I start with some sad news; many of you will remember Liz Alsop who died very suddenly in February. Liz was a great friend and instructor to a lot of BHRC members and will be greatly missed. BHRC will be sending representatives and flowers to her funeral on Monday.

 

Following a chance remark, a lengthy email conversation and a deep breath, BHRC have decided not to use certain arenas anymore. We have been kindly offered friends arenas in the past for training and had thought as it was members only, BRC insurance would cover us - we have since found out it is a ‘grey area!’ Obviously, we don’t want to put friends, committee members or arena owners in the position of being sued on our behalf, so we won’t be using some venues that we have used in the past.

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So What's In A Name?

Many of you will know that there is a motor racing theme to the names of all of my animals as I love motorsport, particularly F1.  When I bought Monte he was known as Puzzle, but this was the name given to him at the yard selling him.  A good enough name for a coloured, but obviously not one that was going to fit in with my theme.  He had a passport with the most unfortunate & unlikely name of Holly Grail & there was no way that I was going to be calling him Holly so I decided to change his name.  Now many people believe its bad luck to change a horses name but as Holly wasn't an option & Puzzle had only been a recent name for him I felt there was not much choice.

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