News Archive
News - August, 2009
AGM NotificationEquestrian Victoria AGM will be held on the 27th October 2009 at 8:00pm at Werribee Park NEC. Please Click Here for Notification and Nomination Forms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saddleworld Dressage Festival Press ReleaseSaddleworld Dressage Festival Press Release
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Meaghan Willis- Dressage Rider of the MonthMeaghan Willis Dressage Rider of the Month Please click here for Meaghan's story. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jumping Open Squad 29 - 30th AugustJumping Open Squad 29th - 30th August | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attention all CoachesAttention All Coaches- if you have NOT attended a Update Course within the last 2 years, please ensure that you attend one of the 2 upcoming Clinics on either the 9th Sept or the 23rd Sept. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barastoc 2010 RulesTo entrants of Barastoc 2010, Please ensure PRIOR to entering, that you read the rules. Please click here for the rules. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Press Release- RT Edgar Show Horse State TitlesRT Edgar Show Horse State Titles, Entry Deadline- Click Here for Press Release | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Press Release- Show Horse Spring ShowShow Horse Spring Show 29th August. Please Click Here for Press Release | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senio Squad August 29th - 30thSenior Squad August 29th - 30th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jumping Victoria Teams for National ChampionshipsJumping Victoria Teams for National Championships Please return this expression of interest form if you are interested in representing Victoria at the upcoming National Championships in Canberra on October 9-11th by Sept 13th 2009. Click here to download form.
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Bridle Numbers as at 24th September, 2009Bridle Numbers as at 24th September, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equestrian Victoria AGMEquestrian Victoria Annual General Meeting Notification & Forms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JV Spring ShowJumping Victoria Sping Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interschools Times & DrawInterschools Times and Draw 21st August, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NMIT announced Final Call for Open Days
18 Augusts 2009
For immediate release
NMIT announces "final call" for Open Days
It's Open Day season across Australia's universities, TAFES and private colleges and while most will offer lots of brochures, show bags and lectures, very few can boast a range of practical demonstrations that includes subjects as diverse as massage, hairdressing, cattle handling and horse dentistry.
NMIT has two big events scheduled: the NMIT Open Day (1 September) and the Primary Industries Open Day at NMIT (6 September).
Themed around "the passport to your future", visitors to both NMIT Open Day events can find out about more than 500 courses offered by NMIT and book their ticket to an exciting career.
NMIT Open Day (1 September)
This expo style event will feature information sessions, exhibitors, demonstrations, prizes and give-aways covering a diverse and inspiring range of subject areas and career options including massage and myotherapy, horticulture, accounting and business studies, hospitality, building trades, engineering trades, agriculture and land management, music, illustration, television, hairdressing, tourism and event management and much more.
In addition to engaging demonstrations in careers such as massage, hairdressing and musical performance, there will be teaching staff on hand to answer course specific enquiries, examples of student work, advice on preparing folios for visual arts courses and auditioning for performing arts places, and information on NMIT's new articulation arrangements with La Trobe University for selected courses in accounting, international business and information technology.
When: Tuesday 1 September, 3 – 8 pm Where: NMIT Preston Campus More information: www.nmit.vic.edu.au/openday or call 13 NMIT
Primary Industries Open Day at NMIT (6 September)
As Victoria's largest provider of primary industry training, NMIT has the experts and facilities to help students become leaders in their chosen primary industry. The Primary Industries Open Day gives visitors the inside information on career paths in Agriculture and Land Management, Aquaculture, Equine Studies, and Viticulture and Winemaking as well as up-to-date information on NMIT's Bachelor Degree program in each area.
As well as expert course and career advice, the day will feature plenty of practical demonstrations utilising the first-class facilities at NMIT's Epping campus including show cattle leading and grooming, wool displays, meat processing facility tours, aquaculture systems, horse dentistry and farriery, winery tour and bottling demonstration.
When: Sunday 6 September, 10 – 2 pm Where: NMIT Epping Campus More information: www.nmit.vic.edu.au/openday or call 13 NMIT
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INTERVIEW/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
Media enquiries should be directed to the NMIT Communications Officer, James Gardener, on (03) 92691579, 0413 483 182 or jamesgardener@nmit.vic.edu.au
Photo opportunities can also be organised prior to each Open Day. Photo options include (but are not limited to):
Preston campus – hairdressing students in salon, massage consultation, hospitality/cookery students in kitchen / restaurant Fairfield campus – horticulture students (greenhouse), musical performance Collingwood campus – television production students in modern TV studio Epping campus – aquaculture students with fish, equine students trackriding or in stables (at Northern Lodge Stud in Eden Park), viticulture students with wine making equipment, agriculture students with cattle and plastering / painting students practising skills. Heidelberg campus – carpentry, furniture making, bricklaying, plumbing or wall and floor tiling students at work in the Building Barn. Greensborough campus – Professional Writing and Editing Students working on manuscripts / in Desk Top Publishing Lab.
NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE) – Situated on seven campuses and five training centres throughout Melbourne's north, NMIT delivers vocational training, higher education and lifelong learning capabilities for a global workforce. NMIT forges partnerships with community, industry and government to produce practical, solution orientated graduates capable of making meaningful contributions to their chosen field of endeavour. ###
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Event Coordinator PositionEquestrian Victoria are currently seeking Expressions of Interest for the position of event coordinator. If you are interested, please see below for the Expressions of Interest Form and Job Description. Please ensure applications are sent by Tuesday 31st August by post to: Attention: Jackie Woodhead Po Box 616 Werribee VIC 3030 or to ceo@equestrianvictoria.com.au
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EA advises caution against the use of herbal or natural medicinal products
Equestrian Australia (EA) advises members, horse trainers, owners, exhibitors, riders and their veterinarians to use caution with the administration of herbal or natural medicinal preparations, tonics, pastes, powders, and products of any kind as they might contain a prohibited substance.
The use of so-called herbal and natural products in a horse might result in an adverse analytical finding that constitutes a contravention of the FEI/EA Equine Anti-Doping & Medication Control Rules. The classification of many of these substances as prohibited is neither a new policy nor a recent development. Herbal and natural medicinal products are classified as prohibited because of their potential actions on various body systems when administered. Scope of Advice Herbal or natural medicine preparations include those used either intravenously, topically, intramuscularly, subcutaneously or orally and products where the ingredients and their quantitative analysis are not specifically known. This advice should also be applied to the use of homeopathic remedies. Persons Responsible should be aware that ingredients labelling for such preparations is often not complete or accurate. This is especially true of those products containing plant ingredients. The plant origin of any herbal or natural medicine ingredient does not preclude it from containing a pharmacologically potent and readily detectable prohibited substance. Just some of the examples of the hundreds and perhaps thousands of herbal/natural or plant ingredients that would cause a product to be classified as prohibited are: valerian, kava, passionflower, skullcap, chamomile, vervain, lemon balm, leopard's bane, night shade, capsaicin, comfrey, devil's claw, hops, laurel, lavender, red poppy, and rauwolfia, not to mention tea, coffee, chocolate and Coco Cola! Many prohibited substances have their origin in plants (e.g. salicylates, digitalis, reserpine, caffeine, atropine) Especially problematic are preparations that are claimed to calm or relax while at the same time being said to contain no prohibited substances. The use of any herbal or natural product to affect the performance of a horse in a calming (tranquillising) or an energising (stimulant) manner is expressly prohibited by the FEI and EA Anti-Doping Rules. The use of a calming product during competition may also have important safety consequences. Herbs and plant extracts are also marketed as horse feed supplements. Many herb products are marketed as sedatives. While many herbs are generally regarded as safe to feed to horses, there is a scarcity of independent scientific data in horses on the safety and efficacy of most herbal products and supplements. Most of the information available on these products is anecdotal. In addition, the levels of the natural constituents in herbs can vary greatly as a result of the parts of the plant harvested, the growth stage of the plant at harvest, and the processing methods. Herbs may also contain chemicals that can be harmful, such as certain alkaloids. Toxicities have been associated with comfrey and chaparral in humans, and horsetail and snakeroot are known to be toxic to horses. Manufacturers' Claims Persons Responsible should be most careful about any claims by manufacturers or others that their preparations are "legal" or permissible for use at competitions recognized by EA or the FEI. The FEI and EA do not test or approve herbal or natural products to verify a possible violation of the FEI/EA Anti-Doping Rules. Therefore, a claim that the product does not violate FEI/EA rules or is undetectable by drug testing is the sole responsibility of the manufacturer or individual making such a claim. Further, persons administering herbal or natural product to a horse for health reasons or to improve its performance might have been misled, having been comforted by claims that the plant origin of its ingredients cause it to be permitted by the rules as well as being undetectable in doping tests. Although the use of some of these products may not have resulted in adverse analytical findings from medication control tests in the past, this may change as the FEI/EA Drug Testing and Research Laboratories incorporate new methods into their battery of screening tests – this is a deliberate and ongoing process. The analytical techniques used in the testing laboratory are becoming more refined, and the fact that these products have not been detected by testing in the past does not hold any guarantee for their safe use in competition. It is important to note that many herbal products that are produced for the equine market routinely have their formulations changed without any published notice. It is for this reason that EA typically does not comment on products by name, but requests lists of ingredients. It would be irresponsible for EA to list or name the brand of products as prohibited or permitted as there is often no control or notification of changes in their ingredients. Summary of Advice For the above reasons, Equestrian Australia cautions most strongly against any use of herbal and natural products and products, for which the ingredients and properties are not known, in competition horses. The doping of horses is against the policies of EA and the FEI. Doping is contrary to the spirit of sport. The use of a herbal or natural medicine product in a competition horse is implicitly associated with a desire to affect or improve the normal competition performance of the horse. This desire is at odds with the FEI and EA code of conduct and core values relating to horse welfare and the spirit of the sport. Further enquiries can be made in writing to: Dr. Warwick Vale EA National Medication Control Officer
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Expressions of Interest- 4 riders to compete at Spring ShowEquestrian Australia is seeking expressions of interest for 4 riders to compete in a Borrowed Horse Business team's competition against New Zealand, at the Victorian Spring Show National Equestrian Centre, Werribee Park 10-13th September 2009 Please click here for more information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Victorian Dressage Club- Ruby Anniversary PrizeAt the Club Championships in September the winner of the Prix
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Jumping Latest NewsSenior Squad The next Senior Squad coaching weekend will be held on Aug 29/30th at Treehaven Equestrian Centre and it will be coached by Laurie Lever. The cost is $132 with stables available directly from Treehaven at a cost of $20 per night. The following riders have already booked their position so there is only 11 places left. If you are not on this list and wish to be- get your forms into Annie as soon as possible so you don't miss out- jumping@equestrianvictoria.com.au or 0438565962
· Robbie Agnew · Sam Conway · Monique Hoysted · Leonie McAteer · Adam Prime · Gervaise Prime · Brad Trewin · Col Wareing · Michelle Wareing
Formation of Senior Squad for next season. Please note that the Senior Squad is due to be seeded by the Victorian Selectors. Make sure you fill out the expression of interest forms that are due to be returned by 1/9/09 Click here for form. This seeding is used by selectors to pick State teams, international nominations that arise at times, places for training squads, could be used to attract sponsors or owners to give you the ride on their horse. It is well worth your while as a Victorian rider to make sure this list is relevant to our Sport so that it reflects accurately
Jumping Interschool The Jumping Interschool is closed but if you have forgotten – email or fax through your entries urgently.
YR Squad Could YR Squad members please send thorough their Squad booking forms asap. Click here for the the Payment Form.
Congratulations to Toni Scattergood on being named the EV Young Ambassador of the Year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Online Stallion Service Auction- Fundraiser for 2009 Australian International 4 Star 3 Day EventONLINE STALLION SERVICE AUCTION AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE 2009 AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL 4 STAR THREE DAY EVENT Please click here for further details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VDC Dressage Handbook CorrectionsVictorian Dressage Club Handbook Corrections Please click here for an updated list. This has been changed in the Dressage Handbook. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geelong EV Association Dressage Day - extended entries until August 12th
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Geelong Dressage day
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