SHIRE HORSE SOCIETY AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED Forging the future of the Shire Horse in Australia JUNE 2012 OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER Mingara Lady Ebony – Supreme Champion Shire at Sydney Royal Easter Show Photo courtesy of Julie Wilson PATRON: Mr Rob Vickery Council Member, Royal Agricultural Society NSW www.shirehorsesociety.com.au 1 SHSA NEWS… SHSA AGM update Save the date – next year’s SHSA seminar The Annual General Meeting was held on will be held on the weekend of 12-13 Sunday 26 May. The 2012 executive and January 2013. With the outstanding success committee elected are: of the new 2 day format this year, we have President Helene Scarf decided to run a similar program for next Vice President Anne Coull year. More details to follow soon. Secretary Helen Kuiper Overseas visitor – thanks to Rosemary Treasurer Ineke Kuiper Spencer, Secretary of the Essex Shire Horse Committee Deb Buckland Association for taking time out of her Clare Gorwyn Australian holiday to catch up with SHSA Michelle Miles Secretary Helen Kuiper Daryn Post Annette Robinson Cai Thomas Kate Williams Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting and to all the members of this year’s committee. Call for interest – members meeting? It was suggested at our AGM that members might like to attend a meeting where they are given the opportunity to comment on Rosemary helps out with the Collins & Son the activities of the SHSA and make Shire Pair Turnout. suggestion etc. If you are interested in such a meeting, please contact the Secretary at [email protected] to express your interest. Congratulations – to the Kuiper family on their recent importation of the black Shire colt Escrick Extreme. Extreme is a yearling colt by the Super Premium stallion Penrhos Braveheart, and placed 3rd in a large class at the 2012 National Shire Show in England. In this issue….. President’s report ...................... 3 Classifieds – Shires for sale ........ 4 Q&A – DNA testing .................... 4-5 Points of a Shire......................... 5 Sydney Show ............................. 7-13 Studbook report ........................ 15 Gatton Field Days ...................... 16-17 2 SHSA AGM President’s Report Welcome everyone to the 2012 AGM. the same time. Our presenters were Some of you have come interstate to marvellous as usual and we hope to attend and others are new members who continue this new format for many year have shown great interest in owning and years to come. preserving our beautiful Shire horses. Members turned out in droves some For those unfamiliar with the protocol and bringing their own horses to take part in negotiations that occur with the RAS after the clinics and others coming to fence sit each Royal Easter Show, what happened and enjoy the hospitality of the Society’s after last year’s show was that a meeting day of free food. Daryn, Tania and Daryn’s attended by Ineke and myself resulted in a parents worked their butts off catering all number of new classes being added to the weekend for the hungry masses. Lots of Shire Schedule for this year’s 2012 show at great comments and photos appeared the Sydney. These new classes included a following days on Facebook. Reserve and Champion for both male and Special thanks go to Ineke for the concept female Shires, plus a Supreme Champion of the clinics and then finally the actual Shire. reality providing such a successful event. We feel that with the growth in entries Also thanks go to all the speakers and over the past few years these extra classes people who helped out with many jobs are well deserved. during the weekend. This year the Shire entries were the most The committee has resolved to spend the numerous since the early 1900s and in fact money and update the Society web site to outnumbered the Clydesdales. Also it include more members’ services seems that the Shire ridden class is really Ineke visited the Spring Show at becoming popular amongst our exhibitors Peterborough in the UK this year and and has become a real crowd pleaser. whilst there attended the Meeting for This year our society supported the two Overseas Societies on our behalf. She Champion Classes with a trophy, plus our networked with members from other Perpetual Memorial Trophy for the overseas Societies, especially the Supreme Champion Shire. American Shire Horse Association We have had very enthusiastic money representative, Sharon McLin. Sharon and raising ventures by members which her husband Brit have visited Australia enabled us to join the Equestrian Australia three times since 1997. and take out insurance for the seminar In conclusion it has been another very weekend, whereas before the seminar productive year for our Society and I’d like insurance was included in the Cedars Farm to personally thank the committee Stays policy whilst the Cedars was hosting especially Helen Kuiper for the many the seminar. hours of extra work that she puts into the After having 6 seminars at the Cedars we secretary’s position. had our biggest, best and most successful Also special thanks go to Deb Buckland 7th seminar/clinic weekend at the new who is our registrar for the Australian venue in Camden. Shire Horse Stud Book who again puts in Day 1 was the seminar covering various many extra hours over and above a topics and day 2 was a full day of ‘hands volunteers position. on’ clinics which occupied several rings at Helene Scarf 3 Classifieds ___________________________________________________________________________ Viewfield Ruby Might ‘n’ Power). With both parents, and Shire filly all 4 grandparents, black in colour there is a very high probability that he is homozygous black. $10000 Viewfield Sapphire Shire filly Bay Filly, 18 months old Viewfield Ruby is an eye catching, beautifully marked bay filly. Born 27th October 2010, she is a dual registered Appendix A shire. She is a sensible filly with a kind, sweet nature. She has been Black Appendix B filly well handled with good basic ground Born 2nd November 2011, Viewfield education to lead, tie up, drench, and Sapphire has been recently weaned, and is have her feet handled and trimmed. She currently being given basic ground is well grown, has lovely feather, a good education. This delightful filly is out of the foot, and flat bone. She is ready for black Clydesdale mare Larvistryn Jemmima someone to begin her education under and by Ingleside Dancer (see his breeding saddle or in harness. $4000 details above). She has three socks (off fore is dark) and a pretty ‘lightning flash’ Black Purebred Colt - weanling shaped star on her forehead plus a pale Soon to be weaned, this stylish colt has 3 snip on her muzzle. She is a friendly, socks (off fore is dark) and a neat even trusting filly who has a very sensible blaze. His Dam is Turnara Lodge Apache nature. $7000 Cat (out of Ingleside Emily who had two of her colts placed 1st and 3rd at this year’s For photos and further information on Sydney Royal and by Southern Cross any of these young horses, please feel free Boxer) and his sire is Ingleside Dancer to contact me either by phone (03 6396 (out of Ingleside Elizabeth, 4 times best 3213) or by email exhibit Sydney Royal, and by Ingleside [email protected] __________________________________________________________________________ Your questions answered… Studbook info – DNA Testing Which horses in The Australian Shire Sporthorse Registry are not tested. This is Horse Stud Book are DNA tested? the same as for Shires in the UK and the All horses in every breeding registry, plus US. their parents, are tested. Horses in the Where is the DNA testing carried out in Non-Breeding and The Australian Australia? 4 Australian Equine Genetics Research registration purposes? Centre, University of Queensland For parentage testing for Stud Book entry, Do other breeds use this lab? a vet must take the sample and sign off on Yes all Australian breeds which DNA test it. However this is not necessary for colour use this service, especially the Australian testing because it is independent of, and Jockey Club (Thoroughbreds) which is unrelated to, the Stud Book. You can take their biggest customer. All breeds in this sample yourself. Australia use the same hair sample What if at least one of the parents of the collection cards etc. foal has had their DNA test done in either Can any horse owner send their sample the UK or the US? of hair to this centre? That’s no problem. All the DNA testing No the centre will only deal with Breed centres worldwide talk to each other and Societies. share their results, although they require So how do I go about getting my horse authorisation from the relevant breed DNA parentage or colour tested? society in that country to release their Contact SHSA registrar, Deb Buckland, results. For instance, our Registrar is in first. Then pay the prescribed fee to the regular contact with the Shire Horse SHSA, and Deb will post you the cards. Society UK to ask for the release of DNA When your vet has pulled the hairs, filled profiles of various horses to the Australian in the cards and stuck the hairs on them, lab. Also the Shire Horse Society UK has send them to the address which Deb will asked our registrar to authorise the give you. The Society then pays the invoice release of the DNA of horses that are on for the test when the test is completed. file in Australia. The profiles are then Who must take the mane sample for simply emailed to the relevant body. ___________________________________________________________________________ This is a page from the catalogue of the 2012 National Shire Horse Show in England.