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Pony Breeders of Shetland Association & Shetland Livestock Marketing Group In Association with Aberdeen & Northern Marts CATALOGUE OF SALE OF REGISTERED PEDIGREE SHETLAND PONIES To be held at Shetland Rural Centre, Staneyhill, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0NA 01595 696300 Friday 2nd October 2020 at 11am PROMPT 2019 Sale Show Overall Champion Grutness Shybrea £4.00 COVID-19 ARRANGEMENTS FOR PONY SALE DAY As you will be aware, there are restrictions applying to everything we do just now due to COVID-19. The marts sale season is no exception. Unfortunately, we currently cannot hold any shows and there are restrictions to numbers of people allowed into the mart. Below we have tried to outline how we will be running the Pony Sale while continuing to adhere to government guidelines. We will continue monitoring the situation and will update you if/when any changes occur. Please visit our Facebook page for the most up to date information. Anyone who has been in contact with a positive COVID-19 case or has visited a high- risk area in the previous 14 days should not attend the mart. SELLERS Please wear a face covering and maintain 2 metre physical distancing where possible. Ponies to arrive NO LATER than 9am, with the exception of those travelling from Unst. Sellers to wait in their vehicle until it is their turn to unload. Seller to unload ponies at the loading bay, on instruction from a PBSA representative. Passports will be checked and ponies will be penned by a PBSA representative. Once ponies are in the mart the SELLER ONLY or his/her representative may enter the pen to handle their ponies. No groups or families allowed. The seller can take his/her ponies around the ring to be sold and advise the auctioneer of any reserve, but must leave the building immediately afterwards. Any unsold ponies to be removed from the building immediately after leaving the ring. VIEWING There will be an opportunity to view the ponies prior to the sale, this will take place between 10 – 11am. There will be a one way system in operation which must be strictly adhered to and please follow signage to help with social distancing. A face covering must be worn and names and contact details will be required to comply with NHS test & protect policy. BUYERS Buyers wishing to attend the mart must register their intention prior to the day of the sale. There are only 26 places available in the ring and these will be allocated on a first come first served basis. The 2 metre distancing must be adhered to. Call the office to register as a buyer (to comply with NHS test & protect policy) and we would appreciate if you could register to bid before the day of the sale (Tel: 01595 696300). Entry for buyers is through the fire door closest to the abattoir. Collect your authorised buyer badge from admin staff on the day. Buyer must SIGN IN & OUT of the mart on arrival and final departure. Buyers can come to the office to pay and collect their passports. Physical distancing must be observed at all times and hand sanitising/washing must be used on entry and exit. Collection of purchased ponies. Buyer must not to enter the mart building, a PBSA representative will arrange for your purchase to be brought to the loading bay. ONLINE BUYERS AND VIEWING THE SALE ONLINE VIEWING SALE • Go to http://www.anmarts.co.uk/videolinks.cfm and click on the camera for Shetland. ONLINE BUYING • Go to https://auction.anmarts.co.uk/ and click on the sale you wish to buy from. (There is also a link from the viewing sale page.) • Click on Log-in to Bid. CAFE The café is being run independently from the mart and there is no access to the sale ring or penning area from the café. Everyone is welcome to use the café subject to abiding by all physical distancing rules. PASSPORTS Passports and microchips for ponies will be checked at the Sale. Vendors please ensure that you contact a “checker” immediately upon arrival at the Mart sale to have your ponies’ passports checked, prior to handing your passports to the market office. It is the responsibility of the vendor or any person acting on his/her behalf to ensure that this is carried out. *Please Note* Passports and microchips of all ponies will be checked by officials. Should a microchip be untraceable or passport incorrect, the pony will not be permitted to go through the ring. IMPORTANT No pony will be sold unless it has been entered into the sale adhering to the conditions of entry/guidelines. Buyers are reminded that any ponies they purchase are at their risk at the fall of the hammer. No undertaking of the auctioneers or their servants to take charge of any lots after the sale or to forward them to their destination shall be held to impose upon the auctioneers any legal obligation. Whilst every effort is made by PBSA & SLMG to ensure that the information given regarding pedigree, ownership, detail of colour and date of birth is correct, the responsibility remains with the prospective purchaser to verify these details. Liability for errors and omissions will not be accepted by the Pony Breeders of Shetland Association or Shetland Livestock Marketing Group. Pictures of lots can be viewed at https://auction.anmarts.co.uk/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/289 SHIPPING Buyers must pay for their SHIPPING SPACE at the auction mart office at the time of purchase of ponies. The 2020 rates are as follows: Total Cost Lerwick Mart to Aberdeen Pier = £14.50 Plus Vat Total Cost Lerwick Mart to Thainstone = £26.50 Plus Vat ADDITIONAL SHIPPING INFORMATION FOR ONLINE BUYERS Please remember that it is the responsibility of the online buyer to arrange their own transport from the pier in Aberdeen for their pony/s onward journey. This transport needs to be ready to pick up the pony/s from the Aberdeen pier first thing on the morning of arrival from Shetland (weather permitting - Saturday 3rd October). Transport from Aberdeen pier to Thainstone mart can be arranged at time of payment in Lerwick. Lairage can be arranged at Thainstone by contacting them directly Tel. (01467) 623710. CONDITIONS/ GUIDELINES FOR SALE OF PEDIGREE SHETLAND PONIES 1. Once entered it is understood that ponies will be forward for the sale. Any vendor withdrawing stock from the sale without a valid reason or vet’s certificate will be fined £100 per pony. If the fine is not paid, then the vendor will be unable to enter ponies into subsequent sales. 2. Ponies must not be removed from pens without the owner or his/ her representative being present. 3. At all Sales, if the owner is not present in person, a representative must be nominated in advance who will be responsible for the ponies. 4. All stock must be registered with the Shetland Pony Stud-Book Society. 5. The minimum age of foals to be sold is eighteen weeks on the day of the Sale even if being sold at foot. The foal’s exact date of birth must be stated on the entry form. 6. It must be emphasised that foals, unless being sold at foot, must be living independently, weaned and able to eat hard food. 7. No ponies will be accepted for sale if they have undergone any form of surgical procedure e.g. castration, within 4 weeks of the sale date. 8. Owners who have had ponies suffering from an infectious disease within six weeks of the Sale must not present any ponies for sale. Any ponies showing symptoms of an infectious disease such as coughing, swollen glands, high temperature or a muco-purulent nasal discharge (snotty nose) will be excluded from the Sale. 9. Any ponies over the age of eighteen years must have a vet’s certificate, dated the day before the Sale, stating that the pony is fit to travel. The pony must only be vetted the day immediately prior to the Sale. If no such certificate is received by the Auctioneer, the pony must not be permitted to go forward for sale. No ponies over 20 years of age will be accepted for sale. 10. Progeny will not be accepted from mares unless the mare is at least 47 months old on the date of foaling. 11. If a mare is in foal, it is assumed it is to a stallion registered with SPS- BS. If in foal to a stallion not registered with SPS-BS, the progeny will not be eligible for registration with the Society. The covering stallion’s name and registration number and date(s) of covering must be clearly stated on the form. 12. In the interests of welfare, lactating mares will not be accepted for sale, nor will mares due to foal within eight weeks or less of the date of the sale. Fillies younger than 3 years old that have been running with a stallion will not be accepted for sale. 13. Entry forms MUST be completed in full or they will not be accepted 14. If ponies are catalogued, as for sale due to stud dispersal, it is assumed that the ponies will be sold and not taken home unsold. 15. In the interests of welfare, working ponies of four years old or over only may be clipped. 16. Passports & microchips of all ponies will be checked by officials. Should a microchip be untraceable or passport incorrect, the pony will not be permitted through the ring. 17. A pony must not be permitted to be presented for sale unless a checked passport has been received by the Auctioneer’s Office prior to the Sale.