From the Office
Christmas Office Closure
Office Closure: 12noon, Tuesday 24th December until Thursday 2nd January 2025
RAEGRC Scone Closure (for any DNA and/or Genetic Testing)
Monday 23rd December 2024 to Thursday 2nd January 2025.
Last date for accepting samples for processing in 2024, is Monday 16th December 2024.
ROYAL SHOW CHECKS ARE UNDERWAY – IF YOU ARE ENTERING ROYALS, OR ANY OTHER SHOW?
Registrations & Memberships are being CHECKED by Breed & Show Societies, therefore, if you are competing in any show run under RPSBS Rules then:
- you MUST ensure your pony is REGISTERED and entered in the correct exhibitors name (YOU, THE REGISTERED OWNER),
- ensure you, the EXHIBITOR are a CURRENT Financial member,
- if you are not handling or Riding the pony, then, make certain that your HANDLER or RIDER is at least a PARTICIPANT Member of the RPSBS,
- ensure you allow adequate time prior to the close of entries to have your unregistered or not transferred/leased ponies paperwork completed,
- members requesting transactions to be processed at short notice will be charged the published Fast Track Fee AND are not guaranteed that they will be completed if lodged at the eleventh hour prior to a show. Office staff always try their best to accommodate members lodging paperwork and requiring it quickly, however, some matters are beyond our control, particularly if your paperwork is incomplete or incorrect. A $20 send back fee will be imposed for any paperwork that must be returned a second time to the member for corrections or omissions.
Remember Ponies 4 years and over MUST be adult registered and cannot be shown on foal-recorded registrations. All colts 2 years and over as at 1st August must be entire. In order to be eligible to be shown a Veterinary Certificate confirming the presence of two descended testicles must be lodged with the Society.
Check the studbook online to see the current status of your membership and your pony’s registration.
Upcoming Events
11th Jan – TAS STATE RIDING PONY SHOW
12th Jan – VIC RIDING PONY OF THE YEAR SHOW
19th Jan – SA RPSBS ALL BREEDS SUMMER SHOW
25th May – QLD RIDING PONY OF THE YEAR SHOW
NSW Committee
2024 ‘Exclusively Equine’ State Riding Pony Show
RPSBS NSW held its 2024 ‘Exclusively Equine’ State Riding Pony Show at Windsor Polo Grounds Richmond Sunday 1st December. The show managed to dodge the wet weather and ran very successfully on beautiful grounds with wonderful sponsorship, Quona Cooke’s ‘Exclusively Equine’ being the naming rights sponsor. The Committee and competitors offer special thank you’s to all of the show’s sponsors.
Competition was of a very high standard and the NSW Committee congratulates everyone who showed their Riding Ponies.
NSW State Show includes three Memorial Ridden Pony Championships that honour notable NSW contributors to the Society, especially in NSW. The Memorial Championship winners for 2024 were:
Mary Reed Memorial Champion Ridden Show Pony – Merry Mittens of Royalwood, winner in 2023 and 2024, class sponsored by David Calbert & Sue & Raph Oberg
Deborah Bell Memorial Champion Ridden Show Hunter Pony – Burnewang Gold Cup, class sponsored by Anthony Hurley & Daisy Patch Stud
Maureen Walker inaugural Memorial Champion Ridden NSW Bred Riding Pony – Westgrove Homecoming Queen, class sponsored by Victoria & Chris Lawrie
Photo Credits: Lorelle Mercer
Merry Mittens of Royalwood bred by Joanne Prestwidge and owned by Joanne, Cherie Morelli and daughter Chelsea Avouris, winner of the Mary Reed Memorial Champion Ridden Show Pony n.e. 14.2hh. Merry Mittens won the same Championship in 2023
Burnewang Gold Cup bred by Rosemary and Katrina Metherall and owned by Dean, Kylie and Eliza Douglas, winner of the Deborah Bell Memorial Champion Ridden Show Hunter Pony n.e.14.2hh
Westgrove Homecoming Queen bred by Anthony Warren and owned by Joanne Stewart, winner of the inaugural Maureen Walker Memorial Champion Ridden NSW Bred Ridden Pony n.e.14.2hh
Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to all RPSBS members and staff.
SA Committee
SA ALL BREED SUMMER SHOW
19th January 2025 – Strathalbyn Polo Grounds
To keep updated with this show please like our Facebook Page
QLD Committee
2025 QLD RIDING PONY SHOW DATE CLAIMERS
The QLD RPSBS Committee are pleased to announce the dates of our 2025 shows:
2025 QLD Riding Pony of the Year Show
Date: Sunday 25 May 2025
Venue: Park Ridge Showgrounds
2025 Riding Pony Pageant Show
Sunday 9 November 2025
Venue: To be confirmed.
We wish all of our members and their ponies a Merry Christmas, and a happy and safe holiday season. We look forward to seeing you in the new year!
WA Committee
The WA Riding Pony Committee would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year keep safe everyone and we look forward to 2025.