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Following The Pulse of Alberta Show Jumping

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Alberta’s Top JuniorChelsea Walsh Interview

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Spruce Meadows takes great pride in our commitment to excellence. The Spruce Meadows Horse Program has a variety of horses available for sale at all levels of experience. We are thrilled with prospects we can show you and we would like you to be confident in purchasing from Spruce Meadows.

For sales and information, please contact Kelly Koss-Brix or Sergey Zayika at 403.974.4200

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Alberta Show JumpersFollowing the pulse of Alberta Show Jumping

Introducing the ABSJ Medal Series!

Hosted at show venues throughout Alberta, with a year-end final to be held in the fall.

This medal is open to all amateur riders no age restriction!

Go to:www.albertashowjumpers.com

for all the information you need!

Qualifiers at:RMSJ May ClassicsCaledonia ClassicEdmonton ClassicRMSJ June ClassicsAmberlea Jump for HopeRMSJ Summer ClassicsFinal TBA

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here to find it!

7 - The New ABSJ Medal Class Holly Grayton

9 - The Secret to Success in Sport Holly Grayton

11 - Here we come 2016! Sandra Sokoloski

15 - The 7 ‘Must-Do’s to improve Dirk Stroda

21 - New Year, New Lists Tina Watkins

28 - Why do I need a PID#? Holly Grayton

Thank you for picking up our first print of 2016! We are into our third year and hope you look to our p u b l i c a t i o n as a place to get all the show jumping information you need!

Our online presence is ever growing and we hope that you, the Alberta Show Jumper, are receiving all the information you need. Please feel that our door is always open to new ideas for all aspects of the sport and we hope that you will always let us know what you need!

We are also so excited to unveil the ABSJ Medal program in 2016 to be hosted at your favorite venues: Amberlea Meadows, Caledonia Classic, Edmonton Classic, and Rocky Mountain Show Jumping! Go online for all the details! Remember to look to all our social networks for your up to date information! @abshowjumpers

Holly Grayton and Alexander Grayton Publisher Editor

Contributing WritersAlexander Grayton | Holly Grayton | Tina Watkins | Dirk Stroda | Sandra Sokoloski | Lynn Macyk | Chelsea Walsh | Justine Tainsh | Editor - Alexander Grayton

Disclaimer: Reproduction, printed or electronic, in whole or part of any material contained in this publication, without prior written permission of Holly Grayton is strictly prohibited. While the greatest care has gone into the assembly of the information contained in this publication, Alberta Show Jumpers does not assume responsibility for errors, omissions or changes. The content of submitted articles and advertisments are the opinion of the writer/ creator alone, and may not reflect the opinion of Alberta Show Jumpers. No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person as a result of any material in this publication can be accepted by Alberta Show Jumpers, its editor or its contributors. Photographs submitted to Alberta Show Jumpers for publication are handled with the utmost care to ensure credit and approval from the photographer; Alberta Show Jumpers assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions from photograph contributors. We reserve the right to edit or refuse any material, as no material is guaranteed publication.

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Alberta Ranking

Canada Ranking

World Ranking

Rider

1 6 193 Elizabeth Gingras2 7 208 Vanessa Mannix3 10 298 Ben Asselin4 12 331 Lisa Carlsen5 15 373 Kara Chad6 18 518 Jaclyn Duff

7 21 538 John Anderson8 24 555 Brenda Riddell9 25 564 Tamie Phillips

10 26 653 Jenn Serek11 31 840 Kyle Timm12 34 907 Darrin Dlin13 37 974 Justin Prather14 38 1001 Jacqueline Colborne

15 47 1278 Femke Courchaine

Albertans on the FEI Ranking List

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**New** ABSJ Medal!

Holly Grayton

ABSJ is proud to present a great new medal class for 2016, open to all ages of junior and amateur riders! This medal will be held at several competitions throughout the show season, with plans to host a year-end final for the top 12 riders in the yearlong series.

The ABSJ Medal is not your average medal class: it is a jumper medal with true emphasis on developing jumper riders for higher-level competition. ABSJ will provide fantastic prizes and swag for participants throughout the season – check out the specifications that follow, and help build this important competition!

2016 ABSJ Medal Class Specifications Eligibility: Open to current Equine Canada Junior and Amateur members whose trainers are also current members of the EC. At least three (3) riders must complete the course for the class to receive points.

Class Conditions: This class is designed as a jumper type equitation class, held in the jumper ring over a jumper course at 1.10m – 1.15m with spreads from 1.10m to 1.25m. The class will be judged under a modified power and speed format (Table II, Sec 2(c)), with no time allowed for the power phase and a 375 meters/minute time allowed for the speed phase.

Judging: The class will be judged under the current rules and standards of the EC equitation division modified as follows: this class is judged on the rider’s equitation style, technical merit, judgment, and the execution of an efficient, time saving pace and track with the horse in a frame to

minimize knockdowns. Judges are asked to walk the course when possible and where there are striding options the judges are asked not to penalize any option that might be used to achieve the best result appropriate to the individual horse/rider combination. The open numerical scoring system will be used, with a score announced after each round.

An ABSJ Medal class can be found at all RMSJ tournaments, Caledonia Classic, Edmonton Classic, Amberlea Jump for Hope Show in 2016. ABSJ hopes to add more classes as the year progresses.

Points will accumulate throughout the year, with the top 12 riders qualifying for an ABSJ Medal Final, whose date and location have yet to be determined.

If you missed your opportunity to take part in the big medals when you were younger, or if you are a developing jumper rider, this is the class for you!

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When Asked ‘WhAt is the secret to success in this

sport’

A good horse teaches you good habits,

gives you confidence Maxx Dolger

Consistency and balance - Ray Texel

Keep it simple - Ellicia Edgar Be consistent to the jump distance, and pace. You don’t have to be a super star - Jill Henselwood

If I have to go t

hrough it

I’m gonna grow through

it -

Sam Buirs

Failure to prepare is to prepare for failure - Alexander Grayton

Respect - Richard Keller

Time in the saddle Darren Roberts

Be open-minded, there is always something new to learn - Traci Dlin

“If you can see it and believe it, you can do it.”Amy Cuddy via Tonia Anderson

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Wishing you a Happy New Year and a successful show season in

2016!

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Here we come 2016!

Sandra Sokoloski BScPT, FCAMPT, CGIMS

You are probably looking ahead to the 2016 show season and planning what shows you are going to, what divisions you want to aim for, and how you are going to prepare your horse to make it happen.

Not only your horse though, what about you? How ready is your body to withstand the long stretch of shows, to jump bigger, to avoid injury, or to ride at your optimum level? If you do not have a plan for your own

health and well-being, you have missed out on an opportunity to be the best rider you can be.

You are half of your whole team and we know what happens to most teams when one team member doesn’t pull their weight. The plan for your body does not have to be complicated. It can be any combination of making healthier food choices, getting more sleep, doing 20 minutes of cardio three times every week, strength training or cross-training for an hour two or three times

every week (see my cross-training article), consistently doing 10-15 minutes of pre-riding warm-up or taking up meditation of some kind. There is a lot of evidence for real physical benefit from meditation.

The research is clear that riders do not get fit from riding alone, and that competition demands exceed training demands. What is more, the better rider you are, the less fitness you require to ride. This all means that you need to do off-horse activity to be fit enough to meet competition demands and to not be the ‘weak link’ on your ‘team’.

Pre-activity warm-up has proven to reduce injury and improve performance and is so simple! Eating well and sleeping more are even more simple tasks. Your horse works hard enough already. It is your turn now to ‘take one for the team’!

Good luck this year planning your goals, and most of all, meeting them!

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Hitchcock Van Overis is an athletic young stallion demonstrating top level scope, carefulness and rideability. As a 7-yr-old, Hitchcock made his FEI debut jumping and placing in the FEI 7- and 8-yr-old classes at the Dublin International horse show. 2015 marked Hitchcock’s first season in North America where he had good results at international venues such as Spruce Meadows and Thunderbird Show Park.

Messenger VF is the genetic combination of two successful competitors on the international show jumping scene. Like his lineage dictates, Messenger VF exhibits impeccable technique, good bascule and limitless scope through the chute. In terms of type, this expressive, modern young stallion is short coupled, displaying a well developed neck, good length of forearmand substance. Messenger maintains a kind demeanor and great willingness to work.

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Alexander Grayton has a varied background in training horses from youngsters all the way to International Grand Prix horses. Alexander is based at his family farm, Grayton Farms Ltd, in the beautiful hamlet of Priddis, AB. www.alexandergrayton.com

‘Effective Style’ Alexander Grayton

This rider is properly turned out for competition in the jumper ring. The horse is wearing appropriate tack, including an ear bonnet to help with flies and excess noise. The rider’s chin is up, as she looks correctly towards the next jump. The rider is maintaining a connection on the horse’s mouth through the rein, yet still allowing the horse to use its neck and topline to stretch for the jump as her arm follows the mouth. She has kept good weight in her feet and stirrups across the jump, rather than pinching with the knee. The rider has closed her hip angle, seen by her upper body closing down towards the neck while her leg remains in good position. To complete this picture, our rider should hold her body taller over the jump, while leaving her arm and leg in their current correct place. Sometimes this happens when a rider is anxious to help the horse across the jump.

The second horse and rider combination is very nicely turned out for competition. The horse is very attentive, with ears forward and a kind expression while making a nice effort. Very similar to the first rider, this second rider has good weight in the stirrups with minimal movement in the leg over the jump, and is also demonstrating a connected release keeping tension in the reins while allowing the horse to jump. Her upper body has also closed to the neck slightly more than required, which has also dropped the elbow below the horse’s neck and forced the rider’s hand to push into the neck. If the rider’s body were slightly more open, her elbow would be higher thereby giving a straight line to the bit and possibly the rider’s balance would also be correct without needing to press on the neck.

Our final rider continues the trend of good turnout, though it is a more classical look to have a lighter colour saddle pad for Classics or important competitions. The rider’s connection to the horse’s mouth appears correct, and the rider’s upper body is correctly further away from the neck than our previous riders. The rider’s overall balance appears shifted forward over the jump. The rider should push more weight onto the stirrup bar through her toe and straighten her leg slightly more as she pushes up, rather than pushing forward off the stirrups. This is also seen through the horse appearing to jump slightly past the arc of the jump, as her front legs haven’t started to open up at the point of the photo. The rider could hold her balance from pushing forward which may in turn slow the horse down across the jump.

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The 7 Must-Do’s to improve your Performance for

Remarkable Results Dirk Stroda

Dirk Stroda is a High Performance Mental Coach for many Olympic Champions and Equine Canada. His programs have been conducted in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. His athletes and teams attended 11 different Olympic & Paralympic Games. Professional and amateur athletes can only train their body so much per day without compromising their bodies’ health. Their main focus usually lies on improving their physical abilities and technical skills, on learning new drills and implementing new scientific knowledge into their training routine, and working hand in hand with a medical support team to optimize their effort.But what sets the winners apart from the average performers and what we can learn from top performers in sport.The Mental GameBelow are 7 Mental Must-Dos for Stellar Performances in Business, Sport and Life1. Develop an ‘I CAN’ attitude and always love what you are doing.To make sure that you have the right positive

attitude is the first thing in the morning before you even get out of bed. You are maximizing your energy level and reducing resistance. Your love for the sport (or whatever you do) and your ‘I CAN’ attitude will determine your success each and every day. 2. Invest in your emotions.Successful athletes understand that how they feel matters most. Emotions are key in each sport and becoming aware of their own feelings is a prerequisite for every athlete.3. Set clear goals that you fully believe and re-visit those goals twice a day.By having clear goals we can direct our focus to them. By revisiting those goals we are able to put our conscious attention around them so that we will ‘own’ them more and more and make them happen.4. Savour achievements on a daily basis. There is no reason to beat the drums if 2 out of 10 things did not go according to your plan. Savour those 8 things that you have accomplished well and you will find a more joyful way to solve possible challenges. Spend 10% of your time on the problem and 90% on the solution.5. Surround yourself with a team of high achievers, mentors and professional coaches.The larger your goals are the more important is your team. A team supports you, guides you and helps you grow your excellence. The people on your team should uplift you and must not attach their own ego to your success.6. See yourself as a winner, perform as a winner and expect to win.You can paint the picture seeing yourself as a winner. If there is a gap between the seeing and becoming you have to close this gap. Expect to win and make it a priority to feel good about every step along your way. And always ‘Walk like a Champion!’7. Allowing for success.You have taken the first steps: You have trained hard and you have created your winning attitude. You have immense trust in this process and now its time to allow all the things that you have mapped out and worked for to let them happen. You have to focus on allowing now!

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How has goal-setting helped with your achievements over the last couple of years?I think getting in the habit of continually setting goals for my horses and I has allowed me to stay on task and not get discouraged in any of our training. I find this especially with a horse like Mercury (Merc), having long- and short-term goals is important when there is a hiccup in horse/rider development.One of my biggest achievements this year was winning the 1.40m Pason Cup at October Spruce

on my horse Phlush (Flash), and although I have always wanted to compete in these big classes, my goals are more performance-based than results-based. Transitioning from outdoor to indoor season, my main focus with Flash was improving her shortening and lengthening stride; improving these crucial skills has allowed me to have some success this season.My goals for Merc have always been for him to be more freely forward and confident, which I started to really get at the end of the outdoor season when he won the Direct Energy Cup at the Masters tournament.

chelseA WAlsh is one of AlbertA’s finest

upcoming young riders!

Chelsea Walsh is one of Alberta’s finest upcoming young riders. She has risen to the winner’s circle in 2015 capturing a few major wins at national level competitions. After achieving success at the CET Medal Finals, finishing 2nd in the 2014 National Final, Chelsea has finished the current show season in the 1.40m division, with the help of her coaches Erin Taylor and Andrew More, and the support of her parents. We caught up with Chelsea to find out about how she sets goals and plans out her year.

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chelseA WAlsh is one of AlbertA’s finest

upcoming young riders!

How and when do you decide your goals for the year?I normally set out some goals for the start of a new year early in the fall preceding it, when the Masters tournament has finished. I start to make a plan for the show season closer to

the winter holidays. I decide my goals mainly by looking at my results from the previous season and seeing what’s within my reach in the future.This year I wanted to move into the 1.40m division with Flash, so we planned the season around that. I jumped the 1.30m at the Summer Series at Spruce Meadows, the 1.35m at Tbird in June, then we spent most of July to drill on some flatwork, and jumped my first 1.40m in August. It’s important to make sure we do enough shows that my goals are reasonable, without over-jumping the horses.

Do you tell anybody your goals for the year?My coaches and my parents are the first to know my goals; they not only help me in choosing goals but also making sure I can reach them. It’s very important for me to share things I want to achieve in order to achieve them, even if it’s something small. Right now a goal I have for Flash is for her to get a better left side, as she prefers the right lead, and it’s important for me to discuss these things with my coaches and fix them before its time to go in the ring. Do you make goals for the short-term, long-term or both?With Merc especially, because his way of going is so different, there is always a new goal on the horizon with all of the ups and downs. He has almost always liked to shift left through turns or over fences, and recently he has really gotten straighter and more around the left leg. Being able to appreciate these accomplishments makes riding a horse like him very rewarding and shows the value of making all kinds of goals, not just jumping a certain height.

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New Year, New Lists!

Tina Watkins ESTEEBW3

Ah yes, the New Year: time to make plans, set goals, and start to look forward to what 2016 has in store for you and your horse.In order for your partnership to flourish, let us look at some things that could help you make it to that next level of performance and hit those goals that you have set out. My tip for this month is to make some lists. I suggest that you make a list of the most common challenges you and your horse faced last season. This list should be a critical look at you and your horse, and the partnership you hold together. Start with things like what you feel in the ride, what you feel and observe during grooming, tacking and handling, right down to if there is a change in temperament, feed intake or interaction between you and the horse, or between the horse and other horses. For example, start looking at whether that stiffness you may have felt was consistent, if it came and went, or if it changed during the course of the ride. Consider even looking at more emotional or anxiety-based fears that blocked some of your success.The second step will be a list of what has worked in the last year. The training that the horse seemed to respond to the best, the exercises that loosened him or her, and what feeling you received when this change was made. Was there something that relieved this stiffness or issue that always worked, worked once but not again, or maybe didn’t work at all? If a training method or exercise doesn’t work, that can be just as much information as finding an exercise that does. Break down what you did for your horse; look at lesson schedule and timing, feed, tack, veterinary work, therapy, footing, turnout, and any other factor that seemed to change your horse’s performance for the better or worse.The third step is to put these two lists together

and see if you can come up with a plan that will allow the best results for your individual horse and rider combination. It it easy to forget a little piece of the puzzle that really helped your horse to be the best he or she can be. This plan will also allow you to choose the wellness professionals that will best serve your horse.By starting the New Year with these lists you and the professional team that surrounds your horse can break down what common threads run through your lists as well as any body-related issues that you and your wellness professionals can make a plan to balance up this season. Horses, like us, end up with small asymmetries in their bodies. These issues are then held in postures that the horse adapts to continue to perform his or her job. It is at this stage that we want to recognize these postures, to stop them from straining tissue enough to create a lameness or injury to the structure. No horse is perfect, and with such knowledge it allows us to take that critical look at what we are really feeling in their bodies and break down what we need to do to support them in the job we need them to perform.

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Get to know: Lynn Macyk

How old were you when you started riding? I begged for riding lessons, and I had to wait until I was 10! That was the youngest anyone could start in a lesson program here in Edmonton at that time.When did you start showing? I

started showing relatively soon after I started lessons, then moved on to a lease situation, and was able to compete more regularly, and then finally convinced my parents I should have my own horse when I was 16.Did you always want to be a professional rider? I did complete two degrees at the University of Alberta, a B.Sc. Specialization in Psychology, and a B.Sc. in Occupational Therapy, so I guess to answer that question, I wanted to finish my education, but I did always want to run a business and be a professional rider.Do you get nervous? Nerves, funny things. I suppose I am nervous to ensure I do a good job, and to try to have the best round for myself and the horse.When did you buy your first horse? I was 16 when I finally convinced my parents that I should actually own my first horse.What horses do you have now? What are they like? Right now I own Aly, who is my retired Grand Prix Jumper; hopefully she will produce more babies like herself! I also just purchased a 5 year old gelding that will stay in Ireland for at least a year andI will fly over and

compete on him there as he grows up. And I am currently looking for another horse to compete on.Can you tell us about your business? My business is run out of Caledonia Stables in Leduc, Alberta, owned by Lee Kruger and family. It involves lessons, training, and showing for all the students, and I am very lucky for the opportunity to run my business out of such a lovely facility with such fabulous owners.Do you have any advice for young riders? Continue with your passion, work hard and make time to spend with your horse. People are always in such a hurry, the details often get missed.What is your most embarrassing horse show moment? Hard to say really, I suppose going off course especially in a jump off would rate right up there.Name three things most people don’t know about you. Hawaii is my favourite vacation spot, I love all Asian inspired food, I am a planner and I like when things go according to plan.

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Winter Wonderland Training

Lynn Macyk

As we get so "boxed" up in the winter, I feel it is necessary to practice changing the length of stride we work on, while keeping the rhythm of the horse consistent. An excellent exercise we like to use combines all of these necessary skills.

Start by building a 3 stride to a 3 stride line (48 feet), or if your indoor arena is big enough build a 4 to a 4 (60 feet). Use either a side of the arena, or even down the middle.

The rider can practice going on stride, adding in both distances, or adding in one line and going on stride in the other. This will promote adjustability, and hopefully flexibility in your horse.

As an added exercise, either for warm up or for a different level of difficulty, you can jump the 3 jumps on different angles. This works on the rider’s ability to hold the track they are on while maintaining rhythm. You can then incorporate an angle into a bending line. By changing the angle you can change the track, and thereby change the number of strides in the line while keeping the rhythm consistent.

I hope this helps to cure the winter “blahs” and that you find yourself well prepared for the New Year. Enjoy!

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Get to know: Justine TainshHow old were you when you started riding?I was 8 years old when my grandparents gave me my first pony and the obsession has been real ever since!Where did you ride growing up?I started riding on my family’s Standardbred breeding farm, and started taking lessons at a small lesson horse program by Cochrane. Once I progressed past the lesson horse program I rode with Jodi Costello, and then with Kim Rawn for a few years at MC Equestrian. When I was 15 years old I moved to Concorde to train with Lynne Stephenson, which was clearly a great choice as I still ride with her today. I have been so lucky growing up to have been taught and influenced by so many great trainers, and they have greatly

shaped who I am today as both a rider and as a person.Do you get nervous? I have to admit, I do get a little nervous before a big class or when I go back in for a jump off, especially for important classes. I try not to think of nerves as nerves, but rather as adrenaline! It’s a nice reminder that I care about having successful results in the show ring and that I want to do well for both myself and my horse. What do you do to help with your nerves?I got some fantastic advice from one of my coaches, Beda Wachter, last week during the Masters and that was to remember that I am riding for myself and not for the crowd. This helped me put it in perspective that no matter

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how badly I want to do well, its more important to have fun, enjoy my time in the ring and enjoy my horse. When did you buy your first horse?After moving off my pony my family leased a horse for me for two years and then I was lucky enough that they bought me my first horse, Cascada, in 2005. I bought my first horse on my own when I was 21, and that was Christina!

What horses do you have now? I have one horse, Christina 14 who is a Westphalian mare that I’ve owned for just short of two years. Christina is an overgrown puppy! She is the cuddliest mare I’ve ever met in my life and has a ton of personality.

She will catch treats in her mouth if you throw them at her, she lives for bananas and is firm believer that anything I am eating or drinking she should also be allowed to have – once she ate an entire pasta salad while I wasn’t looking. In the ring she is so competitive and wants to win more than I do – she has a huge heart and tries so hard!Do you have any advice for young riders?Work hard and be kind – it doesn’t go unnoticed. What is your most embarrassing horse show moment?When I was in my early teens I was helping set fences for my coach at the time, Kim Rawn. It was a bigger class, and a lot of professionals and riders I admired were in the warm-up at the time. I was leaning against the front rail of the oxer waiting and the rail slid off the cup and I fell backwards and smoked my head on the back rail and then the entire jump fell down on me! I was mortified and am highly suspicious of warm-up fences ever since!

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do I need one?Premises Identification (PID), one of the pillars of traceability, links livestock and poultry to land locations or premises. Alberta’s PID Program was established to plan for, control, and prevent the spread of agricultural diseases. It is also used as an early warning system to notify animal owners of a natural disaster such as a flood or fire that could affect their animals or operations. By completing a PID Application and keeping your information up-to-date, you will take an important step in protecting your animals and those of other Albertan and Canadian producers.

Regulations requiring premises identification became law January 1, 2009 as part of the Animal Health Act. If you own livestock, kept at a premises other than a commingling site (e.g. stable), you need to apply for a PID Account and

obtain at least one PID Number associated to where the animal(s) are located. If you own an animal that is only kept at locations controlled by someone else (e.g. stable) and that animal will never be kept at a premises under your care and control (e.g. farm or acreage), you are not required to register for a PID Account. However, you will need to obtain the PID Number from the operator of the site.

When will I need to use PID Numbers?Animal owners will need to have a PID Number to:•Buy medication for your animals at retail outlets (this requirement took effect on July 1, 2014 as part of amendments to the Animal Health Act.)•Complete movement documents such as manifests and permits, if required, when transporting your animals.•Sell livestock at auction markets•Apply for government sponsored agriculture grants and programs.Go to: www.agriculture.alberta.ca/premises Copied from the Agriculture of Alberta website.

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