Ardingly Riding Club - HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY
Please
note any different or event specific rules relating to a particular event will
be noted under that schedule
1. The organisers of these events have taken reasonable precaution to ensure the health and safety of everyone present. For these measures to be effective, everyone must take all reasonable precautions to avoid and prevent accidents and must obey the instructions of the organisers and all officials and stewards. It is a condition of entry that riders and their horses only exercise where permitted on the showground and never on the grass. It is not permitted to lunge horses in the riding areas of the Abergavenny Building and only those horses competing on the day may be taken into the riding in area. Numbers may be restricted. Riders must pass left shoulder to left shoulder in the riding in area.
2. Emergency services must have access to all parts of the event at all times and members of the public must not park vehicles so as to obstruct access.
3. In the case of emergency, members of the public should contact the nearest official or dial 999 on the nearest telephone.
4. Horses can be easily frightened and can be dangerous. Members of the public are requested to keep clear from horse areas/lanes and to avoid behaviour that might alarm horses. Dogs must be kept under control and on leads at all times.
5.
By entering Club competitions it is deemed that riders are fit to
compete and that they consent to any treatment that may be given advised or
offered by the officiating First Aid Team.
1. These competitions will be run under British Dressage, BSJA or British Riding Club Rules (Hunter Trials & Horse Trials) as appropriate and except where varied in this schedule.
2. Liability – save for death or personal injury caused by he negligence of the organisers or anyone for whom they are in law responsible, neither the organisers of any event to which these rules apply, nor the British Horse Society, nor any agent employee or representative of these bodies accepts any liability for any accident, loss or damage, injury or illness to horses, owners, riders, spectators, land or any other person or property whatsoever, whether caused by their negligence, breach of contract or in any other way whatsoever.
3. The organisers reserve the right to alter any part of the schedule at any time or to refuse any entry without giving a reason.
4. The decision of the judges is final. Any objection must be made in writing to the Secretary within 15 minutes of the class having been judged together with a deposit of £10 returnable if the objection is sustained.
5. Correct dress must be worn in all classes. British standard hard hats EN1384, PAS015 or prefixed with ASTM or SE1 are the minimum standard allowed and must be worn at all times when mounted with the harness properly adjusted and fastened. Body protectors are obligatory for cross-country competitions/clinics and recommended for grid work/show jumping.
6. If you need to contact the organiser of an event, unless very urgent, please phone between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. ONLY.