SALTBURN AND DISTRICT BRIDLEWAYS GROUP
Autumn Newsletter 2012
NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP AND RIDE YORKSHIRE TALKS…
Laura Dixon, licensed 1* Parelli Professional, will be giving a talk at our next meeting entitled "Why would anyone want to do Parelli?”
This will be followed by a talk about the best ways to explore Yorkshire on horseback by Janet Cochrane, Director of Ride Yorkshire.
The meeting takes place on Monday 24th October at New Marske Sports Club at 7.30pm. Members free, non-members £2.
TOP TIPS FROM TOPSPEC
With the weather helping to produce an abundance of grass feed specialists Top Spec have provided advice on both laminitic cases and also for those horses and ponies that are simply very good-doers.
At this time of year good-doers are often carrying surplus weight from summer grass. It is a good idea to reduce most of this excess weight before the freezing weather sets in.
Therefore they recommend that once your horse is stabled soak his hay in plenty of clean, fresh water for approximately 12 hours to reduce the soluble carbohydrate/calorific content and allow to drain outside the stable for 20 minutes before feeding.
BOTTOM LOOP CLOSURE
The permissive bridleway between Thrushwood Farm and Yearby Bank has now been closed. The land has been sold and planning permission has been granted to build a crematorium on the site despite a petition from local residents. Redcar and Cleveland Council’s planning committee voted 7 - 4 in favour of the application from Oxford based Memoria.
The bridleways group are in talks with land owners to see if a new track can be created adjacent to Yearby Bank to link up to the second half of the loop.
PENNINE BRIDLEWAY OPEN
Natural England has officially opened the Pennine Bridleway - a 330km national trail stretching from Derbyshire, through the Peak District, the South Pennines, the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines to Cumbria.
It is England's third longest national trail and the only onedesigned specifically for horse riders. To find out more, visit www.nationaltrail.co.uk/PennineBridleway
EXPAND BRIDLEWAY NETWORK
Just because a route is not on a map it does not mean it is not a public path - if there is evidence it was used by riders historically its status can be updated.
But under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 any paths not listed by 2026 which were in use before 1949 will automatically be closed.
So if you know of a route in Redcar and Cleveland which is not on the definitive map let us know -
PATHS FOR COMMUNITIES
The group is currently working with Redcar and Cleveland Council, local BHS access officers and Danby and Guisborough Bridleways Groups to put in an application for Paths for Communities funding from Natural England to create more bridleways in the area with the aim of linking up a number of existing bridleway networks between Lingdale and Ingleby Greenhow.
Our main aim locally is to get a cross-link from coast to country via Upleatham to Guisborough. We are in discussion with a number of landowners, one of which is Tocketts Mill who has agreed in principle to the route, which would include a corral and tie up area so riders can use their facilities.
We will keep you informed if the application to National England is successful. If successful this will complete one of the major aims set when the Saltburn & District Bridleway Group was started.
Visit www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/access/rightsofway/p4c.aspx for details on the Paths for Communities scheme.
HAVE YOUR SAY ON WIND TURBINES
With recent events in our area, we thought it would be worth mentioning the following. Horse riders and carriage drivers across the UK are being asked for their views on wind turbines in a new British Horse Society survey.
To complete the survey, visit www.bhs.org.uk/Press_Centre/BHS_News/Have_your_say_on_wind_turbines.aspx
DID YOU KNOW?
· It is actually much harder for a rider to stay balanced on a horse if they are tall.
· Horses playing in the field is not just great for fitness, it is important for emotional fulfilment too.
· One of the best times of day to ride a young exuberant horse is early afternoon as this is their natural time for being quiet.
MEMBERS’ CORNER
From scraggy foal to beautiful filly
Nicky Adamson shares Darcy’s story…
In November 2011, I decided to buy a foal due to one of my horses getting older and not able to do too much. On my way to do my horses I saw this little coloured in the field that we were going past every day and decided to see if I could find out who she belonged to and if she was for sale. She was part of a little heard in this field that had three colts in with her and she was riddled with worms, mites, lice and ringworm.
I was determined I wanted her and in the middle of November I bought her and I found a place that she could go to while she got wormed and her ringworm sorted (pictured above right after 2 weeks). She was to go in a field on her own for 2 weeks so we couldn’t contaminate the yard’s other horses.
For those 2 weeks she was so nervous we only managed to catch her twice and that was to get some wormer in her, we were leaving feeds in the field for her that she’d eat if we weren’t stood next to the bowl. The amount of worms that were in her was unreal - we were getting 4 to 5 barrows out of the field every other day. She took about a week and a half to fully get the worms out of her system.
When we were able to catch her and put her in a stable to start the ringworm wash, the vet came to inject her to get rid of the mites and lice and give her a flu jab. We’ve now had her nearly a year and the change in her is unreal she’s gone from a scraggy 4 month old foal to a 16 month beautiful filly (pictured above left in July 2012).
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