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he main aim of HAPPA as an equine charity is to rescue, reha­ bilitate and re-home horses,


ponies and donkeys. Following complaints from the pub­


lic, our welfare officer visits the site where the animal is kept and assesses the state of the horse. If it is decided, by a vet, that the ani­


mal is suffering unnecessarily, we have a case for prosecution. Generally, how­ ever, it is better for the animal if the owner relinquishes ownership to us to avoid lengthy and expensive legal wrangles that can go on for months. Once these decisions have been


made, we are able to bring the animal to one of our rehabilitation centres. This involves co-ordinating various bod­ ies (vets, police and RSPCA) to be at the same place at the same time in order that the animal can be removed with as little stress as possible to all concerned. Once we have received a call at the


rehabilitation centre to attend a rescue, a team is gathered with all the neces­ sary equipment- head collars, ropes, feed, etc. - and off we set'with lorry and/or trailer.


We received a call at the Northern


Centre, Shores Hey Farm, Burnley, in late January. The information we were given was to pick up five animals, a thoroughbred mare, a thoroughbred colt, a coloured cob mare, her two year old colt and a Shetland pony. We arrived at the appointed place


and time.The animals had been signed over to us and all the legal work carried out, so it was just a matter of loading them up and going back to the centre, which normally takes less than an hour to complete. However, the field was like a quag­


mire - in places the mud came over the top of our Wellingtons, and it was difficult to walk without losing them! It was obvious that we were not


Rideis are mountino a ciralleege by Malcolm Brewsher T By Roland Connoly


manager, Shores Hey Farm Rescue Centre


going to get the vehicles into the field, so we would have to load them on the road. I did a quick inspection of the ani­ mals to check the were all fit to travel safely and that we could catch and put head collars on them. They were all a bit shy, so I left the


rescue team to spend time with them rubbing, talking and feeding them small titbits,'while I went off to look at the Shetland pony, which was in anoth­ er field about a mile up the road. On my return, the team had done a


great job and had got head collars on three of the animals.This left just the cob mare. She was only four and had not been touched since she had been bought at a sale over two years earli­ er.


Her experience of being handled


was not good. She had been pinned to the floor, a head collar put on and taken off to the market when she was less thgn two years old. Her trust in strange humans was, as you would expect, not good. It was clear that we were not going to get anywhere near her in the field - as soon as she saw any form of rope she was gone. Fortunately, there were a couple of


stables in the field and we managed to get her into one following another horse. She would, luckily, take food from my hand and slowly she allowed me to rub her neck, then put a rope over her and, eventually, get a training halter on. This process took over an hour to


complete and the big test was still yet to come - would she allow me to lead her out of the box without taking


hree riders from the Blue Slate Stables at Clayton-le-Dale, Nigel, Penny and Stuart Hollings, have started the 2005 season


with an excellent turnout of their ponies, produc­ ing good results at the BSPS Winter Champi­ onships, Solihull. The star of the stables was Cornish rider


Katherine Pitt, who had a good weekend riding Mrs J. M. Williamson’s 10-year-old bay gelding Springbok by Jennie Loriston-Clarke's Catherston Zulu out of Silk Mill Stream, which won the win­ ter novice intermediate and also the winter restricted championship. Katherine also rode Jackets Verity by Jackets


Vagrant, a 13-year-old bay mare, having two sec- onds.The pony also won a winter 148cm open show class with Lucy Bowden. In addition, Katherine rode the seven-year-old


Lyncombe Blue Print in the Horse of the Year Show intermediate show riding type class, ahead of Suzanne Allen riding Sally Cornforth's nine- year-old mare, Fernhill Park.The latter was runner- up in the international qualifier. Anna Cornforth rode the eight-year-old Welsh B


gelding Meadowlands Sun Kissed by Lemonshill Limelight to win the winter open 122cm show hunter pony event and then went on to clinch the 12 hands show hunter royal international class and the championship.


K - Anna's younger brother, James, had a good


sixth in the winter open first ridden, riding a six- year-old black mare, Cosford Perilla by Whitemere Sandpiper. Perilla was also a winner at the BSPS Area 1B Show at Barton, while Charlotte Dacre had a good placings in the first pony of show hunter type, riding Gill Genders' 13-year-old Plush


Heiress. Alexandra Hollings has started the season well


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across the field with me in tow like a water skier? As a student of natural horseman­


ship, I had played games with her in the box and had managed some level of join up with her. To my relief, she decided not to take off through the mud. Instead, she played the 'Tm not moving" game. She planted all four feet squarely and stood her ground. There is only one thing to do in this


case -1 planted my feet as well and played the same game. I took a gentle even pressure on the halter and staved there. She moved


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her head in all directions, trying to get me to release the pressure, and, even­ tually, she moved in the direction that I was seeking, forward. As soon as she made this move I released the pressure on her and rubbed her neck in a spot I found she liked. Within a few more minutes she was following me around the field as if she had been doing it all her life. She was reluctant to load, but with


patience and time she went on and travelled back to the centre with her colt. She will now lead and follow with­ out hesitation and one day soon will


make an excellent ride and drive pony for a loving family. It took over five hours to catch and


load these horses and ponies. It was dark by the time we were ready to set


off home. But despite being cold, wet, muddy


and hungry it is one of the most satis­ fying feelings, knowing we have helped another horse or pony on the road to recovery and a better life. H Look out for the HAPPA mini-fea­


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with the n-year-old Dartmoor mare Dykes Rosiemead by Allandale Vampire out of Dykes Daisymead and bred by Casterton School teacher Anne Rigby.This combination qualified for the royal international in the first ridden section at Hartbury College; Gloucestershire and were run­ ners-up at the BSPS Winter Championships. The latter produced a good open international


qualifier for Rosiemead, with Katy Carter in the saddle to take her ticket for Hickstead and the


Dres<=age horse Ambrey Chester being ridden by David Drake-picture courtesy of Daniel Randon


championship. Penny Hollings helped Rachel Bond, from Preston, who was reserve supreme last year at the Northern Dartmoor and had a double win at the Area 1B Show with Lochar-


moss Symphony. Aimie McDonald, also based with The Hollings,


was riding the seven-year-old bay gelding Royal Opposition and won the Collins Family Winter Open Show hunter pony event and was third in the winter restricted 13 hands section; other rid­ ers based in the yard include Lisa Crane, Madi­ son Pritchard and Chelsea Foster. Jamie Gornall, of Mellor, will be challenging with the 11-year-old chestnut gelding Old Spring-


field Stravinsky, last year’s champion at White Rose County and British Elite and also has high hopes of Helen Wood’s First Encounter, which was a winner at the Sports Horse Breeding Show at Myerscough College. Sophie Schofield, of Slaidburn, started the sea­


son in excellent form at the BSPS Winter Cham­ pionships by qualifying for the Royal International, riding the seven-year-old mare Hollyhill Royal Secret by Kilvington Scoundrel out of Hollyhill


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with a good win at the Sports Horse Breeding Spring Show at Myerscough with the six-year-old Time Out by Kilvington Scoundrel out of the Burning Light. The latter is now 19 and a daugh­ ter of Harry and Shirley Hindle’s great mare Bright and Fair, which qualified for the Horse of the Year Show, Wembley, on numerous occa­ sions and a champion broodmare all over Eng­


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third in the open and fifth in the Horse of the Year


qualifier. Sophie’s sister, Abbie, was also on form with


the Scottish bred eight-year-old gelding Cham Kingfisher by Lechlade Quince out of former Wembley show pony finalist Faith of Rother- wood, taking the 12.8c Llewellyn Show pony class and clinched her ticket for the Royal Interna­ tional. Both ponies were produced by Jerome


Harforth. Ellie Whittle, of Hurst Green, will be riding her


prolific Dartmoor winner Delholme Star Attrac­ tion, which won for the third year running at the NCPA Lancashire Winter Show at Osbaldeston in November and was a North-West winner. Ellie also has the ride on another Dartmoor


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