Cothal has now been running over 20 years and the sun shone all day for our competitors. Eileen Cornish made the long journey up to judge and there were lovely encouraging comments in the dressage.
A special mention for the day goes to our youngest competitor 15 year old Gordon Walker who was driving at his first outdoor event with his shetland, Clothie Flyn.
Champion of the day was Vicky Largue driving Pippa.
Massive thanks to all our competitors, supporters and helpers who made the event possible
By kind permission of Nicola and Philip Craigen Braeside Croft, Durno, Inverurie, AB51 5ER
We are delighted to be able to offer this training up in the Aberdeenshire area.
Bex is a very accomplished driver having started driving after a bet between her husband and mother at the 2015 National Championships. She started in the Novice Pony class and progressed through the levels, getting to her first World championship in 2021. Driving is truly a family affair and Bex is accompanied by her husband Jamie on the back step with her coloured cob Woodie. You could say that carriage driving runs in her blood with her grandmother being Gladys Dale and her mother being well known tandem driver Carol Lumsden (Boswell, Dale). Bex enjoys coaching, and has many tricks up her sleeve to help drivers improve. She has gained so much knowledge as she has progressed through the levels and is delighted to pass this on. She is now a UKCC2 coach.
Training sessions will consist of 45-minute individual slots at a cost of £46 per session.
To book, please email trainingaberdeenshire@gmail.com. Payment details will be emailed to you once you have been given a place.
No booking is confirmed until payment is received.
Please note that no refunds will be issued in the event of cancellation unless the space can be filled by another driver.
Please bring your own food for the BBQ on Saturday night
Please take home all your own rubbish.
Those wishing to stay overnight please contact Nicola Craigen direct on 07766 105073.
Thank you to Vicky for organising and to Bex March for being the trainer. This could be the first of many, if well-supported!
The Hopetoun event now has its very own website. There’s lot of information about the event, carriage driving in general, how you can get involved, links to enter the event and much more. Take a look now at hopetoun.scda.co.uk.
In 2023 all BC events will follow the FEI ‘flu vaccination’ rule
The following SCDA Events will also comply with FEI rules and require a 6 month booster given within a period of 6 months (+ 3 weeks), but not within 7 days prior to event arrival.
Training events at Seacliff, The Pines, and Townfoot
Dunbog
Hopetoun (both events)
Townfoot
However, the following venues will only require annual vaccinations:
All proprietary Equine Influenza vaccines are accepted by the FEI, provided the route of administration complies with the manufacturer’s instructions (i.e. intramuscular injection or intranasal).
An initial Primary Course of two vaccinations must be given; the second vaccination must be administered within 21-92 days of the first vaccination.
The first booster must be administered within 7 calendar months following the date of administration of the second vaccination of the Primary Course.
Any Horse receiving a new Primary Course as of 1 January 2024 must be vaccinated as follows:
V1 (initial vaccination);
V2 (second vaccination) must be administered 21-60 days after V1; and
V3 (first booster) must be administered within 6 months and 21 days of V2.
Subsequent Booster vaccinations must be administered at a maximum of 12-month intervals however Horses competing in Events must have received a booster within 6 months +21 days (and not within 7 days) before arrival at the Event.
Horses may compete 7 days after receiving the second vaccination of the primary course.
Horses that have received the Primary Course prior to 1 January 2005 are not required to fulfil the requirement for the first booster, providing there has not been an interval of more than 12 months between each of their subsequent annual booster vaccinations.
Kindly PRINT your own competitor number in a LARGE and LEGIBLE format.
Anyone on a carriage (i.e. groom as well as driver) must wear hard hats in the cones (and will not be penalised for also wearing hard hats in the dressage).
Don’t forget you must also be wearing hard hats and body protectors for the marathon obstacles.
Please also note that you may take a break in between dressage/cones and the marathon obstacles and are not required to do all 3 phases altogether.
1] The format of the event will be dressage at your scheduled time, followed by the cones and obstacles. There is no allotted time for you to complete the cones and obstacle phases. However, please be courteous to the event organiser and your fellow competitors ensuring that there is an even flow of competitors through the cones and obstacle phases. It is suggested that competitors do dressage followed by cones.
2] Grooms can stand through all phases if they wish.
3] For anyone who wishes, horses / ponies can be led through the water without carriages attached, prior to the event proper.
4] There is no grazing at Dunbog and the owners ask that we respect this
5] No carriages and animals are to be taken along past the Stable buildings to save stress on competing ridden horses. Competitors should use the long way around track.
6] We will post numbers and running order a few days before on the this website. Please would entrants print out their own numbers.
7] We start at 10.00am on Sunday morning
8] Due to the amount of horses around, any dogs must be fully under control at all times.
Please find below the schedules for events in 2022. You can also find the schedules by visiting our Events Listing page and clicking on the blue links on the right hand side of the page.
These are all PDF files – if you have any problems opening or reading the files, please send me an email (website@scda.co.uk) and I’ll take a look. Thanks!
The schedule for the Coxhill Spring Event is now available here. Please use the new 2022 entry form – it should be sent to Barbara-Anne Skett – see the details in the schedule. Note that the closing date for entries is Friday 25th February – so please get your entries in asap.
