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Endurance News

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AERA Management Committee has recently reviewed the requirements for temperature logs for horses attending endurance events. The aim is to ensure a minimum national standardised temperature log.
 
The recommendation from the AERA Biosecurity Sub-committee is:
For all horses at all affiliated endurance events, the responsible member must complete and present an AERA standard Horse Health Declaration which includes a minimum of a four day temperature log for each horse. The temperature log must be for the 3 days prior to travel to the event and for the day of travelling to the event with that temperature taken before the beginning of travel.
 
Where there are variations to this situation, such as travel time taking more than 1 day or arrival at the event being more than 1 day before the start of the event, the Ride Organiser must address the temperature log requirements in their Event Biosecurity Plan.
 
This means:
· The minimum national standard for a temperature log will show temperatures for the 3 days before departure plus temp on day of departure;
· If travelling for two or more days, temperatures must also be logged for subsequent travel days and time at ride base up to pre-ride vetting;
· Ride Organisers will include in their Event Biosecurity Plan any requirements for temperature logs to allow for greater travel times and days at ride base before pre-ride vetting.
 
This change will be implemented from 1 November and an updated Horse Health Declaration form will be available from AERA Online. The new form will also be available from AERA’s website.

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AERA is introducing a new Online Membership Renewal module to AERA Online for the 2024 membership year. From 1 January 2024 members will be able to renew their memberships digitally, update their contact and address details and manage their FEI/EA membership information, all from the comfort of their lounge or office chair.

This new functionality allows members to select their own membership categories, sign their membership declaration and make the payment in a quick and easy process negating the need to print out paperwork or mail in applications.

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If you are one of the people who have qualified for this new award presented by AERA please get your application form completed and submitted. If you know of anyone who may no longer be involved in the sport, but who is qualified, please let them know. The following are the Victorians included on the Decades Team listing:

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AERA have advised that any members who wish to apply for AERA Rider and Horse Distance Awards, which will be presented at the 2022 Tom Quilty event, should have their applications submitted to the AERA Registrar by 15 April 2022. Anyone wishing to be recognised for the Decade Teams Award (and we have had a couple of people reach this achievement this year) should also submit their application by this date. The appropriate Forms are available on the AERA website.

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The AERA Management Committee would like to provide an update on the development project that is currently underway to deliver an inhouse system to support ride nominations. AERA, via its AERA Database Sub-committee (SC) commenced investigating the possibility of building the AERASpace Online Nomination System (ONS) some time ago. The SC investigated a number of commercial online nomination systems from the perspective of integrating to an already built system. After sitting through a number of demonstrations of these products and talking with representatives of the software development companies the SC weighed up a number of factors including:

  1. AERA Decade Team
  2. Proposed AERA Rule Change
  3. 2021 Swabbing Program
  4. Covid Restrictions – Statement from Equestrian Victoria