Warm & fuzzy
Feeling all warm and fuzzy about the thought of all those stranded sport and recreation horses finally being able to come home from the EI wilderness via the Werribee Park quarantine centre?
Think again, Pollyanna!
Yesterday one of my Victorian client's rang the DPI about bringing home a Riding Pony broodmare - currently stuck in the NSW Green Zone more than 400km from the nearest case of EI - via the WPEC.The quoted cost was $3000 to $4000!
Holy crap ... are they going to be stabled in suites at the Werribee Mansion?Someone, somewhere, must be laughing all the way to the bank!
Back when he announced Werribee Park's recruitment as EI quarantine centre, Victoria's ironically named premier, John Brumby, gave the impression this was en equal opportunity iniative.
“Victorian horses stranded in NSW by the equine influenza outbreak will be given priority at the Werribee quarantine site, with interstate horses wanting to compete in Victorian races to follow,” he said. But who can afford to advantage of that much-feted "priority"?
Considering most owners are having a fit of the vapours at the prospect of shelling out $300 per horse for microchipping and EI vaccination, how many people outside the Thoroughbred industry do you reckon would be able to afford $3000 plus in quarantine fees?
Let's not kid ourselves kids - the Werribee Park EQUESTRIAN Centre is not being locked down like the crown jewels for the benefit of the pony-clubbing, horse showing, obstacle jumping masses.I suspect this is about finding a way to get valuable thoroughbred broodmares home from their hot dates in the Hunter Valley, not to mention a few hundred NSW-based yearlings down to pump up the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sales.Racing horses too, will be quequing up for the Werribee portal, although it's all come a bit too late for the connections of one-time Melbourne Cup hopeful Leica Falcon.
It seems even the Thoroughbred Industry has its own cast system determining who get priority treatment and small fry from the sticks need not apply!
Perhaps the Government and the DPI could stop offending the intelligence of the non-racing populus by trying to make us believe they really are looking after the interests of all horse owners - regardless of their tax bracket.Be warned, my fellow sport and leisure horse massochists; if you're feeling warm and fuzzy it's can't possibly be from the caring, sharing concern of the DPI and co.
There's more chance we've peed in our brushed cotton jods.
Jodi Allen (show horse breeder/trainer with too much time on her hands)Manorvale Stables, Jerilderie NSW.
Think again, Pollyanna!
Yesterday one of my Victorian client's rang the DPI about bringing home a Riding Pony broodmare - currently stuck in the NSW Green Zone more than 400km from the nearest case of EI - via the WPEC.The quoted cost was $3000 to $4000!
Holy crap ... are they going to be stabled in suites at the Werribee Mansion?Someone, somewhere, must be laughing all the way to the bank!
Back when he announced Werribee Park's recruitment as EI quarantine centre, Victoria's ironically named premier, John Brumby, gave the impression this was en equal opportunity iniative.
“Victorian horses stranded in NSW by the equine influenza outbreak will be given priority at the Werribee quarantine site, with interstate horses wanting to compete in Victorian races to follow,” he said. But who can afford to advantage of that much-feted "priority"?
Considering most owners are having a fit of the vapours at the prospect of shelling out $300 per horse for microchipping and EI vaccination, how many people outside the Thoroughbred industry do you reckon would be able to afford $3000 plus in quarantine fees?
Let's not kid ourselves kids - the Werribee Park EQUESTRIAN Centre is not being locked down like the crown jewels for the benefit of the pony-clubbing, horse showing, obstacle jumping masses.I suspect this is about finding a way to get valuable thoroughbred broodmares home from their hot dates in the Hunter Valley, not to mention a few hundred NSW-based yearlings down to pump up the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sales.Racing horses too, will be quequing up for the Werribee portal, although it's all come a bit too late for the connections of one-time Melbourne Cup hopeful Leica Falcon.
It seems even the Thoroughbred Industry has its own cast system determining who get priority treatment and small fry from the sticks need not apply!
Perhaps the Government and the DPI could stop offending the intelligence of the non-racing populus by trying to make us believe they really are looking after the interests of all horse owners - regardless of their tax bracket.Be warned, my fellow sport and leisure horse massochists; if you're feeling warm and fuzzy it's can't possibly be from the caring, sharing concern of the DPI and co.
There's more chance we've peed in our brushed cotton jods.
Jodi Allen (show horse breeder/trainer with too much time on her hands)Manorvale Stables, Jerilderie NSW.
posted by Horse Deals at
4:47 pm
2 Comments:
hi jodie,
i'm from just south of you, and blighty, i agree with you. we're in the green zone and can't do anything. yesterday i saw a horse truck go down the riverina higway when i was gooong to my mums a rare thing but it does happen every so often. then the other night i saw 2 floats go down past our place which is on the back road to tocumwal. neither looked to be local but, it was odd to see them come through.
it's cost me at the moment selling my horse.
i spoke to the n.s.w hotline and they said yes we can get in to vic, but follow their guide lines that's fine. but vic are saying no no one can get in. well we can crosss the the river, it's low enough. who's to say where a horse is residing?? then you've got all the signs at the border saying, "no horse float entry permit required phone 1800....." now what is that saying to me it is saying yes you can come over but obey by our rules.
we shouldn't be moving at all, in efforst to get rid of ei quicker. i hope werribee is getting paid a lot of money to be quaratine, as they cancelled events for them, that were hopefully going to help the normal person.
any way lets hope we get moving in the next few months,
louise
You have got that right EVERYTHING that the DPI do no matter what state you live in is done for one reason only and that is money.
Money that is and can be earned from the horse racing industry and the rest of us can go to hell as far as they are concerned, we are nothing but a pain in the neck to the DPI and Horse racing industry who I have no doubt would like to see us not have horses at all
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