Safety Guidelines

Member’s responsibilities

• Safety Officer’s instructions are to be adhered to by members.
• Committee can be called at any time to discuss issues.
• Stallions and entires not allowed to attend events
• Male foals up to six months and/or mother dependent can attend.
• Horses to wear winkers at all times while in work.
• Horses are to not to be left unattended while still connected to an implement or vehicle, nor with an implement or vehicle between them (i.e. a pair with a pole).
• No horses to be tied up and left unattended where members of the public can untie them
• Horses must be secured at all times when not in use. i.e. yarded, hobbled and tied to something suitable that will withstand the horse pulling.
• Horses not to be tied to fencing wire or insecure item at any time
• Reins must be long enough to enable the operator to drive from behind the implement.
• Hooks, or quick release clips, to be used on end of traces, or chains, to allow the quick release. “D” shackles are not suitable.
• Horses must be held, or tied up, and fully harnessed (including reins and winkers) before hitching to a vehicle or implement. When unhitching, the horse or horses must be held or tied up when the vehicle or implement is removed before the reins, winkers or harness is removed.
• The driver must always be seated in the vehicle, holding the reins and have the horses under control before any passenger mounts or dismounts the vehicle.
• Implements are not to be ridden on in any manner, unless a seat is fitted to the imple-ment. One seat means one person. A sled is a general purpose farm tool and has many applications and can carry more than one person
• No riding of horses at any event.
• All horses must be well trained and experienced in the work that they are to perform.
• Use of equipment must suit the purpose.