Board Announcement – Ontario Competitive Trail Riding Association

July 21, 2022May 14, 2024

OCTRA Endurance Committee Chair

The OCTRA Board of Directors is currently seeking to fill the vacant position of Endurance Committee Chair.

PRIMARY responsibility: To promote the discipline of Endurance within OCTRA.

Additional responsibilities:

The expectation of discipline chairs is to be the Subject Matter Expert for the discipline and to co-ordinate with the other discipline chairs and the Board of Directors to ensure that everyone is working toward and supporting the goals of the organization
Discipline chairs should be available to assist/advise Event Managers if they have questions regarding the specific discipline
To report to the BOD quarterly (but bring any immediate areas of concern to the Board between quarterly reports)

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)…

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.

April 15, 2021July 23, 2021

OCTRA Extraordinary Rules and Procedures Related to Equine Herpes Virus for the 2021 Competition Season

In light of the Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) outbreaks in Europe and the United States, where outbreaks have already affected equestrian competitions, and subsequent EHV outbreaks in Ontario and Quebec, the OCTRA Vet Committee reviewed bio-security protocols and health and welfare recommendations from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), the Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), and the University of Guelph regarding this highly contagious and potentially fatal equine disease.

March 28, 2021

OCTRA’s New Sanctioning Director is Kim Woolley!

Kim comes to us with a large amount of experience. She will be a great asset to our Ride Managers. Please feel free to contact her if you are interested in hosting an event or if you need help from the board for your current event.”