Palomino of the Year Championship

*New for 2019* The BPS will now be holding a “Palomino of the Year Championship” at the Autumn show to be competed by all affiliated show champions from the 2019 season.

If you were affiliated champion between July & December 2018 you will still compete in the Champion of Champions class at the 2019 National Champions.

Hopefully by moving the championship to the end of the competition year we’ll allow more people to come forward with their beautiful animals, rather than having to wait for the next year (we all know how much palominos can change in 12 months!).

The British Palomino Society - Press Release

From 2018 the following will apply

• All shades of palomino will be welcomed into the BPS and into BPS Affiliated classes.                 
•  In-Hand classes will be judged on conformation, movement and correctness to type.                   
• In every BPS affiliated In-hand class (at shows run by other organisations) three rosettes will be awarded based solely on colour quality. The colour awards will be judged against the BPS colour criteria. Therefor maintaining & respecting the history of the BPS. Winners of these awards will qualify for a separate colour championship at the BPS National Championships.         
• There will be a specific Colour Championship held at the Nationals Championships for the horses/ponies who win the colour awards at the Nationals itself. Held at Three Counties Showground on 7th & 8th July 2018.                                                                                                  
• At BPS Regional shows winners of the Colour awards will go forward to a colour championship at said show. The Champion & Reserve from this will qualify for the final at the Nationals.             
•  Plaiting will now be permitted in BPS affiliated In-hand palomino classes – this is optional. Hogging will also be permitted if it is suitable turnout for the type of horse (hogged horses will not be eligible for the colour awards)                                                                                                
•  Ridden classes will continue to be judged on suitability as a riding horse/pony

The BPS has taken this decision after consultation with it’s membership on what the Palomino owner/exhibitor of today is looking for. We hope it will open the society up to Palomino owners who may have not seen the relevance of joining the BPS previously. 

SPECIAL OFFERS FOR 2018

SPECIAL OFFERS FOR NEW MEMBERS!

SPECIAL OFFER 1
FULL Annual Membership & Palomino or Cream Dilute
Registration for only £50!

SPECIAL OFFER 2 - Available from 1st January 2018
FULL Annual Membership & Passport Palomino or Cream Dilute and Registration
Registration for only £75!

Join today to take advantage of this hugely discounted price and benefit from membership to the Society.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS ARE OVERDUE

Have you paid your 2018 membership subscription yet? - These are due on 1st January 2018 but if not paid by 1st March 2018 you will be taken of the membership list, and will not receive the next magazine or membership card due out in early April 2018.   If you wish to renew now, click HERE to get a form - this can always be emailed back to office@thebritishpalominosociety.co.uk  and you can pay directly to the bank or via PAYPAL - this is the safest and quickest way of renewing your membership and we will confirm via email that we have received your payment.

A place in the BPS for any animal with the 'cream' gene

 Palominos no longer need to be inspected for registration as all our registered animals are DNA tested to ensure that they have the cream gene.

The current CREMELLO REGISTER has been officially expanded to include all double dilutes - cremello, perlino and smokey cream.

A new BPS CREAM DILUTE Register,has been created for buckskin (may also be mistakenly known as dun), smokey black, 'dilute' coloureds and any palomino not eligible for the main register.

The 'Variant Register' is now the 'Cream Dilute Register'

To enable the Society to offer a 'home' to any animal with the cream gene, we have started the BPS Cream Dilute Register (previously known as the Variant Register). This register is open to those animals which do not 'fit' into the other registers. This includes buckskin (may also be known as dun), smokey black, 'dilute' coloureds, any palomino not eligible for the main register etc.

If owners wish to be certain of the genes carried by their animals, Animal Genetics UK offer testing for the Cream gene and many others.

We are trying to encourage more shows to hold classes for Cremellos & Cream Dilutes, please do support any classes you can. Hopefully we will quickly increase the popularity of these lovely animals.

The BPS National Championships oin 9th July 2017 will be holding classes again for both registers in 2017 Please come along and join in!

BPS JUDGING UPDATE

From 2015 onwards:
In-Hand Classes - All BPS judging is to be done on a 50/50 basis -
50% for colour & 50% for conformation and movement.
Ridden Classes - In addition to plaiting, hogging will now also be permitted.

AMENDMENT TO JUDGING & SHOWING HANDBOOK:
Rule 11.9 has been altered to allow 'Tweed or dark coloured jacket'.

BPS Passports

BPS Passports - Owner's Responsibilities
 

Owners should be aware of the new minimum operating standards for
UK approved Passport Issuing Organisations, which are now in operation.
The key changes relate to reporting of possible fraud and breaches of the law;
the main points are listed below:

* Any application for registration received later that the 31st December in the animal’s year of birth or within 6 months of birth (whichever is later), will need to be reported to Trading Standards.

* Any notification of a transfer of ownership received after 30 days of the transfer, will need to be notified to Trading Standards.

* Any notification of a death of an animal received after 30 days of it passing
will need to be notified to Trading Standards.

* Any suspected tampering or fraud to a Passport has to be reported to
Trading Standards.

Owners should take note of these standards as they could result in fines by Trading Standards or some form of action taken where they are not met.

Further information can be found on the DEFRA website :

www.gov.uk/horse-passport/overview

Passports Issued Before 2004
Any BPS passport issued before 2004 should be checked to see if there is a sheet in it headed Medicinal Treatment. If there is not, please send the passport to the BPS Office for this page to be added free of charge.