What a fantastic day the Wilsons organised, with a great fundraiser for the Flemington School. Attached is a PDF report of the day, you can download it here!
Download April Newsletter here.
I thought the PARC members might be interested in getting a saddle fitting from
Katie Harrowell Master saddler she is in HB 11/12th June
Qualified Saddle Fitter
021 500075
katie@nscsaddles.co.nz
www.nationalsaddlecentre.co.nz
New Homes urgently required, un-homed horses will be slaughtered. Applications close May 15th 2012!!!
In late May, over 170 wild Kaimanawa horses will be mustered out of the Kaimanawa Ranges as part of the area’s ecological management strategy. Kaimanawa Heritage Horses (KHH) is urgently seeking applications from people interested in taking a horse or horses from the Department of Conservation muster.
“The next muster will not be held until mid-2014, so anyone who wants to take on a wild Kaimanawa should act now,” said KHH Spokesperson Mr Elder Jenks. “This coming muster is the only chance people will have in the next two years to take a Kaimanawa horse straight from the wild.”
“Once handled, Kaimanawa wild horses have exceptional temperaments and are delightful ponies to interact with. They’re flourishing in Pony Clubs around New Zealand as great all-rounders and are highly sought after as jumpers, eventers and games ponies.” This year a Kaimanawa horse, Watch Me Move, won the “Pony of the Year” award in the show jumping at New Zealand’s most prestigious equine show “Horse of the Year”.
Prospective Kaimanawa owners need to contact Kaimanawa Heritage Horses urgently, as applications to take a wild horse close on 15 May.
The cost for taking a Kaimanawa from this year’s muster has been set at $250 for the first horse and $220 for subsequent horses. Mare and foal combinations are $400. This cost includes: processing of applications including referee checks, home inspection, and transport from the muster site to a central distribution point; membership and registration of the horse with KHH. A gelding rebate of $75.00 is also available to new owners who take colts.
Mr Jenks noted that new Kaimanawa owners have access to a strong support network and should feel free to contact KHH if they have any questions about the horses or the application process. Those who would like to take a wild Kaimanawa but would prefer it to receive basic handling before coming to their property can arrange to have horses delivered direct to their handler.
KHH is a registered charity and welcomes donations from those who want to help save Kaimanawa horses but are unable to take a horse themselves. All donations go towards helping to save these living historical treasures and are tax deductable.
“I can’t emphasise enough how important it is for people to contact us immediately if they want to take a Kaimanawa from this year’s muster,” says Mr Jenks. “As always, those horses that can’t be rehomed will be slaughtered and that is a tragic and unnecessary end for animals that are a unique part of New Zealand’s heritage.”
Further information and application forms for muster horses are available on their web site (see below in details).
CONTACTS:
Elder Jenks
Spokesperson, Kaimanawa Heritage Horses
P/F: 09 236 4115
E: info@KaimanawaHeritageHorses
Simone Frewin
KHH Muster Co-coordinator
P: 09 431 6111
E: muster@KaimanawaHeritageHorses.org
Hello members and readers 
We had a fantastic day on Sunday at our annual April Derby Day. There are so many people we need to thank, but we’ll start with our dressage judges and writers, jump judges, runners, XC fence judges, XC timers, Tanya and Vivien for organising the XC course and for going above and beyond in your own personal time to get it done, thanks to the committee for organising the day, thanks to members for making it such a brilliant day with not one bad thing to truly happen – the day was a complete success! Congratulations to all our winners of the beautiful rosettes, steed health vouchers, the hobby horse vouchers and the gorgeous cotton rugs from Saddlery Warehouse, Hastings that the club bought and had printed with PARC Champions. You can find a complete list of placings and dressage scores on our Downloads Page under the Resources section or on our Facebook Page. Thank you to the Hobby Horse for donating $100 worth of vouchers to the day – please make sure and Like their Facebook Page – search The Hobby Horse. Also visit Steed Health’s Page on Facebook and Like them too – check out all their neat gear, herbs and feed for sale. Thank you to all our supporters on the day – whether it be family members, kids, volunteers, partners etc – we could not have done it without you – you made the day the success it was 
) See you next year!
Find it on our downloads page
Check out the host of new entry forms and events that are coming up in the Bay on our newly updated upcoming events page and the downloads & forms page.
Committee member Sue Fraser has organised a young, green horse/rider rally this month on the 26th February at Equestrian Park. If you need a confidence boost or to get your young horse going, or just yourself going, come along for a lesson with Yvonne Steers. Contact Sue by email to join. Only 5 places left now in the 12pm-1pm slot.
Please find attached table for our members to run a rally, we need our members help, so if you have enjoyed what we have run so far and if you would like to run a rally on a particular month, please fill in and return to toastmarmite@hotmail.com, or call Nikki on 06 8747922 after 6pm I can help you with gear, venues, instructors and any additional help you may need to run your rally.
You can organise a trek an instructional rally or something else, anything you want, we just need our members to participate, we also need your ideas, look forward to hearing from you. Download the 2012 Rally Roster below:
Hi guys, I currently have grazing available to share with me (Kristin) in Clive I lease approx 6-7 acres of flat paddock land behind an orchard on Farndon Road, over the stop bank along the Clive river. It is really safe and very quiet and peaceful. My wonderful friends who I have grazed with and shared the cost with have now bought their own lifestyle property and so I have a grazing vacancy.
6-7 acres of flat land, need to bring your own tape and standards, has 3 ground fed troughs spaced out along the land. There are no facilities, but the land is really flat and heaps of space to ride – we usually tape off a paddock especially for riding and I have 2 jumps but Im sure we can get creative as I have some barrels too! We are also able to ride around the orchard in front of the paddock. The cost is $25 per week each (i.e., NOT per horse) The cost is for the paddock lease. The land is able to hold up to 5 horses, so you can bring 2-3 horses along with you to graze. Over winter last year we had 5 horses grazing and we didn’t get any mud at all and never ran out of grass and we have taken excellent care of the land and got good cuts of hay off it too. The ground is excellent. We are also 2mins from the Clive Bridlepath, 15mins float drive from Equestrian Park and 7mins drive from Puketapu PC Grounds. If you have any questions please feel free to ask, and you are also welcome to come out and have a look and make your mind up afterwards too.
I don’t mind people who would like temporary grazing either, to rest their own paddocks, etc or for people traveling up from somewhere for HOY. For HOY grazing, I am offering $5 per day or $20 for the whole HOY week as well. The paddock is only 5mins from the A&P Showgrounds. There is float parking however I would say no to trucks because trucks would probably knock apples off the trees 
lol
Cheers,
Kristin
02102783891
