Pontispool Equine Sports Centre
RoR South West - Spring Camp 2025
Retraining of Racehorses
Arriving on Thursday evening at 7pm to alow enough time to unload and settle in before dinner at 8pm. Departing on Saturday by 5pm.
4 group lessons (two each day)
3 meals a day plus cake, tea an...
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Notes
Arriving on Thursday evening at 7pm to alow enough time to unload and settle in before dinner at 8pm. Departing on Saturday by 5pm.
4 group lessons (two each day)
3 meals a day plus cake, tea and coffee
Accomodation
Stabling, straw and hay.
Please indicate your flatwork or jumping lesson options:
Option A - Days 1 & 2
Dressage
Pole work
Intro to jumping/pole work
Showing
Option B - Days 1 & 2
Dressage
Showjumping
Cross Country (if going allows)
Gridwork
Confirmed instructors are:
Andrew Lovell
Tyler Bradshaw
Ian Wright
Althea Bleekman
Gordon Sidlow BMVS MRCVS former RoR Head of Veterinary Strategy will kindly lead a forum on Racehore Aftercare on Friday evening, 6.30pm - 7.30pm, followed by dinner.
BTRC Consultant Vet Gordon Sidlow BVMS MRCVS a former Retraining of Racehorses (RoR’s) Head of Veterinary Strategy.
Primarily, in his role as the first equestrian vet for the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC). During his time with the HKJC Gordon was responsible for establishing the veterinary standards, and providing veterinary care for the retired racehorse population in Hong Kong, as well as monitoring the welfare of almost 900 retired racehorses donated by HKJC to Mainland China for equestrian use. Gordon was also responsible for creating a retirement protocol that included establishing a post racing assessment criterion required to determine on retirement whether a horse would be suitable to enter the Club’s rehabilitation and retraining programme in order to have an opportunity of a second career in equestrian.
Since returning to the UK, Gordon runs the equine side of a busy mixed practice in Mid-Devon, West Ridge Equine and has also been an Ambassador and Consultant Vet for the The British Thoroughbred Retraining Centre (BTRC) since 2015. Over the years Gordon has been instrumental in establishing BTRC’s current protocols for retraining.
Gordon, who worked as a treating vet for the 2008 Olympic Games also frequently officiates as an FEI Veterinary Delegate at competitions both in the UK and internationally. He regularly oversees the veterinary care for elite equestrian and racing horses as they fly to international competitions.
Gordon is one of the most experienced vets in racehorse aftercare and we are delighted that he will share this knowledge with RoR Members on the Friday evening of camp.
Terms & conditions
Terms and Conditions for RoR event booking and participation – Updated August 2024
1. For ridden events your horse must be registered with RoR and riders must be 15 years of age on the 1 January of the current year.
2. Participants MUST have their own Personal Liability Insurance Policies.
3. It is an express condition of everyone entering the venu
Terms and Conditions for RoR event booking and participation – Updated August 2024
1. For ridden events your horse must be registered with RoR and riders must be 15 years of age on the 1 January of the current year.
2. Participants MUST have their own Personal Liability Insurance Policies.
3. It is an express condition of everyone entering the venue that they do so at their own risk and voluntarily accepts the risk of injury or damage that is implicit in riding or handing a horse on the premises.
4. In accepting these terms and conditions, entrants agree to make themselves familiar with the venue terms and conditions and adhere to any rules or signage for the venue. This includes conditions regarding the vaccination of horses against Equine Influenza.
5. All deposits are non-refundable. No refunds or reductions are offered for arriving late, leaving early, or inability to participate for any reason (such as lame horse/lost shoe).
6. Where the balance/full payment has been made for an event, a refund will be given only if it has been possible to fill your space on the event from a wait list.
7. The organiser reserves the right to cancel the event at any time, in which case refunds will be given. Should the organiser be forced to cancel an event the entry fee will be refunded. The organiser will not accept any contingent liability, such as travel, or any cost faced by the participant howsoever incurred.
8. Retraining of Racehorses (RoR), their servants, agents, employees and all those connected with the event venue, do not accept any liability for any damage, whether occasioned by the negligence or breach of contract or statutory duty of themselves, their servants, agents, employees or those connected with RoR or the venue or the venue's facilities or otherwise, whatsoever.
9. All accidents must be reported, and an Accident Report Form is to be completed by the coach in charge and recorded by a representative of RoR.
10. Dress code is casual, but for ridden events hats to the current standard must be worn. Body protectors are optional for ridden events, except cross country riding when they must be worn to the current safety standard along with a riding hat without a fixed peak.
11. Please be kind and courteous to everyone, behaviour deemed to be unacceptable is to be reported to a representative of RoR and you may be omitted from attending the event if your behaviour contravenes our rules of conduct.
Refund policy
Refunds will be given upon production and successful approval of a valid veterinary or doctors certificate relating directly to the horse or rider entered in this event.
Who & where
Venue
Pontispool Equine Sports CentreNorton Fitzwarren
Taunton
Somerset
TA4 1BH
01823 461196
07899 994420
info@pontispool.com
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