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Margaret River Horse & Pony Club

Locality: Margaret River, Western Australia

Address: 98 Roxburgh Road 6285 Margaret River, WA, Australia

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25.01.2022 Heads Up! * Competition has closed* Today’s category spotlight is #PCAHeadShot This is a category in the Photo Competition run by PCA's Youth Advisory Cou...ncil, where our budding horse photographers can shine! Submit your favourite portrait or headshot photo of a horse that you have taken. This photo may be edited with sensible effects. Professional photos will be accepted but are not encouraged in this category. The best Portrait/Head Shot will be awarded a fantastic prize from @bushponymedia who are generously sponsoring and judging this class! Check our their Facebook and website to see their amazing, quality equestrian photos. https://hennessypark.wixsite.com/bushponyphotography @bushpony Entries are open now for the Photo Competition and can be made by either posting your photos on Facebook or Instagram with the corresponding hashtag or by emailing them to [email protected] The submission is to include - The category's hashtag - First name of member - Member's Pony Club - Event where photo was taken / short description - Acknowledgement of photographer (if professionally taken; not encouraged in this category) More information and terms and conditions can be found on the PCA website. https://ponyclubaustralia.com.au/news/online-competitions/ We look forward to seeing your entries! #PCAphotos #bushponymedia

24.01.2022 Event Programme Now Available!! Wanneroo Stockfeeders State Showjumping Championships 2020 Stay up to date with all things State Showjumping Championship here: ... https://mailchi.mp//event-programme-now-available-wanneroo See more

21.01.2022 Our July Rally was an amazing, and massive day! Thank you to our wonderful team of coaches; Rachel Brennen, Emily Res, Ingrid Manson, and Regan Weightman. Morrison Photography thank you for the wonderful photos

21.01.2022 Are you ready for our last rally of 2020? This one is going to be super fun and we have a great big surprise in stock for you all! RSVP by end of day Wednesday 18 to secure your spot! Can’t wait to see you all there

20.01.2022 What a beautiful photo from last Sunday’s Rally Gymkhana at MRHPC! Thank you to our sponsor Geographe Settlements for the lovely ribbons and lollipops bags! Thank you to our wonderful judges for the day; Gerlinde Watson and Jane Morrison. We so appreciate your time and encouragement! ... We have some lovely photos of the day taken by the wonderful Morrison Photography Check those out on our Members Only FB page.

20.01.2022 Are you ready for another awesome rally? The September one is just a few sleeps away! Make sure your RSVP to [email protected] by September 24 to secure your attendance. Can't wait to see you all there!

19.01.2022 Margaret River Polocrosse Club thank you, thank you, thank you! We had such a fantastic time visiting your club for our November Rally. It was wonderful seeing so many smiling faces out there, whether they were learning to coordinate a racket and a horse at the same time in the polocrosse lessons, or teaching their ponies to walk over a mattress in the stockman's challenge! It was the perfect way to end our year! I think you may have a few more converted riders for Blue Banda...ge next season. We are so blessed to have this club with so many knowledgeable members just down the road from us. I hope we can both keep working together to help shape these kids to great riders and great people. Thank you to everyone that was involved, especially Marina, Justin, Jonny, Emily, and Todd! And as always, thank you to Morrison Photography for the lovely pictures. Pony Club WA Pony Club Australia Polocrosse Association of Western Australia Inc - PAWA Shire of Augusta Margaret River

18.01.2022 Please don't over rug this winter, your 'Good Doer' will thrive on surviving. A ‘good doer’ is a pony or horse that can survive on fresh air, he is a survival e...xpert, but with our modern management are we providing our good doers with a healthy environment or are we predisposing them to metabolic dysfunction? Good doers possess alternative energy systems to help them survive in harsh environments, every now and again they need a harsh environment to re-establish or balance energy metabolism. What is a harsh environment? We may not like to see horses in a field, without a rug, with a hairy coat, very little grass and only low grade hay/straw to eat, but is this better for the native pony good doer than to have a life time of EMS leading to laminitis? ‘Cresty’ necks are unsightly lumps of fat found on the neck of an overweight or obese horse and there is a growing awareness amongst vets and horse owners that having a ‘cresty neck’ predisposes it to laminitis. Some breeds are more prone to having a ‘cresty’ neck than others, native breeds such as the Welsh, Connemaras, Highlands and Shetland ponies are among the more susceptible as they require less food with lower sugar/starch than many of the other breeds, they also have a natural leaning towards insulin resistance because they have evolved from an environment where food supplies are often scarce and available nutrients change from season to season. Susceptible ponies (and cross breeds) are called ‘good doers’ and they possess an insulin resistant genotype as a survival mechanism which makes them more likely to develop insulin resistance, a good thing as it helps them to survive their native harsh mountain/moorland environment. These ponies naturally have a higher level of insulin secretion and a slower glucose disposal rate which is a positive adaptation for sparse food rations. During the harsh winter conditions when glucose is unavailable or scarce the ‘good doer’ will switch to an alternative energy system to ensure survival and as the available food changes from grass to shrubs/herbage such as gorse, tree bark and marsh grass the metabolism will also switch to a more conservative system of energy use and storage which prevents any ingested glucose from entering the muscle and adipose tissue. Deprived of glucose the tissues then start to use another energy supply (lipids/triglycerides) allowing the dwindling but precious sources of glucose to support vital organs. ‘Good doers’ have lower insulin sensitivity and higher insulin secretion plus high circulating levels of triglycerides. This tendency towards insulin resistance is a natural efficient adaptation which also involves the ‘pay it forward’ insulin system which exists in the gut. The problems start when the ‘good doer’ clashes with the modern management system and change of environment, and switches to a diet containing too much sugar and starch from hard feed, high quality hay and grass (perennial rye) designed by modern farming methods as suitable for high milk yielding cattle, with no drop in the quality of nutrients through the winter months. ‘Good doers’ are more predisposed to laminitis but any horse receiving more calories than required for work will store the excess as adipose tissue and fat pads will soon appear as ‘cresty necks’, tail pads, shoulders, sheath etc and has the potential to develop endocrinopathic laminitis.

18.01.2022 MARGARET RIVER DRESSAGE SERIES - 11TH OCTOBER. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Evolution Equestrian - major sponsors of our club for nearly 20 years - just amazing!! Don't forget - entries close on Thursday 1st October.

14.01.2022 Our October Rally (Oct 25) will host the Annual Rally Gymkhana at MRHPC. This is great preparation for the Zone Gymkhana and such a fun day, full of learning and prizes! This rally will be a closed rally, so existing members only, sorry! All the more reason to join for next year ... RSVP by Thursday 22 to [email protected]

13.01.2022 HorsePower Margaret River started up again on Thursday 3/9 and will operate every second Thursday till December. While we love giving our members the opportunity to use our grounds, we have to ask that every second Thursday from 12:00 to 3:00pm is exclusively reserved only for HorsePower members.

10.01.2022 IN CASE YOU FORGOT - entries for SIMPLY DRESSAGE and STRICTLY FREESTYLES close tomorrow at 1pm. Fabulous prizes from our great sponsors Margaret River Mitre 10 and Hygain . Or just come along for a cuppa and some lunch and watch the fun.

10.01.2022 Show Us Your Transformations! Today's category spotlight is #PCAGlowUp This category in the Youth Advisory Council's August photo competition is all about t...elling a story. In two pictures, show us you and your horse’s transformation! This could be from the day you first met or your first rally day to where you are now! The two photos may be submitted as a collage, or as two individual photos in a single post or email. Please include: - The #PCAGlowUp hashtag - First name of member - Member's Pony Club - Event where photo was taken / short description - Acknowledgement of photographer (if professionally taken). The best Glow Up as judged by @click.n.capture.photography will be awarded with an amazing prize from @heinigerequine who are the generous sponsors of this class! Entries close August 31 and can be made by either posting your photos on Facebook or Instagram with the corresponding hashtag or by emailing them to: [email protected] . Please read the Terms and Conditions on the PCA website. https://ponyclubaustralia.com.au//Terms-and-Conditions-of- We look forward to seeing your entries! Heiniger Equine - Australia & New Zealand who are also sponsoring two Rider of the Year categories, supply quality shampoos, conditioners and more grooming aids and take online orders. Their prize basket contains: 1lt Enhance shampoo 1lt Maintain shampoo 1lt Restore conditioner Heiniger cap Heiniger Car Shade Heiniger drink cooler Heiniger keyring Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeinigerGroomingAusNZ

10.01.2022 On its way to HP? We wish!! Phar Lap the barrel horse will have to do. Great start yesterday. Note to other riders - HP uses the PC grounds exclusively from 12-3pm every second Thursday from September 3rd through to December. Safety issues-thanks

09.01.2022 MARGARET RIVER DRESSAGE SERIES - FINAL ROUND 11th October. Only 5 days left to enter. Closing on 1st October. Enter on Nominate for your chance to enjoy another fun day in Margaret River and win some fab prizes!

09.01.2022 SIMPLY DRESSAGE - 13TH SEPTEMBER. Now open for entries on Nominate. Made possible by our major sponsor Margaret River Mitre 10 - once again providing invaluable support to local clubs and community. Thank you Mitre 10.

08.01.2022 Join us in saying a massive GOOD LUCK to our 2020 MRHPC State Dressage Team! Hannah Imogen Pippa ... Samara Kenzie Have so much fun and make some wonderful memories and new friends!

07.01.2022 Remember the grounds are out of bounds on Horsepower days

05.01.2022 STRICTLY FREESTYLES - 13TH SEPTEMBER Entries now open on Nominate We are so lucky to have Hygain as our major event sponsor for Strictly Freestyles with fabulous prizes and gorgeous rosettes on offer. If you have never ridden a freestyle this is the perfect event for you to give it a whirl - it's fun! Entries close 8th September - happening on the same day as our Simply Dressage event - should be a great day!!

04.01.2022 2020 Margaret River Dressage Leaderboard Below is the leaderboard for the year to date and is updated with the results from Round One. Entries open now on Nominate for Round Two, the final round, on 11th October.

04.01.2022 Did you know that we have Certificate Assessment Sheets for all certificates up to K (B and A are under review)? The assessment sheets make it easy for PCA memb...ers to review their progress and coaches to plan lessons. Download your level now at: https://ponyclubaustralia.com.au/certificate-assessments/ #horse #care #management #feeding #welfare #riding #training #groundwork #competition #recreation #behaviour #psychology #ethology #learningtheory #equitationscience #memberbenefits #alifewithorsesstartshere #ponyclubproud