Clinicians

Scott Hofstetter - Jumping

Scott Hofstetter resides at his farm, in Ocala, Florida where he owns and operates a full care hunter/jumper training facility. Known for his kind demeanour with both humans and horses, Hofstetter is highly regarded within the equestrian community. Throughout the course of his career, Hofstetter has worn a multitude of titles from rider, to trainer, to judge, to clinician.

As a junior rider, Hofstetter won the 1986 ASPCA Maclay Equitation Finals at Madison Square Garden and continued on to claim numerous top honours at multiple other equitation championships. Adding to those accomplishments, Hofstetter won the Leading Rider Hunter award at shows such as the Devon, The Capital Challenge, The Washington International, and the National Horseshow. When not competing and showing, Scott enjoys judging and giving clinics throughout the country. He has officiated at the USEF Equita...Read Moretion Medal Finals, the Pony Medal Finals, Devon, the Washington International Horse show, and the National Horse show.

Hofstetter has recently taught two of the Trainer's Certification Program Clinics held at Sweet Briar College and the Texas Rose Horse Park in Tyler, Texas as well as judging the ASPCA Maclay Equitation Finals, and the 2011 Hunter Derby Finals. <<

Cindy Ishoy - Dressage

Six time Olympic competitor Cindy Ishoy began her riding career in Germany as a teenager after swimming competitively from the ages of 10 to 13. Only a few years later, she was a member of the gold medal winning team and placed fourth individually at the 1971 Pan Am Games in Cali, Columbia. Her Olympic debut was the following year in Munich, when she was only 20 years old. In 1979 she was the first Canadian to win an international dressage Grand Prix, and was second at the 1988 World Cup in the Netherlands aboard her great Hanoverian partner, Dynasty. The pair were also members of Canada's bronze medal winning dressage team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where they placed fourth individually.

Since 2000, Ishoy has been paired with Proton, a 10 year old German bred gelding. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Ishoy and Proton were the top Canadian Dressage competitors and helped se...Read Morecure a team placing of ninth overall and move Canada up one place in the international rankings.

After winning both the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle at the Canadian League World Cup Finals in 2005, Ishoy again represented Canada at the World Cup Finals. She followed this with an impressive 11th place finish in the Grand Prix at the CDI3* Hagen, Germany out of a competitive field of 46 international competitors. After winning a berth to Canada's World Equestrian Games team, Ishoy and Proton traveled with the team to Europe for preparatory training and competition where they scored top ten finishes in both the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle at the CDI3* Pompadour in France. Cindy was a member of the Canadian team at the 2006 World Equestrian Games and the Canadian Representative at the World Cup Finals in Amsterdam. <<

Michael Richardson - Horsemanship

Michael has always been actively involved with horses. In his youth and late teens, he was a competitive rider in the disciplines of jumping and hunting. Michael was also heavily involved with Pony Club. Outside the show arena, horses were a recreational outlet for the Richardson family and fox hunting was a regular group activity. Growing up in this equine culture offered the perfect opportunity for Michael to nurture his natural talents and competitive spirit. His lifestyle also fostered a life-long passion for both horses and their abilities. The young equestrian would use this passion to turn what most would consider a very negative life change into a very positive one, when in 1986, a Jeep rollover accident almost ended Michael's life and left him a paraplegic.

From the beginning, Michael decided that he would not let his injury define his world. When his therapist a...Read Morepproved a therapeutic horseback-riding session just five weeks after his accident, Michael accepted enthusiastically. That first ride was just what he needed to steel his determination to lead an active, optimistic life. It would also be the event that eventually carried him back to the horse as his life's pursuit, although he did leave horses behind for a period of time to pursue Paralympic-level wheelchair racing.

Although racing fed Michael's competitive side, his search to fulfill his spiritual path kept leading back to the horse. It was during his training for the Paralympic trials that Michael stumbled onto another therapeutic riding program. The Easy Riders, a program based in Birmingham, Alabama, drew Michael's attention first out of curiosity. As horses slowly began to become a big part of Michael's life once again, he found himself considering a future focused on them, and eventually enrolled in the Equine Studies Program at Parkland College in Illinois. There he met Dr. Gayla Sargent, Parkland’s Business and Ag-Industries Department Chair. Sargent not only served in an advisory role for Michael, but found the time to take a personal involvement in his career path. She gave Michael a three-year-old Arabian gelding and this one-on-one interaction both inspired Michael and renewed his confidence. Sargent also was instrumental in encouraging Michael to share his gift for horsemanship with others as well as become more involved with the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA).

Through his affiliation with Parkland, Michael also met Dr. Dean Scroggins, an Illinois veterinarian whose knowledge of equine psychology and biomechanics would have a solid impact on the development of Michael's horsemanship skills long into the future. With Sargent’s and Scroggins’ guidance and the help of his Arabian gelding, Michael soon discovered he needed to radically amend the way he had learned to approach horses before his accident. Almost everything about the way Michael handled horses changed after his injury, from the way he led a horse to the way he gave cues when riding. His saddle posed a special problem—it had to be supportive enough to allow Michael to ride independently, but not restrict his movement and ability to communicate through his seat. Alongside his friend Irby Parker, Michael worked on engineering a prototype saddle that fulfilled his needs. The final product took over two years to develop. The biggest change in Michael's horsemanship, however, was in his attitude toward training the horse. "When I was able-bodied, I could depend on my strength to accomplish things I should have been accomplishing through training. My injury prevents me from using this short cut," says Michael. "Now I have to think through problems from both my standpoint and from the horse's standpoint and then patiently find the best way for both of us to accomplish goals without the use of force." <<

http://www.brokenrranch.com/

Jonathan Field - Horsemanship

Jonathan Field began his life with horses as an English rider, then transitioned to a working cowboy on an historic cattle ranch in Western Canada. Both these realms of riding still capture his heart; he continues to ride the range on his cattle ranch and enjoys riding jumping horses. His quest to expand his knowledge about horses abounds, and his passion was further ignited recently by private Jumping lessons with legendary gold and silver medalist George Morris. Whether pushing cows or jumping fences, Field’s pursuit for knowledge about horses — and his ardor for them — is unending.

However, it was a tragedy that cemented Field’s dedication to horses. After being injured in an industrial accident at age 19, horses played a crucial role in his recovery, both physically and mentally. From that point on, he was determined to give back to the world of horses by building his car...Read Moreeer around them and sharing what he has learned in his journey. Over the next ten years Jonathan studied closely with a number of top instructors, learning their methods, listening to their ideas. He also credits the horses themselves as being teachers extraordinaire. He worked day and night toward becoming a valued and accomplished horseman: reading books, watching videos, attending clinics and studying the works of Pat Parelli, Ronnie Willis, Craig Johnson, Ray Hunt, Dr. R.M. Miller and George Morris, to name a few. Jonathan’s success is not a surprise when you consider the gracious help, time and experience so many wise and talented horseman have personally shared with him. This willingness to share knowledge has sparked Jonathan to go the extra mile to help a student or a troubled horse, sometimes late into the evening at a clinic. He’ll say the best way to repay your teachers is by passing it on to others.

Field travels across North America appearing at expos and teaching students of all skill levels. Performing with several of his own horses of different breeds, Field has a distinct talent for teaching people how to elevate their horsemanship and take their horses to higher levels of accomplishment — and he does it with humor and kindness. He continually explores the realm of equine psychology and is always developing innovative ways to improve on the horse/human relationship and how to teach that to others. Field has also documented his horsemanship teachings in home study DVDs that have proven successful for horse people around the world. A gifted clinician and teacher, Field was presented the 2010 Readers Choice Award for Exceptional Equestrian by Canadian Horse Journals Magazine. Determined to become the best horseman he can be, he is also driven to share his knowledge. Field, his wife Angie, and their two young sons live in British Columbia, where he maintains two horsemanship teaching centers in Western Canada, just a bit north of Vancouver. <<

http://www.jonathanfield.net

Robin Gollehon - Western Pleasure & Horsemanship

Robin and her husband, Roger have been raising, showing, coaching and training pleasure horses for the past 30 years. They attend AQHA shows as well as NSBA shows throughout the country and you can expect to see them at major events such as the Tom Powers, Reichert Celebration, Southern Bell, NSBA World Championship, All-American Quarter Horse Congress and AQHA World Championship. They also attend APHA and ApHC color breed shows from time to time.

They are involved in showing customer’s horses as well as coaching students at the shows. Robin is an AQHA Professional Horseman and a multiple world and national champion Western Pleasure competitor and trainer.

Robin has been a member of “Team Horse and Rider” since its inception in 2005 and has been featured in numerous articles in Horse and Rider Magazine.

Robin and Roger stand the 2009 NSBA Horse of...Read More the Year “Good Cowboy Margarita” at their facility in Kentucky. <<

http://www.gollehon.com/

Chad Crider - Barrel Racing

Chad Crider is a World Champion Pole Bender and Barrel Racer. Chad has worked along side top barrel racers and matched up horse and rider combinations from local levels to National Finals Rodeo teams.

Chad was the AQHYA Reserve World Champion Pole Bender in both 1994 and 1995. In 1996 Chad won both the Barrel and Pole AQHA World Championships. In 1998, Chad took the AQHA Reserve World Champion title, finishing second only to his brother, Clint. In addition to his World Championship titles, Chad is also a 5-time AQHA Congress winner and 5-time AQHA High-Point winner. Chad's many impressive and prestigious pole bending championships came aboard the outstanding, Mr Bar Easy, and in 2007, the phenomenal horse received the highest honor when he was inducted into the Pole Bending Hall of Fame.

Chad has also been a successful competitor in the American Paint Horse Associa...Read Moretion, winning the Reserve World Championship in Barrel Racing.

Chad has since continued his winning streak, and in 2008 alone jockeyed Easy Dashers, Wonder Spin Doctor and Brave Star to the pay window at events such as Speedfest and NBHA World Championship Barrel Race. He also won the first and second go-rounds in the open at the 2008 Memphis Firecracker. He came back to claim seventh place in the final go, securing the average title. In 2008, at the NBHA World Championship Barrel Race in Augusta, Georgia, Chad and Easy Dasher won 9th place in the Open 1D.

In 2006, Chad had the opportunity to travel to Verona, Italy to compete as part of the US Team against top riders from across the world in the Barrel Racing World Cup competition. The United States brought home the championship belt buckles not only in 2006, but in repeat performances in 2007 and again in 2008 when they competed against Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. The international relationships formed in Italy, with the aid of the National Barrel Horse Association, have allowed Chad to become a highly sought-after independent clinician in many of the countries as his fellow competitors from the World Cup. He has conducted successful clinics in Italy, Netherlands and Venezuela. In 2009, Chad was in Italy for an astounding four months instructing clinics and teaching riders the methods that have kept allowed Chad to maintain his status as both a fierce competitor and sought-after instructor for over a decade.

Throughout 2009 and into 2010, Chad continues as a clinician and competitor both in the United States and Internationally. <<

http://www.criderbarrelhorses.com/index.htm

Sandy Collier - Reining

Sandy’s analytical approach to training and her consistency in both the practice and show pens are esteemed by everyone who knows her. She credits her aptitude for Reining to her English riding background where Dressage focussed on the basics. Sandy’s training methods are a result of a lifetime of success, and her personal style is that of a perfectionist. Her rare talent as an educator and speaker may even exceed her exceptional talents as a horse trainer.

Born in Massachusetts and raised in New England, Sandy Collier’s love of horses began at an early age. She competed in her first horse show at the age of 6, and then continued to compete in events throughout her school years. After deciding that college was not for her, she travelled across Canada and in 1972 ended up in Santa Barbara, California. At the age of 19, she found work that suited her at the Tajiquas Ranc...Read Moreh, where her main responsibilities were feeding, grooming, training and shoeing the ranch’s horses. Saddle making, tack braiding and breaking horses were duties that were added to her ever widening range of tasks.

With the help of Doug Ingersoll, Sandy began to compete in event in the California Reined Cow Horse Association showing Quarter Horses. In 1979, she moved to Santa Ynez where she worked for trainer Tom Shelly before going out on her own. She managed a full barn while working part-time as an emergency technician for a mobile life support company and then in a hospital emergency room. In the early 1980’s she began to make a name for herself in CRCHA events with wins that included the Open Bridle Championship, a year-end Open Hackamore Championship and a Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Finals Placing and Ladies Division Reserve Championship.

In 1991, Sandy won the Herd Work Preliminaries on Skip To My Joye in the Snaffle Bit Futurity’s Open Division. Then in 1993, she won the NRCHA World Championship Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Championship on Miss Rey Dry. To date she is the only female rider to win the world’s toughest cow horse event. She has ranked in the top five reined cow horse all-ages, all divisions riders, and is ranked among the top 10 for NRCHA earnings. She was also a regular finalist in the cutting futurities when she showed cutters. Her other accomplishments include:

• 1992 Western Reining Spectacular Limited Open Championship and Open Reserve Champion, Katie Starlight; • 1996 NRCHA World Champion Open Bridle, Smokum Miss Doc Bar • 1997 National Reining Horse Association Limited Open Reserve Champion, Quannah San • 1998 NRCHA Stallions Stakes Open Champion, Quannah San • 2000 NRCHA Year-End Open Hackamore Champion, Lipschic • 2001 NRCHA Hackamore Classic Open Reserve Champion, Oskar Jay Rio • 2001 National Reined Cow Horse Association World Championship Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Reserve Champion, Diamond J Star • 2002 AQHA World Champion Junior Working Cow Horse, Sheeza Shinette • 2003 Idaho Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Reserve Champion, Hesa Lota Reminic • Voted 2006 and 2007 Best Horse Trainer in Sana Ynez • 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded by Monte Roberts • 2011 Inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame.

Sandy holds or has held the following affiliations and positions: • NRCHA Board of Directors • NRCHA Foundation Board • NRCHA Rules and Show Committee • NRCHA Ethics Committee • NRCHA AA Judge • AQHA Professional Horseman’s Association Member <<

http://www.sandycollier.com/

Dan James - Horsemanship

Dan was born in Queensland Australia where his parents managed a small cattle property. Dan first sat on a horse at 6 weeks old, which was to begin a lifelong passion for horses. Dans first few years were to be spent riding the family milking goat and it wasn’t until he was 10 yrs old that he got his first pony. He broke in his first horse at 14yrs of age exciting his hunger to understand and learn more about the ways and thinking patterns of the horse.

From Longreach Pastoral College Dan travelled the world to gain knowledge and experience working with horses. He travelled to Hokkaido Japan where he spend several months breaking horses, then to Celina Texas USA working for renowned cutting trainer Punk Carter. On returning to Australia Dan then spent 6 years working on a 1.5million acre cattle station in WA – Liveringa Station. It is here that Dan was responsible for the bree...Read Moreding, breaking and general maintenance of up to 200 horses on the station. And it was here on the station that Dan developed his unique relationship with QH stallion “Outback Arafura” (aka Ari) and Stockhorse mare “Amelia”. The entertainment shows and clinics that Dan now conducts all started as a bit of fun entertaining guests on the station.

By 2008 Dan decided to leave the outback and find his audience – making his way south of WA performing and training at El Caballo Spanish horse centre. It was here he teamed up with Dan Steers and they developed an entertainment show to take on the road “Double Dan Horsemanship”

2008 – Dan won the “Way of the Horse” at Equitana Asia Pacific where his horse breaking skills were recognised as world class. 2009 – Dan & Dan relocated their training business to North Arm Cove, NSW 2010 – Kentucky USA – World Equestrian Games – Dan Roman rode 2 Friesian horses in the opening ceremony before a worldwide crowd. Double Dan Horsemanship were also clinicians throughout the games.

Looking forward – Dan’s aim is to continue to push the limits of horsemanship and entertainment, to provide both knowledge and understanding along with excitement with our great equine mates.

“For the love of horses “ <<

http://www.doubledanhorsemanship.com

Liz Graves - Gaited Horses

Elizabeth Graves has spent her lifetime to date within the horse industry growing up with her mother who what a successful trainer in her own right. Elizabeth’s foundation started in none gaited breeds and expanded to gaited horses in 1978. She has shown non gaited horses since 1965 and various gaited breeds since 1978. She has shown to local, state and national championships in a variety of breeds and disciplines through the years.

Elizabeth has over 30 years of experience and a multie licensed judge through out the untied states and Canada. Elizabeth now spends much of her time conducting clinics nationally and internationally, completing over 500 to date. She specializes in Biomechanics and locomotion of all breeds of horses, teaching natural development with out gimmicks. Elizabeth’s mission statement: “Teaching horses and people humanly and peacefully.” For Elizabeth...Read More it is all about sharing and bringing a higher standard of horsemanship to all with the desire.

Elizabeth also owns Elizabeth Graves Productions, a video production company producing well known videos such as “A Gathering of Gaits”, “Icelandic Horse Gathering”, “How Structure Related to gait”, and her newest release, “A Bit About Bits”. She owns and resides at Shades Of Oak Ranch LLC in Spring Valley, MN were she still teaches horses and riders, conducts workshops and spends her relaxing time writing articles and painting. <<

http://www.lizgraves.com

Mitch & JoLinn - Extreme Trail

Mitch and JoLinn Hoover each have over 35 years experience training and coaching in the horse industry. Their background runs the gamut from ranching and running cattle in some of the most treacherous Northwest terrain to championships in the performance arena--all from the back of the seasoned all-around horses produced in their own training programs. It’s this practical experience, combined with their dedication to helping and encouraging other riders, that is the foundation cornerstone of their horse training and rider coaching programs.

Their lifetime Championship awards span a variety of disciplines, including western & dressage, reining, cattle and stock dog events, extreme mountain trail, versatility ranch horse, and cowboy challenges . Their world-record performances include the highest scoring run and the most consecutive Open Division championships (5x) at the ...Read MoreNational Mountain Trail Championship competition, an unbroken record thus far. The past ten years the Hoover’s focused intently on developing student performance through teaching and coaching. As a result they succeeded beyond measure their goal of seeing the MJ Rising H Ranch Team Hoover students consistently fill the top five in Ranch and Mountain Trail Horse and cattle event competitions throughout the NW.

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http://www.mjrisinghranch.com/

Robyn Hood - TTeam® Training

Robyn began riding horses before she could walk and has competed successfully in Hunter, Jumper, Three-Day Eventing, Endurance, Western and more recently in Gaited horses. Since 1986 Robyn has been teaching TTEAM and TTouch on a full-time basis in Canada, the US, Europe and Australia. TTEAM offers a training approach that encourages optimal performance and health and presents solutions to common behavioral and physical problems.

http://www.icefarm.com/

Jackie Johnson - Horsemanship

Jackie has been training her horses to bow, lay down and sit up for most of her life.

In the spring of 2004 she put her training notes and experiences into the book “Step by Step Trick Training” so that average horse owners could experience, and enjoy, a magical bond with their own horses. “Step by Step Trick Training”has sold over 5,000 copies worldwide.

Johnson’s 21st century training methods are used in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the United Arab Emirates, the US and Canada. In 2007, Jackie spent extensive time working with, and training, the equine stunt crew and horses of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. She has appeared at the Canadian Western Agribition, and has done numerous trick training clinics through the US and Canada.

Johnson and her horses have done a bit of stunt work for the film industry with movie credits such as “The Ch...Read Moreronicles of Narnia”, The Englishman’s Boy” and “Population 436”

Jackie offers an attainable, detailed and educational look at trick training which can be appreciated by horse folks of every level.<<

http://www.stunthorse.com/

Martin Black - Trainers Challenge

Martin Black grew up working on the family ranch and after High School, left home to work on other Ranches with top Horseman in Idaho, Nevada and California. At age 24 he took a management position on a 1.25 million acre ranch running 400 horses and 15,000 head of cattle in Northeast Nevada. After more than 30 years of cattle being the primary source of income and horses being the secondary, Martin decided to make his living working with horses. With his reputation on the ranches and in the arena, it wasn't long before he was traveling coast to coast in the US, Australia, Europe, and Brazil.

Along with contract colt starting around 400 horses annually, Martin also does public and private clinics. Martin has worked with Hall of Fame and All Time Leading Trainers of cutting, reining and race horses. He started Pleasantly Perfect who went on to win in excess of $7 million,...Read More as well as Smart Little Scoot who is the All Time Leading money earning son of Smart Little Lena and numerous other champions in Cutting, Reining and Reined Cow Horse. Martin has earned over $75,000 in Stock Horse and NRCHA events, as well as roping, saddle-bronc and camp drafting competitions.

He has competed in the Worlds Greatest Horseman 3 yrs in a row, scoring in the top ten in Roping, Reining and Cow-working go-rounds. A multiple finalists at NRCHA World Show, RHAA National Champion Cowboy, winner of the Open Ranch Horse, Abilene, TX, World Finals Ranch Rodeo, Open Champion Ranch Horse two years in a row in Amarillo, TX.

Martin is no stranger to colt starting competitions as he was the 2009 Mane Event Trainer Challenge Champion and a participant in the 2006 Road to the Horse Colt Starting Competition in Tennessee.<<

http://martinblack.net

Mike Kevil - Trainers Challenge

Trainer and author, Mike Kevil of Arizona, has over 30 years experience starting colts and changing the behavior of older horses. Kevil has started colts for top trainers including the likes of Don Dodge and Al Dunning. He has travelled all over the US and Europe working with all breeds of horses and all disciplines, including Arizona prisons where he teaches detainees the art of gentling Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mustangs.

The types of horses that Mike rides cover the spectrum. It’s not unusual for him to step off an Arabian park horse, then onto a rope horse to heel a few steers, then to a young cutter or reiner that some top trainer thinks has great enough potential to warrant being started by Mike. Kevil has judged the colt starting competition Road to the Horse in Tennessee three times and even competed in the competition in 2008. Mike is author of two bo...Read Moreoks and DVDs Starting Colts, Volume 1 and 2. Mike was the 2010 Mane Event Trainers Challenege Champion.<<

http://www.startingcolts.com/

Kerry Kuhn - Trainers Challenge

Kerry Kuhn is one of the brightest young clinicians in the industry today. Born and raised in south central Kansas, he has spent his entire life working, training and communicating with horses. With almost 30 years experience starting colts, working cattle, competing in rodeo and training race horses, Kerry’s diverse background has put him in almost every situation imaginable. This experience combined with a refreshingly unique style of communication with his students and audiences make a Kerry Kuhn seminar or demonstration both entertaining and informative.

Since the mid 90’s, Kerry has held horsemanship demonstrations and clinics at nationally recognized events around the country, has been the official clinician of a popular cable TV equine program and has won numerous colt starting competitions. He is currently a national ambassador for the Purina Mills’ Equine Influe...Read Morential Team and has been featured in several national equine publications, including most recently the September 2011 issue of The Western Horseman (pgs 66-72).

Kerry’s approach to horsemanship focuses on what is going on in the horses mind and revolves around being personal, practical and positive. Kerry also believes in training as much as possible outside of the arena using natural terrain and as such has set up his home base on 3,000 acres of rolling hills, creeks, cliffs, ledges and timber in south central Kansas, where he resides with his wife Misti and their three sons, Kauy, Kolt and Kody.

To learn more about Kerry Kuhn Horsemanship, please visit www.kerrykuhn.com <<

http://www.kerrykuhn.com

Marijke van de Water - Speaker Presenter

Marijke holds a B.Sc. in Clinical Nutrition and a Diploma in Homeopathic Medicine and Science. She has been in private practice for nearly 2 decades and currently has a natural health clinic in Armstrong, B.C. where she works with hundreds of horses (and their people) from across North America.

Marijke formulates individual health programs to resolve a variety of equine health conditions with the use of herbs, homeopathic medicines, nutrition, specific diets and feeding programs; and animal communication. She is an experienced teacher and facilitator presenting topics in equine nutrition and natural medicine, laminitis, kinesiology, and animal communication. Her easy style, expert knowledge, exceptional communication skills and successful health practices have put her in high demand as a featured speaker in seminars, workshops and conferences.

She is the author of t...Read Morehe popular book ‘Healing Horses: Their Way!’ an in-depth perspective at healing horses with holistic equine nutrition and common-sense horse-keeping, including natural treatment programs for a variety of health problems. It includes fascinating case studies and has sold hundreds of copies. She has also published ‘Healing People: The Marijke Method’.

Marijke is the founder and formulator of Riva’s Remedies, an herbal and homeopathic product line for horses widely distributed across Canada and the U.S.

Marijke is an avid horse-woman: she owns two quarter horse mares, one black and white paint gelding, a Shetland pony who taught her everything she knows about laminitis, and a miniature cross donkey who loves to be loved. She rides English, Western, bareback and bitless, and enjoys interacting with her horses through healing, fun-filled partnership, intuitive communications, good food and a sharing of the spirit. <<

http://www.rivasremedies.com

Dr. Steve Peters - Speaker Presenter

Dr. Stephen Peters, Psy.D., ABN, Diplomate in Neuropsychology

For the past 12 years, Dr. Peters has been the Chief of Neuropsychological Services for a large neurology practice in Danbury, Connecticut. He is currently a neuropsychologist at a large hospital in eastern Iowa.

Dr. Peters specializes in brain functioning. As a neuroscientist and horse brain researcher, he has given numerous presentations and performed several horse brain dissections for students. He trains his horses in the Vaquero tradition, Jaquima a Freno (Hackamore to Bit).

Over the past two years, he has worked in conjunction with renowned horseman and clinician, Martin Black, on Evidence-Based Horsemanship. Black’s life-long experience working with hundreds of horses provided significant empirical data for their project.

Evidence-Based Horsemanship involves assessing and in...Read Moretegrating scientific findings to inform decisions and create best practices in horsemanship. Their scientific findings in the neurofunctioning of the horses’s brain and its application will increase one’s ability to understand and read horses. Their data has been compiled in their recent book, EVIDENCE-BASED HORSEMANSHIP, and will benefit all horses and horse owners.

Presentation Outline: Development of the horse’s brain How information is transported through the horse’s brain Basic brain functioning in the horse The horse’s senses The Autonomic Nervous System and how it impacts horse’s behavior (How to read the horse) Numerous examples of horses in various stages of “flight or fight” How horses learn and how this impacts their brain development <<

http://www.evidence-basedhorsemanship.com/

Kathleen Winfield - Speaker Presenter

Kathleen Winfield as been an avid horsewoman her entire life. Driving has been the central focus for the past 16 years and continues to be a wonderful and rewarding experience. Kathleen enjoys all aspects – teaching, competing and recreational driving. Kathleen drives singles, pairs and tandem with the occasional foray into perfecting 4-in-hand driving. She drives everything from 16.1HH warmbloods to 34” miniature horses.

Her competitive driving includes success in Combined Driving Events, Driving Trials, Pleasure Shows, TREK driving, Battle of the Breeds at Spruce Meadows and Recreational Shows. Other driving activities include recreational drives in the Foothills and Mountains and even some movie work.

Kathleen is a nationally certified Driving Coach and a Carriage Association of America Driver Proficiency Instructor. Her goal is to make a positive impact...Read More on the driving scene and promote recreational and competitive driving. Her primary focus is to help folks get started safely in driving and go on to develop really solid, good driving skills that will help them pursue whatever facet of driving they choose. Kathleen wants to help people to train their horses to be comfortable, safe, driving horses enjoying what they are doing. Her client base includes a wide variety of students ranging in age from 7 to 70, horses ranging from 34” very small equines right up to 16HH draft crosses. Her teaching territory ranges from far up in northern Alberta to near the US border in southern Alberta. She has also taught in British Columbia in the Dawson Creek area. Kathleen has worked with horses in a variety of disciplines: back country wrangler, competitive trail riding, stock horse work, dressage and various recreational pursuits. All of these equine experiences have taught Kathleen a great deal about being with horses – patience, perseverance, the rewards that come back to you if you put the time and energy into a project (and she doesn’t mean financial!) and the companionship and positive relationship that is available with our equine friends.

Kathleen has a driving center south of Calgary, Alberta. Drivers and potential drivers and their equines big and small are welcome to come and learn to improve their skills.

She can be reached at winfieldkj@gmail.com <<

Raelene Mercer - Speaker Presenter

Raelene Mercer has been the Provincial Coordinator for the Green Certificate Program since 2002.

Her collaborations with Alberta Education and Alberta Advanced Education have provided Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development with the capacity to offer agricultural studies to thousands of Albertans.

Raelene holds a Bachelor of Science degree (Agriculture) from the University of Saskatchewan and credits her early hands-on experiences in horse husbandry as the true kick-start to her career. She grew up around chuckwagons, showed Quarter Horses and was active as a 4-H member.

Her agricultural career path has taken her all around the world to New Zealand, Australia, Russia and throughout Western Canada. Raelene now resides outside of Stony Plain, Alberta with her husband and enjoys teaching her two young children all about horses.

The Green C...Read Moreertificate Program’s Equine Technician specialty is a beacon for agricultural training in Alberta and across Canada. The stable management approach allows trainees to explore horse husbandry, business management practices and the basic applications of equine science.

Trainees apprentice with a trainer at their facility of choice, and demonstrate hands on learning covering topics such as horse identification, life cycles, handling and behaviour, facility maintenance, equine health and nutrition programs—with safety being central to all tasks. If students wish to get a leg-up on post-secondary studies and explore career options in the Equine Industry then this program is the ideal place to start. <<

Arto Djerdjerian - Speaker Presenter

Photography has long been a lifestyle and my medium of choice. It’s immediacy, intimacy and attention to detail lends itself well to my curios and adventurous nature. I am interested in photography as a language in which analysis, contrast and light can work with one another.

Photography feeds off documentation and abstraction. The context of my works are inspired by years of travel and exposure to different aspect of horses. Training, showing, and traveling with my own horses has given me an understanding of horses and their nature. I am able to capture not just horse image but mood an emotion of the moment.

My passion for photography and horses was a natural marriage of the two skills. Many years of photographing horse has given me an eye for the best way of capturing an equine moment. The language of abstract representation is compelling to me.

My im...Read Moreages strive to speak universally.<<

http://www.artophotography.com

David Craig - Speaker Presenter

Feedstore to-your-door inc continues to expand its base of business partners to bring the highest quality, scientifically researched products to the equine market. Our latest product, EquineChoice, is supplied by Animal-Pro Products Inc. Animal-Pro Products Inc. was established in 1994 by Elgin and David Craig, brother and business partners. They are as well known and respected Dairy Farm, Holstein Breeder and Genetic Exporter located in southwestern Ontario.

Their interest and discovery of Probiotics was born from need. Their search for a quality probiotic product began with a flurry of research and tireless review of industry publications. These efforts resulted in numerous purchases abroad; their only choice to be to import probiotic products.

And so it began…

Animal-Pro Products Inc. has expanded its product line to include all animal species. M...Read Morearketing pastes, powder supplement, vitamin and enzyme premixes and concentrates. Continually focusing their energies on developing and advancing all of it products, programs and expertise to accomplish….production gains, enhance performance, improved feed conversion, better animal health and nutrition, from their all natural probiotic products…while continuing to ensure customer satisfaction trough individual livestock product application programs and recommendations.

At Animal-Pro Products Inc. we don’t just sell products!

We deliver high quality feed supplement products …we deliver expertise and service grown from need and forward thinking …we deliver value to our customers!

Our goal has always been, and continues to be….

“Helping you achieve first class animal health and performance” <<

http://www.FeedstoreToYourDoor.com

Chilliwack Mane Event | October 19 - 21, 2012

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