CEC Nov 2018

CEC News 

Nov 2018 

Insight into the happening at Countryside Equestrian Centre

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CONTENT 

Introduction p 04 

Welcome p 07 

Birthdays p 08 

Article p 09 

Horse-pital p 10 

Neighs-Flash p 12 

Events p 13 

Note to Lesson and 

Stabling Clients p 15 

Final Neigh p 18 


Exams for most of our riders 

are peeking around the corner 

– luckily the horses are waiting 

patiently for them at CEC as a 

welcome diversion! 

Please note that our monthly 

newsletter is also available to 

read by means of a link on our 

whattsapp group for the stables. 

If you have not been added 

yet – please contact Melindi @ 

084 760 8450 or Ulrike @ 071 

101 0033 to have your number 

added. 




Welcome 

Mbuyiselo Mbatha and Nnete Molapisane 

started their riding careers during the month 

of October 2018 at CEC. Welcome to the 

family guys. 

A Familiar face is welcomed back to CEC! 

Looney Tunes now resides in stable 8 – feel 

free to go and say hello to her! 

We always have a variety of horses and 

ponies for sale and have recently updated 

our website again. For more info on all our 

available horses and ponies, please CLICK 

HERE. 


Happy 

Birthday 

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR FELLOW MEMBERS OF CEC: 

(IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS NOT ON OUR BIRTHDAY LISTING, 

PLEASE EMAIL US countrysideEC@gmail.com) 

Rider Name: 

Jessica Thacker 

Bianca van den Berg 

Nicolene Basson 

Eric Basson 

Sené Fernandez 

Birthday: 

08-Nov 






Article 

We encourage all our clients to read the following 

article. 

“THE SCIENCE BEHIND ‘LICKING AND 

CHEWING’ IN HORSES” 

Please click here. 


• All horses and ponies were 

dewormed on 23 October 

2018. The next deworming 

is due during January 2019. 

• Dollar was playing in the 

field and managed to injure 

his right front leg with a 

small cut. It was successfully 

treated with antibiotic and 

• All horses and ponies 

received their second AHS 

anti-inflammatory medication 

and he recovered quickly. 

vaccine on 27 October 2018. 

• PLEASE take note that the 

• Oakville was a bit colicky 

during October 2018 

due to a suspected mild 

impaction. 2 visits from 

our local veterinarians 

sorted his problem out. 

ticks are presenting to be 

a big problem this season 

– PLEASE ENSURE your 

horse has enough tick grease 

and specialized shampoo 

for mange treatment in your 

horses’ boxes at their stables 


Horse-pital 

/ paddocks. If clients do not 

have the needed tick grease / 

shampoo in their horses’ box, 

we will treat your horse with our 

as we will not be able to properly 

treat minor wounds, tick 

infestations or mange without 

the following: Tick Grease, 

CEC product and an amount 

Iceman/deep 

ice/arnica 

of R150 will be charged 

to your stabling invoice. 

ice, Wound aerosol (Purple 

spray), Wound ointment 

(dermavet/agrisulph), 

hoof 

• CLIENTS: PLEASE ENSURE 

you have the following items 

CLEARLY marked with your 

and sole hardener, Stockholm 

tar, milking cream, shampoo 

treatment for mange (F10). 

horse’s name in your horses’ 

box at their stable or paddock 


Neighs-Flash 

• Manure is available for sale at 

R10 per bag. Horse manure 

mixed with shavings make 

a nice compost for gardens. 

Contact Melindi @ 084 760 

8450 to arrange for purchase. 

• Our venue is available 

for photoshoots and 

Birthday parties. Feel free 

to contact us for a quote. 

• PLEASE be considerate on our 

CEC chat group on Whattsapp. 

Only horse-related and CEC 

related posts to be made on 

this group as many people 

leave groups that are too 

active with unrelated posts. 

• Please remember that there is 

ALWAYS a rider on horseback 

when entering the main gate 

which gives access to the 

premises of CEC. Please stick 

to the speed limit of 40 km/h 

and please be on the lookout for 

riders on horseback who might 

be riding around on the farm as 

well as our famous ‘bokkies’. We 

appreciate your consideration. 

• We always appreciate it when 

our clients have questions, 

concerns and comments about 

the stable yard. Please feel 

free to contact Melindi 084 760 

8450, Nicolene 082 782 5830, 

Corinne 071 6755 496 or Ulrike 

071 101 0033 Please Respect 

our business hours as we stop 

taking calls and responding 

to text / whattsapp messages 

from 6:30 pm. In the event of 

an emergency after hours eg. 

a Sick horse, the owner of said 

horse will be contacted in order 

to arrange veterinary or hospital 

care. 


Events 

Our year-end CEC pony camp is happening from 06-08 

December 2018! A one-day option is available for our smaller 

riders as well as the bigger riders that will only be able to attend 

on one day. 

Lots of fun activities have been planned and set up. We cannot 

wait to welcome our riders for this fun Summer camp! 

To download the entry form for the pony camp, please click 

HERE. 

PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE 

PONY CAMP IS ON MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2018. We will 

unfortunately not be accepting any late entries - so ensure you 

get your booking and indemnity forms and proof of payment in 

before then! 



Note to Stabling 

& Lesson Clients 


• With December peeking around 

the next corner, PLEASE don’t 

forget about our loyal grooms 

who always work with the horses. 

Ideas for Christmas prezzies are: 

T-shirts, mealie meal, cold drink, 

Hamper boxes/tubs, cash etc. 

(Please supply your Christmas 

gift for the grooms to the office 

CLEARLY MARKED from who 

the gift is. (We have 6 grooms and 

1 cleaning lady working for CEC). 

catching up December riding 

lessons that will be missed 

when the riding school is closed 

from Monday 10 December – 

Sunday 6 January 2019. Each 

rider who rides once a week will 

have 4 lessons to be caught up 

in advance as our instructors 

work on a commission basis. 

• CEC club shirts available at 

the office @ R450 per shirt. 

• Our CEC fees and yearly planner 

for 2019 will be available with the 

Newsletter of December 2018. 

• Kim Dyson visited the horses during 

the last week of October 2018. 

• Andy Taylor (Saddle fitter) 

should be visiting CEC to have 

the saddles fitted again during 

end November – Beginning 

December 2018. Please send 

Melindi (084 760 8450) a private 

whattsapp message if you would 

like your horses’ saddle fitted. 

• All the instructors have started 

• Please keep our stable yard 

clean! There are dustbins set 

up strategically at different 

areas of the stable yard for 

this purpose. Smokers, also 

please remember to throw away 

cigarette butts as we have some 

of our old ponies grazing around 

the stable yard area and don’t 

want them to consume these. 

• NO rider is allowed to jump fences 

in the cross country area without 

an instructor present and the 

rider wearing a body protector. 

Remember guys that these jumps 

are SOLID, and should only be 


attempted under the watchful 

eye of one of our instructors. If 

you want to book a cross country 

jumping lesson, come chat to us at 

the office so we can book you in. 

• PLEASE TAKE NOTE: IF 

PAYMENT WITH REGARDS 

TO YOUR STABLING AND / OR 

RIDING LESSONS ARE NOT 

PAID BY THE 3RD DAY OF EACH 

NEW MONTH – a late payment 

penalty of R150 will take effect and 

be billed with your next invoice. 

• If you are unable to make your 

payment by the 3rd day of the new 

month after receiving your invoice, 

PLEASE contact Melindi @ 084 

760 8450 in order to arrange 

payment procedure BEFORE 

the 3rd of each new month. 

• Please remember that NO RIDER 

is allowed on horseback at CEC 

WITHOUT wearing a RIDING 

HELMET! Please guys, this is for 

your own safety and most horserelated 

injuries are head injuries. 

Always better to be safe than sorry. 

• Riders having Lessons at 

Countryside Equestrian Centre – 

Please remember that we work 

on a 24 hour notice period for 

Cancellation of Lessons. It has 

happened a few times where riders 

don’t show up for their scheduled 

riding lesson where the horse / 

pony has been saddled up and is 

ready to work. In these events our 

instructors WILL NOT catch up the 

riding lesson missed unless in the 

event of an EMERGENCY. Our 

24 hour notice period enables the 

instructor to then book in another 

student who might have missed 

a lesson and thus the instructors’ 

time is not wasted as ALL our 

instructors work on a commission 

basis with regards to lessons given. 

• Clients: Please remember if you 

would like to discontinue riding 

lessons or stabling at CEC we 

need to receive one CALENDER 

months’ notice / payment in 

advance. 


Final Neigh: 

Smile more, love more deeply 

and be kind always” 

~ Unknown 

We will be sending out invites for our 

year-end function soon. Please notify 

us as soon as possible if you will be able 

to attend when the invites make their 

arrival. 

Best Regards, 

The CEC team 


Goodbye.

CEC Nov 2018

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