall on Wednesday 10 February at Weston Village Hall at 7.30pm. After Gillian Higgins and the skeletal workings of the horse comes Andrew Marling from Astwood Osteopathy Clinic to show how the human skeleton and muscles affects how we ride and how that in turn affects the horse’s way of going. This will be a talk plus demonstration so Guinea pigs required. Improvement guaranteed! The cost will be £2.50 per person payable on the door.
For more information please contact Simone Bentley on 01564 785534 or e-mail her at simonebentley@btinternet.com
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Dressage at Moreton Morrell,
14th March 2010 full details on the Coming Events Page 
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Dear All
As Part of our BEF funding we need to identify any BRC member who has successfully completed their UK Coaching Certificate level 2 from April 1 2009. Please can you let me know of anyone within your area who holds this qualification. I appreciate that you may not have this information, however you are the starting point before any further investigation.
Best wishes
Sarah
Sarah Phillips
Senior Executive
British Riding Clubs & Competitions
British Horse Society
Stoneleigh Deer Park
Stoneleigh
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
CV8 2XZ
Telephone 01926707766
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We recieved this, which might act as a warning, please pass on to anyone you know or think might be concerned
From: "Greenhouse,Gail" gail.greenhouse@westmercia.pnn.police.uk
Date: 10 November 2009 10:46:15 GMT
Subject: FW: Plaits found on horses
RURAL WATCH MESSAGE 10/11/09
Dear all, I thought you should be aware of this as:
1. It is a successful result.
2. Proof that crime prevention does work sometimes.
Gail
WPC 3308 Greenhouse
Broadway Police Station
Tel 0300 333 3000 ext 3777
gail.greenhouse@westmercia.pnn.police.uk
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Dear horse owners
Please read the below story sent to me by a caring horse colleague in Avon & Somerset:-
On Monday (2 Nov) night my friend’s horse was stolen from a field in the Guildford area. The people who took her sawed through a wooden post and rail fence to get out and this happened between 3pm and 6pm in the afternoon.
The police were informed and so were the microchip company who circulated her details to all the ferry ports etc.
As you can imagine the owner was completely distraught.
Late Tuesday (3 Nov) afternoon she received a phone call from the police to say her horse had been found in Hollyhead, Wales . She was tied to a railing at the ferry port and the ferry to Ireland had gone without her. So today she is driving to Wales to pick her up.
Several things have come to light in this story:
1. A week ago her horse had a small plait in its mane when she went to get her in from the field. She describes it as very small, almost like a tangle. She disregarded it as kids messing about (her horses are out in a field with others). However, this is how people mark horses to be stolen later. Ie. One person marks them, another then comes later and knows which one to take.
2. The ferry port at Hollyhead do not check horses passports or microchips. This horse was travelling without a passport.
3. The police believe the reason this horse was left behind was because she was microchipped. Although the UK is lax about passport and microchip checking, it is apparently more common for horses to be scanned on entering Ireland . The people who take them will scan them and dump them if they find a microchip. This horse also had a large obvious scar so this may have been a contributing factor.
The police told her that horses being dumped at a ferry terminal is not uncommon and they usually turn out to be stolen. They have had horses left in a lorry on the actually ferry!
This story has a happy ending for H and E, but it makes you wonder how many other stolen horses were on that ferry to Ireland .
The owner has asked me not to give any more details because of the police investigation that is on going, but has given her permission for me to relay this story, mainly to highlight:
1. If you find your horse with a small plait in its mane or tail please do not ignore it. I thought it was common knowledge that people knew about this, but several people I've spoken to since were not aware of it.
2. If your horse isn’t microchipped please consider doing it. The owner of this horse describes her as ‘nothing flashy, just a normal 14.2 bay mare’ so please don’t think it couldn’t happen to you.
Please do not ask me to provide more details regarding the horse or owner as I can’t, but please spare a happy thought today for H and E who should be having a (probably very emotional) reunion in Hollyhead later on today.
Please forward this email onto any other horsey people you know. The more people who know about plaits and microchips the better...
Nicky.x
Thank you for reading and please be alert to this plaiting - keep an eye on your own horses and also neighbours!
Pc 695 Melanie Campbell
Horsewatch Co-ordinator
Gloucester South Police Station (Quedgeley)
0845 090 1234 Ext 4182
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