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Horse Exportation Update From Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine

The Irish Government’s Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine has released updated advice for horse movement through Great Britain beginning on New Year’s Day, Horse Racing Ireland announced on Thursday. The new guidelines are intended for those transporting horses and the Trader Notice, which outlines procedures for export certification to Britain from Jan. 1, as well as information on movements to and from France and Northern Ireland, may be accessed here.

The new guidelines are summarized as follows for each equine exporter from Ireland to Great Britain:

Register with DAFM.
Register on TRACES.
Contact DAFM Regional Veterinary Office (RVO) re. export health certificate (EHC)
Arrange examination of equines by Private Veterinary Practitioner (PVP).
Submit PVP certificate to RVO.
Arrange for Great British-based importer to submit advance notification to UK Import system.
Include the Unique Notification Number (UNN) issued by this system to the TRACES EHC consignment details
Complete consignment details on TRACES and submit to RVO.
Forward scan of completed, signed and stamped certificate via GB-based agent to GB import system.
Ensure signed EHC accompanies horse to GB.

Finally, those moving horses should also register with Revenue and fulfil customs requirements around each horse movement. More details are available on HRI’s updated Brexit Guidance from Dec. 18- www.hri.ie/Brexit. In addition, the Irish Government is extending the ban on travel from Britain until Jan. 6 and HRI also extends its advice that no Irish-trained horses or jockeys should travel to Britain for competition or vice-versa during this travel ban.

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BHA’s Nick Rust to Receive New Year’s Honours

British Horseracing Authority Chief Executive Nick Rust will be honoured with an OBE for his service to the sport of horse racing. Rust steps down from his post on Jan. 1. He has served in his position for nearly six years and dealt with a range of issues, including changes to the Levy, presiding over a review of buying/selling bloodstock, the increasingly important improvements to horse welfare, increasing diversity and inclusion in the sport of horse racing in the UK and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Jumps jockey Bob Champion was awarded a CBE for his charitable services to prostate and testicular cancer research. Approximately £15 million has been raised by the Bob Champion Cancer Trust since it was founded in 1983. Champion recovered from cancer and later won the Grand National on Aldaniti (GB) (Derek H {GB}) at Aintree in 1981.

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Changes to Female Jockey Weight Allowance in France

During the final meeting of the year, the Board of Directors of France Galop adopted the 2021 Terms and Conditions, which also includes a change to the weights female jockeys will carry, France Galop announced on Tuesday. Although the administrators are committed to maintaining the 1.5kg weight allowance for Flat female jockeys, after consultation with the Board of the Plate and women jockeys, in response to the renewed request of the Association of Jockeys and the Association of Trainers, some changes were made to the weight system. The changes, beginning on Mar. 1 for female apprentices and young Flat jockeys are as follows:

2.5kg when they don’t ride for the trainer they are apprenticed to (instead of 4kg)
3.5kg when they ride for the trainer they are apprenticed to (instead of 4kg)
additionally, whether boys or young women, the trainer who sponsors the apprentice will always benefit from a 1kg break in the weights

For Jumps racing, women receive a 2kg break in the weights for eligible races with a maximum discount of 4kg, including 1 kg for an apprentice or young jockey (up to 39 wins), girl or boy, amount for the master of apprenticeship or internship. Races where weight discounts do not apply are group/listed races on the Flat with a purse of €30,000 or more and Class 2 races for juveniles and in the National Hunt sphere graded or listed races with a purse of €53,000 or more except certain handicaps. For more information, please visit www.france-galop.com/fr.

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Racing Behind Closed Doors Once More in UK

Following the increasing rate of spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, racing will continue without crowds in attendance after the UK Government’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that approximately 75% of the UK will be moved into Tier 3 or Tier 4 restrictions beginning on Thursday. Every area where a racecourse is located in Great Britain falls under these new Tier 3/4 designations. Hancock made the announcement in the House of Commons. Spectators were allowed back to courses in early December in Tier 1 and 2 areas, but as recently as Tuesday, the BHA announced that owners were not able to attend meetings held in Tier 4 areas beginning New Year’s Day.

“Unfortunately, this new variant is now spreading across most of England and cases are doubling fast,” said Hancock. “It is therefore necessary to apply Tier 4 measures to a wider area…even in most areas not moving into Tier 4, cases are rising too, and it is therefore necessary to apply Tier 3 measures more broadly too.

“The new variant means that three-quarters of the population are now going to be in Tier 4 and almost all of the country in Tiers 3 and 4.

“And I know that Tier 3 and 4 measures place a significant burden on people, and especially on businesses affected, but I am afraid it is absolutely necessary because of the number of cases that we’ve seen.”

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