Our insurance company will no longer insure ANY events

I have enjoyed (maybe that is not the right word) reading the blog site.

Can I also let you know as an aside, that this morning we received notification from Scone (HQ of the Australian Stock Horse Society) that our insurance company will no longer insure ANY events we try to hold (until further notice) The wording was cleverly arranged around taking reasonable care to avoid loss and claims arising from the event.

For those of us who could run an event (not that we wish to) here in Victoria, clearly this has some serious implications. Our annual show is to be held in late January 2008 which we are still preparing for, but having been told by Scone that we are not to run anything until further notice is a bit annoying.

We had voluntarily shut down anyway.

So all this brings me back to the point that racing goes on all over the state and we cannot hold one clinic – again, our committee is being held to ransom over something that might or could occur. Is the risk too great? On balance of probability, no.

Regards,
Karen