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Post by dogandbone on Feb 7, 2015 13:54:08 GMT
First copy of the season just arrived - yippee. The season is getting under way at last!! Subject to X-Ray on monday to confirm my bust leg is mending, I hope we will be out and about before too long - Cant Wait!!
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Post by GaynorStones on Feb 7, 2015 15:13:47 GMT
Mine arrived too!
We haven't been anywhere since October can't wait either!
Hope your leg soon better and you back in the saddle before too long x
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Post by norwalk on Feb 10, 2015 13:06:33 GMT
Just been reading mine. I noticed in the PUK news section it said that puk and equifest are running a partnership for dual qualification for both champs... Does anyone know how this will work? Eg, if I'm an equifest member and qualify for one of their classes, does that mean I also qual for the same at puk? Also, does it mean that I only need to be a member of one of them, or would I still need to do all my puk memberships too?
While I'm being confused I may as well ask about ncpa too! In their section it says for POY show you can use one qualification card for all classes the pony is eligible for. So, does that mean if qualified for LR, you could also enter FR & open classes too without qualifying separately ?
Sorry if I'm being thick but been off the circuit for 12 months!! Thanks
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Post by comanchediva on Feb 10, 2015 13:14:28 GMT
Not sure about Ponies UK/Equifest but I checked on the NCPA POYS question with Janet last year.
She told me that once you have a qualification card you can enter any other class the pony is eligible for and that goes across the inhand and ridden as well (ie you can do a ridden M&M class if you qualify for the inhand equivalent). So as long as your pony/jockey are eligible there's no reason why they can't do as you suggest. I think it has to be the same pony / rider combination.
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Post by norwalk on Feb 10, 2015 16:36:45 GMT
Thanks for that, Commanchediva. It's frightening how quickly rules change when you're out of circulation for a while! I used to know exactly which socs were best (and value for money!) for the animals I was campaigning each year... So, next question, can anyone help on the puk/equifest conundrum? I'm inclined towards Nps anyway, with the benefit of public liability insurance for the one that only hacks out and doesn't show, everything else is fully I nsured ... We have a selection of novice ponies with experienced rider, and veterans with novice riders for this year so even more difficult to know where to pitch our game. As long as we have fun and horses and riders are happy that's the main priority, but would hate to miss a qualification by being in wrong society, or waste money I can't afford by joining unnecessarily.
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Post by comanchediva on Feb 10, 2015 22:29:04 GMT
I suppose it all depends which, if any champs/qualifiers you want to do. Ours are all still babies and we don't plan to do any champs even if we qualify so we're just doing NCPA and breed (FPS) society membership this year x
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Post by janetbushell on Feb 12, 2015 9:42:59 GMT
norwalk - comanchediva is quite correct over NCPA qualification!
Back on internet again now for any queries
PS NCPA members get mailed a FREE copy of Showing World!
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Post by Pepper on Feb 13, 2015 13:19:48 GMT
All the best on your road to recovery dogandbone and have a fab season.
Not sure what you did but I shattered by right ankle really badly two years ago so I feel your pain! - you might find riding and the imbalance of strength frustrating but it does come (I did my ankle in September - compound which shattered both bones, the joint and a dislocation, BUT was back on board in three months having been told at least six months and in the ring by April so it is achievable)
big piece of advice... DO YOUR PHYSIO :-) and even if a year later you get a niggle pop back. Also, I saw a mctimoney practitioner because I'd spent so long on crutches and limping, my pelvis was out and it was affecting my riding. Oh and good boots to support and if you've got metal in it keep it warm - metal plates getting cold and tightening is agony :-)
Best of luck x
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Post by dogandbone on Feb 13, 2015 17:44:14 GMT
Thank you sooo much perky!! Yes I have a long metal plate, as I broke the thigh bone (femur) right up by the neck up into my hip joint. I have broken quite a few bits and pieces over the years, but nothing comes close when it comes to the pain this time!! However I am on the mend now, It was 6 weeks ago yesterday, and I am sound 'ish and am pretty much walking without crutches now - clearly not nearly as bad as yours!! I haven't been given any physio but if I run into any problems I will go there!!! Thank you for advice.
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Post by Pepper on Feb 13, 2015 20:15:14 GMT
Oh my word! That sounds horrendous! - and painful. Poor you. I'd get a good sports Physio if you can - my guy did lots of "mobes" (mobility things, moving the joint etc) and massage to break scar tissue.
Big metal! - keep it warm! Seriously. A surgeon friend in the beginning told me that If the metal plates get cold they shrink and the screws pull then at the bone. They do! - and its agony. So warm trousers!
Best of luck
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Post by dogandbone on Feb 21, 2015 15:59:14 GMT
Thank you perky - Warm trousers it is!!! I am finding that Comfrey oil (used to be called knit bone!!) rubbed in to the muscle every morning helps hugely!! The difference is amazing - partly the stuff and perhaps partly the massaging I suspect! Either way the muscle pain is reduced for the whole day! Thank you I will look into a physio - sounds a very good idea!
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