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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.
The Pony Club Safety & Welfare November 2023
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.
BHA (British Horseracing Authority) / Racecourse Requirements
1. All equines visiting a racecourse on race day must conform with the current BHA vaccination rules, regardless of where they will be sited.
2. All equines visiting a racecourse in the 8 days before a race meeting must conform with the current BHA vaccination rule, regardless of where they will be sited.
3. All equines visiting a racecourse and staying in the stable yard outside of a race day or the preceding 8 days, must conform with the current BHA vaccination rule or the current FEI vaccination rule.
Advice from BHA (November 2023)
In order to be compliant with the BHA guidelines, BHA require:
intervals (V1-V2 21-60d; V2-V3 120-180d, plus 6 month boosters)
the end of 2022 allowing ponies to have 2 vaccinations within 24 month period (ie one after 15 months followed by a 9 month booster).
Booster Summary:
BHA rule requires booster vaccinations every 6 months; the FEI rule requires booster
vaccinations within 6 months +21 days of attending the event.
The Pony Club Safety & Welfare November 2023
Welcome to the Zetland Hunt Pony Club rally information page.
Rallies are available for booking on Horse Events – do check any age restrictions before booking as not all rallies are suitable for all ages.
Dismounted rallies to cover horse and pony care are usually scheduled monthly, on a Friday evening. More may be scheduled near the date for Efficiency Tests. Normal rally dress should be worn for dismounted rallies but please do make sure children will be warm enough with gloves and coats etc during winter.
Once you’ve booked onto the rally you will receive final details as to timing and groups a couple of days beforehand. Generally we ask that you respect all the venues who allow us to book their facilities, and tidy up after yourselves, don’t tie haynets outside the trailer or allow shavings to blow around, pick up any muck immediately and remember that all venues are businesses or working farms and supervise your children accordingly. Please arrive in good time so you are mounted and ready to ride at your allotted time.
What to wear
Clean boots/chaps
Jods – can be beige or a plain dark colour
Pony club jumper, white collared shirt and pony club tie
Pony club jacket or other plain dark coat
Dark gloves
All hair that is past shoulder length must be in a hairnet. No jewellery for safety reasons please.
Riding hat that is tagged with the up to date colour tag (currently pink). If you’ve a hat that isn’t tagged, let your instructor know and we can arrange for it to be checked and tagged. We ask that fixed peak caps are not worn for cross country or show cross rallies for safety reasons. Any hat silks should be plain dark colours or the Zetland hat silk.
Body protectors are recommended and are mandatory for cross country and showcross rallies.
Spurs are only permitted to be worn by those members holding their C+ Efficiency Test.
Zetland PC jumpers, coats etc can be purchased from GG Gear https://www.gggear.co.uk/zetland-pony-club-126-c.asp?srsltid=AfmBOoqt2rkGKHL0NhLaBxpmeA00vdx1b2Ln60iwlnfpEdK5i9cR8edp
PC badges and ties can be purchased from Wainwrights https://www.wainwrightscreenprint.co.uk/pony-club-essentials-ties-badge-scrunchiestargets–gifts-52-c.asp
Ponies
Clean and tidy pony with clean, well fitting tack.
Plain dark numnah.
No bling please!
To keep everyone safe and uphold fair sportsmanship it is important to have Rules and Policies for competition and to support Official decision making. We encourage everyone to familiarise themselves with the Rules and the Pony Club Policies. Login into the Resource Hub to find out more.
Volunteers and Officials all work together to offer a wealth of opportunities to Members. Parents and Guardians also play a vital role, discover more in the Resource Hub.
Every Member receives insurance cover from Howden Insurance Brokers Ltd, to protect Members whilst taking part in Pony Club and other equestrian activities. You will find information below about the insurance cover and it is strongly recommended that Parents, Guardians and Members review the information regarding the insurance policy provided.
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and The Pony Club take Safeguarding very seriously. The Safeguarding Policy signposts a range of documents, provides guidance and key contacts to support those who may have concerns about a vulnerable child, young person or adult. The Branch Safeguarding Officer is available to discuss immediate concerns and you can visit the Resource Hub to find all the relevant documents.