David Morgan – Page 2 – Ontario Competitive Trail Riding Association

March 22, 2022May 14, 2024

EHV Vaccines Approved in Canada

Further to the EHV Vaccination requirement, as announced at the OCTRA Annual General Meeting on February 26, 2022; Dr Arthur King, DVM has provided us with a list of all vaccines licensed for use in Canada for the prevention of Equine Rhinopnemonitis (Equine Herpes Virus – EHV) as of November 22, 2021.

Unless your horse had a health exemption signed by your vet, one of these vaccines needs to be listed on the receipt from your veterinarian as proof your horse is in compliance with the OCTRA EHV Vaccination rule. List of approved vaccines (PDF 51 KB)…

March 6, 2022

New EHV Rule and Clarified Control Point Check Rule

Mandatory EHV vaccination is now written into the rule book. Here is the text (PDF 89KB) for the rule which will be in effect this season and until further notice.

The number and spacing of control point checks is specified more clearly in this revised rule 1.5.6 (PDF 102KB).

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022

OCTRA Committee Chair Vacancies

OCTRA currently has vacancies in two of it’s committee chair positions. We are seeking volunteers for the positions of Education Committee Chair and Publicity & Promotion Committee Chair. These are important roles in the growth and development of our club and we hope that you’ll consider volunteering. Committee chairs receive OCTRA volunteer credits on an annual basis.

Here is a link to the expectations for these two committees (PDF 276 KB).

Please contact the OCTRA Secretary (secretary@octra.on.ca) to express interest.

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

New Rider and Horse History Pages

New format Rider and Horse History pages go live today. Features include:

Easy to read layout,
Images can be clicked to display full size,
Responsive, scales for multiple device types,
New pages are behind our firewall.

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021

Competitive intensity VS Rude behavior

A number of years ago OCTRA found it necessary to add some teeth to their Sportsmanship/ Behavior rule in order to protect our dedicated volunteers and officials from verbal abuse. Event Managers were finding it difficult to get volunteers for some key positions because competitors were being rude and using inappropriate language when dealing with them. Our volunteers come out when they are treated with polite respect. Without volunteers we can’t have Events. Many times it has been suggested that every competitor should volunteer at least once the day of a ride.

Why have I brought this to your attention? Because what I saw and heard at our first ride of the season disturbed me. While there were a couple of standout incidents, there was a general increase in the use of inappropriate language and nasty comments that bordered on abusive.