THIS PUBLICATION PROUDLY SPONSORED BY THE SHIRES OF LUSCOMBE SHIRE HORSES AND THE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THEM Champion Shire at the Sydney Royal Easter Show 2004 Cedars Blossom—owned by Helene & Greggory Scarf NEWS FROM KATHRYN Hello to all Members, Thank you for electing me to the position of Contact Person for The Australian Shire Horse Breeders Association. I hope I can serve you, the members, the association and the Shire Horse in Australia well. Should anyone have any issues, suggestions or comments they wish to contribute, Please contact me and I will endeavour to distribute the information or it can be added to the agenda for our regular meeting. As with many organisations much conversation happens after the meeting has closed……...and our last meeting was no exception. Conversations arising from our last meeting came from the fact we were required to vote on a motion. This raised the question “Who do we regard as associate members, and what voting rights so they have, if any?” “What are our criteria for membership?” Food for thought! My contact details are: Kathryn McKay Champagne Shire Horse Stud 133 Albatross Rd Nowra NSW 2541 Ph 02 4421 5031 Mob. 0411 248 031 Email. [email protected] Sydney Royal Easter show 2004 Results Shire Colt or Filly, 2 years & under Best Shire 1st—Luscombe Joy—H Scarf Cedars Blossom—Helene Scarf 2nd—Ingleside Kaitlyn—K McKay & G Hosa Shire Gelding any age 3rd—Wyee Archer—M Creus 1st—Cedars Archibold—H Scarf 4th—Cedars Lady Poppett—H Scarf 2nd—Longcopy Garamont Regular—J Thompson Shire Colt or Filly, 3 years Shire Ridden Class 1st—Champange Charley—K McKay & G Hosa 1st— Ingleside Matilda—K McKay & G Hosa 2nd—Southern Cross Merabella Rose—P & M McKeon 2nd— Cedars Archibold—H Scarf 3rd— Longcopy Garamont Regular—J Thompson Shire Mare 4 years & over 1st –Cedars Blossom—H Scarf Best Shod Shire 2nd—Ingleside Matilda—K McKay & G Hosa 1st—Champange Charlie Farrier Kel Preistly—Nowra 3rd—Southern Cross Celestial Pearl—P & M McKeon 2nd—Ingleside Matilda Farrier Kel Preistly—Nowra 3rd Cedars Blossom – Owned H Scarf Christmas Surprise The Kuiper family received a nice Christmas present last year. A new little black colt foal was born just before midnight on 24th December. We called him Dancer after one of Santa's reindeers. His mother is three times Royal Champion, Ingleside Elizabeth. His sire is Ingleside Might 'n’ Power. He is a non-fading jet black and was born black, which is unusual. He's also unusual in that he has very little white and only a star on his forehead. We like to think that it is a Christmas star! Dancer has gone to a very loving home in Tasmania. Debbie Buckland has bought him and he is already enjoying the sweet green grass of Tassie. Below are a couple of photo’s of Dancer, the right one was taken on his first day in Tasmania. Shire Horse Breeders Association Australia Meeting held 7th April 2004 at 5pm Pavilion H, RAS Showgrounds. Presidents Address • Sandra Schoobridge Opened the meeting and welcomed all. • Congratulations to all competitors for a wonderful display of shires • Continued thanks to Sue and Chris Bailey for their continued efforts producing the newsletter. • Thanks to Helene Scarf for the wonderful job she does as Publicity Officer. • Special thanks to Bill Lambert for maintaining and publishing the updated list of Shire horse owners/members and the studbook listing. 1 Present S Schoobridge, K McKay, G Hosa, H & K Kuiper, H Scarf, S Maher, S & C Bailey, B Hood, P & M McKeown, B & M Lambert, M Irvine, J Miles. Welcome to new members M & H Creus, G & T Collis, R & N Ferguson, J Greenman Apologies Nil Condolences Condolences to Bob Hood, we are sorry to hear of the sad loss of Cedars Terrence, who has left his stamp on the breed in this country 4 Trophy Presentations Best Stallion or Colt. No stallions shown this year- trophy to continue to be held with Helene Scarf (2003 winner) till next year Best mare Cedars Blossom – Helene Scarf Best Shod Shire 1st Champagne Charlie – Farrier Kel Priestley, Owner K Mckay & G Hosa 2nd Ingleside matildas - Farrier Kel Priestley, Owner K Mckay & G Hosa 3rd Cedars Blossom – Owned H Scarf Our thanks to the Judge – Master Farrier Peter Stafford from the Victorian Racing Committee Confirmation of previous Minutes There are no minutes available at time of meeting 5.1 Business Arising Nil 6 Election of New Committee President/Secretary K McKay – Nominated by G Hosa Seconded by H Scarf There being no other nominations K McKay accepted position Newsletter Publisher/Editor Sue & Chris Bailey – Nominated by H Scarf Seconded by H Kuiper. There being no other nominations, Sue & Chris accepted position Publicity Officer H Scarf – Nominated by K Kuiper Seconded by G Hosa. There being no other nominations H Scarf accepted position Nomination of Judges for the RAS P McKeon recommended a shire judge be used. M Irvine recommended Bill Lambert for 2005 Sydney Royal Show Much discussion followed regarding the question of whether a Judge can judge if he/she has an interest in any of the horses being presented to him/her The problem being that Bill Lambert has been a significant influences on the breed in Australia and has bred and sold many English Society rules are – that judges are to disclose if he/she has an interest in any horse that he or she is to judge and a secondary judge is called in. Do we have the numbers in horses and judges to do that here? Motion proposed by H Kuiper “that we follow English Rules regarding this ruling” Vote taken – 10 for 9 against. Motion carries. Information regarding the possibility of an overseas Judge being here at Easter in 2005 Overseas judge as well as B Lambert and M Irvine to be submitted to the RAS. 7.2 Farrier judge Master Farrier Association to be contacted re a judge for next year New Business 8.1 Horse Importation Peter McKeown gave an overview on the process of importing a Shire horse from England After decision to purchase is made you contact the transport company in this case IRT. They look after quarantining in both country of origin and here. Vaccination attended. You are given an ETA in Australia and after a final vet check at the end of quarantine you can pick your horse up and take it home. Costs +/- $15,000US plus GST and insurance 8.2 Website H Scarf reminded every one of the Shire horse website- anyone can join the website to advertise their stud. Contact Andrew Gunter at Internet & Telecommunications Australia on 0414 224 338 8.3 Association Logo It was pointed out that our current logo was not an official logo. Rather it was an idea from a German Breeder a couple of years ago when she was organising a calendar. Did it really reflect Australia? P McKeown suggested a competition be run to design a new logo. Peter will supply a prize Entries to K McKay before next years Sydney Royal 8.4 Performance requirements What exactly are the performance requirements for shire horses to be accepted to the Sydney Royal? Do we need performance record or are we considered a minority breed and therefore are exempt K McKay to contact RAS for confirmation 8.5 Ridden class K McKay questioned if is may be possible to get some warm up time prior to ridden class: Meeting did not think RAS would consider this in their scheduling Presidents close K McKay thanked all those who attended the meeting. It is pleasing to see our group growing and hoped to see more entries next year Meeting closed at 5.55pm Imported Shire mare Gronant Beachgirl and her foal recently born at Southern Cross Shires, owned by Peter and Marylou McKeown. Funny Photo’s Snelson Louise 142178 Sire:Trem-Y-Wyddfa Dylan Dam:Snelson Elizabeth Born: 4/4/1983 Snelson Louise a twenty two year old , imported Shire mare from England in fact one that came over on the first shipment of horses by sea in 1985 is seen here flirting with a Black Baldy cow number 456 who just couldn’t resist her. The interaction started with the cow licking Louise all over, giving owner Helene Scarf enough time to quickly run and grab her camera from the car before the inevitable happened. A mounting! ! The other horses in the paddock looked away in disgust as they saw their old matriarch acting very undignified. She seemed to be enjoying all that attention. Proves just how quiet the Shire breed of horses really are A recent photo sent in by Donna Hammettt showing Luscombe Lady Grey (Misty) aged almost 2 and a half years enjoying a break in the sunshine with Victor. Competition Design a Logo for The Australian Shire Horse Breeders Association Prize donated by Peter and Marylou McKeown Conditions of entry Open to all members and their families A maximum of 2 entries per member/family Entries close—mail received by 28th February 2005 Entries must be your own work Entries may be hand drawn or computer generated Entries will be judged by majority vote of the members of the Shire horses breeders association at the 2005 AGM Should entries have an even vote, peter McKeown shall have the deciding vote (providing it is not an entry of his or his families, if this occurs then ASBA contact person shall have deciding vote) Send entries to K McKay, 133 Albatross Road, Nowra, NSW 2541 Or email champangeshires@iprimus/.com.au Remember keep it simple so it is not costly to reproduce.