Equestrian Event Venue Managers Speak Out On Strangles
04/21/21 • 30 min
Strangles is the last thing a competitor wants to bring home to the yard from a horse show or event so what's it like running a successful venue for horse with the risk of spreading this horrible disease? We speak to two leading event venue managers to tell us more about how they protect the enjoyment of horses at their centres.
Shirley Melling is the Yard Manager at Scotlands National Equestrian Centre (SNEC) and she tells us how she has become passionate about educating students, staff and visitors on hygiene and biosecurity.
Abigail Turnbull runs Richmond Equestrian Centre and talks about how their strangles outbreak in 2019 just days before a British Eventing event with over 800 entries inspired their leadership in raising biosecurity standards in the region.
Strangles Awareness Week is a campaign that aims to promote openness around the disease and make biosecurity a part of everyday horse care across the Equine Industry. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the British Horse Society, Intervacc, Keeping Britain’s Horses Healthy, Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Scotland’s Rural College’s Premium Assured Strangles Scheme (PASS), Surveillance of Equine Strangles (SES), The (Dick) Royal School of Veterinary Studies and World Horse Welfare and the podcast has been coordinated and produced by Redwings Horse Sanctuary.
You can find more information about the campaign and share resources on Facebook or YouTube
For more on Strangles:
· Redwings Strangles Information Pack and Strangles Hub
· BHS Strategy for Eradication and Prevention of Strangles
· SRUC's Premium Assured Strangles Scheme
· Keeping Britain's Horses Healthy Strangles Advice
· World Horse Welfare's Disease prevention guidance
Speak Out On Strangles is a Redwings Horse Sanctuary Production. All views expressed are their own and do not necessarily represent the position of Redwings Horse Sanctuary.
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Strangles is the last thing a competitor wants to bring home to the yard from a horse show or event so what's it like running a successful venue for horse with the risk of spreading this horrible disease? We speak to two leading event venue managers to tell us more about how they protect the enjoyment of horses at their centres.
Shirley Melling is the Yard Manager at Scotlands National Equestrian Centre (SNEC) and she tells us how she has become passionate about educating students, staff and visitors on hygiene and biosecurity.
Abigail Turnbull runs Richmond Equestrian Centre and talks about how their strangles outbreak in 2019 just days before a British Eventing event with over 800 entries inspired their leadership in raising biosecurity standards in the region.
Strangles Awareness Week is a campaign that aims to promote openness around the disease and make biosecurity a part of everyday horse care across the Equine Industry. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the British Horse Society, Intervacc, Keeping Britain’s Horses Healthy, Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Scotland’s Rural College’s Premium Assured Strangles Scheme (PASS), Surveillance of Equine Strangles (SES), The (Dick) Royal School of Veterinary Studies and World Horse Welfare and the podcast has been coordinated and produced by Redwings Horse Sanctuary.
You can find more information about the campaign and share resources on Facebook or YouTube
For more on Strangles:
· Redwings Strangles Information Pack and Strangles Hub
· BHS Strategy for Eradication and Prevention of Strangles
· SRUC's Premium Assured Strangles Scheme
· Keeping Britain's Horses Healthy Strangles Advice
· World Horse Welfare's Disease prevention guidance
Speak Out On Strangles is a Redwings Horse Sanctuary Production. All views expressed are their own and do not necessarily represent the position of Redwings Horse Sanctuary.
Enter our SAW 2024 competition to win an equestrian bundle of prizes worth over £5,000:
Subscribe to the podcast: https://stranglesawarenessweekpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Become a SAW Ambassador: Strangles Awareness Week 2023 | Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StranglesAwarenessWeek/
TikTok: SAW (@stranglesawarenessweek) | TikTok
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stranglesawarenessweek/
Previous Episode
Farriers Speak Out On Strangles
Farriers are not the first equine professional we think of in relation to infectious diseases like Strangles but the disease poses not only a threat to other customers but to their business and reputation.
In this energising conversation between two of the UK's top farriers . We hear why biosecurity is important and the dilemmas farriers can face if an owner or yard manager fails to tell them about the disease status of their horse or yard.
Ben Benson is a Master Farrier and Vice President of the British Farrier and Blacksmith Association (BFBA) with Olympic credentials and he talks to Danny Bennett AWCF Cert.Ed, an award winning farrier and a farriery educator at one of the leading UK Farriery Colleges; Hereford and Ludlow.
Strangles Awareness Week is a campaign that aims to promote openness around the disease and make biosecurity a part of everyday horse care across the Equine Industry. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the British Horse Society, Intervacc, Keeping Britain’s Horses Healthy, Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Scotland’s Rural College’s Premium Assured Strangles Scheme (PASS), Surveillance of Equine Strangles (SES), The (Dick) Royal School of Veterinary Studies and World Horse Welfare.
You can find more information about the campaign and share resources on FaceBook or YouTube
For more on Strangles:
- Redwings Strangles Information Pack
- BHS Strategy for Eradication and Prevention of Strangles
- SRUC's Premium Assured Strangles Scheme
- Keeping Britain's Horses Healthy Strangles Advice
- World Horse Welfare's Disease prevention guidance
With thanks to Ben and Danny and the BFBA:
https://www.forgeandfarrier.co.uk/bfba/index.htm
Listen to Danny's Farrier Podcast 'Lockdown Learning' here or on your favourite podcast player
Speak Out On Strangles is a Redwings Horse Sanctuary Production. All opinions are those of the guests presenting and not necessarily shared by all collaborating organisations.
Enter our SAW 2024 competition to win an equestrian bundle of prizes worth over £5,000:
Subscribe to the podcast: https://stranglesawarenessweekpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Become a SAW Ambassador: Strangles Awareness Week 2023 | Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StranglesAwarenessWeek/
TikTok: SAW (@stranglesawarenessweek) | TikTok
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stranglesawarenessweek/
Next Episode
International Equestrians Speak Out On Strangles
In this final Strangles Awareness Week podcast conversation, we hear from Dr Lisa Lidbeck, Equine Vet for Sweden’s International Eventing Team and David Honnet who is Show Groom for Olympic TeamGB Gold Medalist ScottBrash MBE.
In this candid conversation with David we hear him speak openly and passionately about the importance of learning about Strangles and he admits even he could learn more. We hear why protocols at shows are so important to keep disease control in the hearts and minds of riders and their team.
Lisa then shares her experience as an FEI International Vet and explains how the top sports horses benefit from 5 star treatment but that there is still more that can be done especially in the wake of the EHV-1 outbreak in Spain.
Both call of openness and communication about the disease so please join us in listening to their unique take on the topic and spark conversations amongst your equestrian network by sharing this episode far and wide.
Strangles Awareness Week is a campaign that aims to promote openness around the disease and make biosecurity a part of everyday horse care across the Equine Industry. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the British Horse Society, Intervacc, Keeping Britain’s Horses Healthy, Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Scotland’s Rural College’s Premium Assured Strangles Scheme (PASS), Surveillance of Equine Strangles (SES), The (Dick) Royal School of Veterinary Studies and World Horse Welfare and the podcast has been coordinated and produced by Redwings Horse Sanctuary.
You can find more information about the campaign and share resources on FaceBook or YouTube
For more on Strangles:
· Redwings Strangles Information Pack and Strangles Hub
· BHS Strategy for Eradication and Prevention of Strangles
· SRUC's Premium Assured Strangles Scheme
· Keeping Britain's Horses Healthy Strangles Advice
· World Horse Welfare's Disease prevention guidance
With thanks to David and to Lisa. Find out more about them here:
Scott Brash MBE equestrian
Lisa Lidbeck
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Enter our SAW 2024 competition to win an equestrian bundle of prizes worth over £5,000:
Subscribe to the podcast: https://stranglesawarenessweekpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Become a SAW Ambassador: Strangles Awareness Week 2023 | Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StranglesAwarenessWeek/
TikTok: SAW (@stranglesawarenessweek) | TikTok
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stranglesawarenessweek/
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