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Life after racing

Winners of the fancy dress part of the competition was a pair of OTTTBs. Their story is what pushed them over the line in front of the Fire-peeps!

Gemma provided me with these details:

“The back story is that Trying (Stevie – my horse) and Le Cavalier (Louie – Dan’s horse) both raced for Norm Gardner racing here in Canberra. Between them they amassed 146 starts and over $400,000 in prize money. Both had long racing careers with Stevie retiring as an 8 year old and Louie as a 9 year old. They are testament to the versatility of the thoroughbred and proof old dogs can be taught new tricks 🙂 Their start in the pairs today was part of a wider reunion with lots of people coming to watch – Rachel (Dan’s wife) used to ride Stevie’s trackwork, Hayley (former stable foreman) and Lynne (who also worked for Gardner racing). 

The outfits were drawn from the horses’ past – I was wearing the first colours Stevie raced in (a nod to the fact that today was his first competitive start in his new career) and Dan wore the stable colours for Gardner racing. 

We had an awesome day today!”

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How to prepare for the event

The draw is almost ready to publish!
To help you prepare for the event – here are a few more tips.

R&J – sponsors of the EvA95 Junior class


Write out your times for each phase, the arena your dressage test will be in, and what day each phase will be. Work out how long you need to warm up and then from then, you can work out what time you need to get on.
Remember to check the toner levels in your printer – so you can print your backnumbers out – you need to print TWO!

As we have so many horses coming, we are limiting the number of horses into the warmup area (with the exception of those in Arena 6). There is plenty of space in the camping area for riding, just follow the signs.

Contact Charlotte https://neighhay.com.au/about-us-horse-hay-sale-canberra/
Grosvenor Park Products are again supporting NCHTA and we are very grateful

XC courses are being published on the cross country app – search the library to find your course!

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Rules

As most of you are aware, and probably all should be aware – the sport of eventing is governed by Equestrian Australia – and there are some very dedicated souls who volunteer their time to attend competitions to ensure that the rules are upheld. These people are called Stewards, and they are very familiar with the 150 odd pages of the Equestrian Australia National Eventing Rules. This in itself is an admirable feat.

While we don’t expect every rider to know all the rules, it is worthwhile remembering that the core value of these are to put the welfare of the horse at the forefront. So if you wish to argue the rules with a Steward, Technical Delegate or another volunteer at an event – remember that they are simply there to adhere to the rules which the peak body has deemed appropriate to fulfil this purpose.

…..all those involved in international equestrian sport to adhere to the FEI Code of
Conduct and to acknowledge and accept that at all times the welfare of the Horse must be paramount. Welfare of the Horse must never be subordinated to competitive or commercial influences……

To summarise the new rules about hind boots – here is a link to an article posted somewhere on the internet:

Hind boots: what you need to know
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Block timetable

To help with your planning for the event, this is the block timetable. Remember to enter into the teQ teams competition!

Click here to enter your team
ClassTestDR SJ DayXC Day
2*2021 CCI2* Test ASat PMSunSun
1*2020 CCN1* Test ASat AMSunSat
952020 Eventing Test A EvA95Sat PMSatSun
95J2020 Eventing Test A EvA95Sat AMSatSun
802020 Eventing Test A EvA80Sat AMSatSat
80J2020 Eventing Test A EvA80Sat AMSatSat
602020 Eventing Test A EvA45&60Sat PMSunSun
60J2020 Eventing Test A EvA45&60Sat PMSunSun
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teQ teams

After a very successful debut at SIEC last weekend, Jeanan Yassen from teQ approached NCHTA to offer the opportunity to run the teams competition at our event. Naturally – we lept at the chance!
The concept is simple – create a team of five riders from the grassroots of the sport – EvA60 to 1* riders all compete together – you could be all in the 60, or a mix of all 5 grades. The best three scores of the team makes your team score, and the lowest scoring team wins! Prizes provided by teQ

Click this link to enter! (and to book a yard if you need one!)

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Hunter Trial Eve!

It’s the night before the event – and all through the house – are notes to remind me all the things I need to remember before tomorrow…..

1- remind riders it is a move up draw – so be aware you MAY ride ahead of time!

2 – remember to check in using the app –

3 – Remind everyone that volunteers are what makes events like these happen – so remember to thank them – and maybe offer to help in the future?

4- Helmet tagging will occur between 8-9 in front of the Canteen – and while you’re there buy a coffee and get some breakfast – support Canberra Lakes Pony Club!

5- All classes are run in numerical order

6- Offer to help pole pick in the show jumping while you wait between your rides.

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October event

Thank you everyone for your responses to our survey!
As you may be aware NCHTA runs three competitions a year. The March event and the Eventer Trial (scheduled for the 13 December) cater for EvA60 to 2* and our September (or October) event caters for EvA80 to 4*
From the responses to the survey it is abundantly clear that we simply can not fit the EvA60 class into this event, and for this we are truely sorry and wish we could make it work, but sadly with limited space for dressage arenas, and restrictions on the number of participants it is impossible.
Our event is run in the ACT and as such we need to comply with the regulations put in place by ACT Health.
Entries will be open soon, and will be limited to a total number of 125 horses per ODE. We are running two ODE’s on consequecutive days to maximise the number of participants able to compete over the weekend.
This means we will need XC judges for both days, so please, if you are a local rider your help is needed!
Please be patient as we all negiotate running an event in these very novel times!
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2020

We have several events planned for 2020

January – Sam Lyle eventing clinic – enter online: NCHTA members have first right of entry – hence the password!

March – CCN event – running from EvA60 up to 2* Enter online now

June – Eventer Trial – Pairs XC with fancy dress, and SJ and XC rounds from 60cm up to 1*

September – CCI event EvA80 up to 4*