You can visit Oakley Horseboxes at the following venues:
Royal International, Hickstead, Hickstead, Sussex (22/07/2009 - 26/07/2009)
Burghley Horse Trials Burghley, Lincs (03/09/2009 - 06/09/2009)
British National Dressage Champs Stoneleigh, Warwickshire (17/09/2009 - 20/09/2009)
Horse Of The Year Show, H.O.Y.S. N.E.C. Birmingham T.B.C. (07/10/2009 - 07/10/2009)
Verona, Italy T.B.C. (06/11/2009 - 09/11/2009)
Sunday 19 July 2009
Oakley Horseboxes At Shows
Trapped mare is freed by firefighters in horsebox drama
Firefighters were needed to free a horse after it became trapped in its horsebox.
The Dutch warmblood mare, named Dancer, was being transported to the Crofton Manor Eques- trian Centre in Titchfield Road, Stubbington, when she became agitated.Owner Gemma Bower became aware of Dancer's unusual behaviour in the trailer behind he
Ms Bower discovered the horse had reared and had managed to get one of her front legs over the restraining bar in the horsebox.Moments later Dancer got her other foreleg over the bar and put her head and most of her body through the narrow groom door, leaving her trapped by the pelvis.Fire crews from Fareham, Havant and animal rescue specialist Anton Phillips were sent to the scene.Following sedation by Animed vet David Langrish, firefighters helped the horse's owner and vet support the front of the horse using hay bales.Then, using a hydraulic ram, they were able to spread the sides of the door apart so that Dancer could be freed and led to safety.Watch manager Phillips said: 'Dancer is used to being transported and it is not clear what caused her to react in this way.' The horse sustained cuts to her head, flanks and hindquarters during her 40-minute ordeal, but she is expected to make a full recovery.
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Trapped-mare-is-freed-by.5458642.jp
The Dutch warmblood mare, named Dancer, was being transported to the Crofton Manor Eques- trian Centre in Titchfield Road, Stubbington, when she became agitated.Owner Gemma Bower became aware of Dancer's unusual behaviour in the trailer behind he
Ms Bower discovered the horse had reared and had managed to get one of her front legs over the restraining bar in the horsebox.Moments later Dancer got her other foreleg over the bar and put her head and most of her body through the narrow groom door, leaving her trapped by the pelvis.Fire crews from Fareham, Havant and animal rescue specialist Anton Phillips were sent to the scene.Following sedation by Animed vet David Langrish, firefighters helped the horse's owner and vet support the front of the horse using hay bales.Then, using a hydraulic ram, they were able to spread the sides of the door apart so that Dancer could be freed and led to safety.Watch manager Phillips said: 'Dancer is used to being transported and it is not clear what caused her to react in this way.' The horse sustained cuts to her head, flanks and hindquarters during her 40-minute ordeal, but she is expected to make a full recovery.
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Trapped-mare-is-freed-by.5458642.jp
Petition your MP to allow workers to drive large horseboxes at weekends
Dear xxxxxxxx
I am writing to ask you to support the British horse industry in our campaign for drivers of large horseboxes to be excluded from laws over compulsory and prohibitive rest periods.
We are, collectively, asking the Department for Transport and Vehicle Operator Services Agency to re-consider their recent re-interpretation of the law regarding horsebox driver's hours and other related issues.
VOSA originally advised the equestrian sector that EU regulations governing driver's hours for vehicles over 7.5tonnes would only apply to people who drove HGVs commercially for a living. But several recent cases highlighted in Horse & Hound have shown that VOSA has changed its mind, and is advising the horse industry that anyone with a full-time job must now comply with Driver's Hours Regulations.
While of course we understand that these rules are in place primarily to prevent accidents, we believe they are too stringent to apply to the majority of people who have a full-time job and then drive an HGV or vehicle with a combined weight of 7.5tonnes at the weekend for their hobby. Furthermore, drivers of horseboxes are more likely to be careful with their "treasured cargo", a belief backed up by evidence from insurance companies that no accidents have been reported through tired driving (and published in Horse & Hound).
We believe that the legitimate pleasure of a large number of people be seriously affected, because it will be difficult, if not impossible, for ordinary people to take part in shows and events.
We would be very grateful if you would write to the Secretary of State for Transport and the Minister for the Horse at Defra on our behalf.
Yours sincerely,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Drummond ...... The Mechanical Horse. John Downes. Club. Sean Madeley ...www.dvla.gov.uk/~/media/pdf/leaflets/V765X1.ashx
I am writing to ask you to support the British horse industry in our campaign for drivers of large horseboxes to be excluded from laws over compulsory and prohibitive rest periods.
We are, collectively, asking the Department for Transport and Vehicle Operator Services Agency to re-consider their recent re-interpretation of the law regarding horsebox driver's hours and other related issues.
VOSA originally advised the equestrian sector that EU regulations governing driver's hours for vehicles over 7.5tonnes would only apply to people who drove HGVs commercially for a living. But several recent cases highlighted in Horse & Hound have shown that VOSA has changed its mind, and is advising the horse industry that anyone with a full-time job must now comply with Driver's Hours Regulations.
While of course we understand that these rules are in place primarily to prevent accidents, we believe they are too stringent to apply to the majority of people who have a full-time job and then drive an HGV or vehicle with a combined weight of 7.5tonnes at the weekend for their hobby. Furthermore, drivers of horseboxes are more likely to be careful with their "treasured cargo", a belief backed up by evidence from insurance companies that no accidents have been reported through tired driving (and published in Horse & Hound).
We believe that the legitimate pleasure of a large number of people be seriously affected, because it will be difficult, if not impossible, for ordinary people to take part in shows and events.
We would be very grateful if you would write to the Secretary of State for Transport and the Minister for the Horse at Defra on our behalf.
Yours sincerely,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Drummond ...... The Mechanical Horse. John Downes. Club. Sean Madeley ...www.dvla.gov.uk/~/media/pdf/leaflets/V765X1.ashx
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