Award for promoting horse safety in village
Shirley Nixon witnessed the commotion from her hamlet sandwich store every bit a immature driver from the local schoolhouse roared upwards together with downward the route inwards his car, terrorising a passing Equus caballus together with driver.
The Englishwoman, who does non have got a horse, did non hesitate to assist defuse the unsafe situation.
But her interest did non stride there.
She contacted the British Horse Society for assist together with took its leaflets together with posters to the immature driver’s school, gave them to local driving instructors together with seat them inwards local shops, the Post Office together with the hamlet pub.
She highlighted the work alongside the police describe who took the fourth dimension to speak to the students.
With the back upwards of the police describe together with the school, her public-spirited gesture has ensured a daytime curfew is laid for those who drive themselves to school.
Local riders are immediately able to ride during the hateful solar daytime without running the gauntlet of immature drivers who saw upsetting them every bit “good sport”.
Nixon continues to promote the BHS together with safer driving some horses.
Her contribution to equestrian security has been recognised at the British Horse Society’s annual Sefton Awards, held at the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment’s Barracks inwards Knightsbridge, London.
The awards were prepare past times the guild inwards 1984 every bit a legacy to Sefton, the Household Cavalry Equus caballus who survived the Irish Gaelic Republican Army bombings inwards London inwards 1982.
Sefton was nineteen years old at the fourth dimension of the bombings. He underwent 8 hours of operation together with became a menage name.
Nixon was honoured along alongside 2 other recipients, Nicki Whittaker together with Graeme Baxter.
After hearing reports of a mare having to live destroyed afterwards she cruel through the rotten flooring of a trailer, Whittaker, an equine specialist at insurer NFU Mutual, decided specific didactics was needed for drivers transporting their horses.
She approached the Equus caballus society, together with and then evolved a human relationship betwixt the BHS together with NFU Mutual which has provided crucial advice for countless Equus caballus owners together with equine students.
In 2012 a serial of events took house across the Great Britain where NFU Mutual together with the BHS worked together weighing vehicles arriving at a diversity of equine events together with providing a serial of carry preparation days.
These sessions have got also expanded into colleges where students have specific preparation on transporting horses safely.
Whittaker said the honor meant a lot of her.
“This whole produce came close afterwards a horrible accident where my daughter’s friend’s Equus caballus went though the flooring of the trailer together with had to live seat to sleep.
“From that hateful solar daytime onward I’ve been passionate close educating people close the dangers of transporting their horses, together with then I expect forrad to that go continuing alongside the assist of the BHS.”
Baxter also played a pivotal role inwards improving the security of horses inwards transit.
After taking early on retirement from his role at the Vehicle together with Operator Services Agency (VOSA) working alongside equine transport, Baxter has freely given his fourth dimension together with noesis to assist educate drivers.
He has been an intrinsic role of the BHS /NFU Mutual squad inwards disseminating information to all drivers of equine carry together with has generously shared his passion alongside those who have got attended the carry days at colleges together with elsewhere.
He said: “I’m but over the Luna to have got received this honor together with to live able to brand horses’ travelling lives safer, that’s what nosotros desire to do.”
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