Attend the ICP Symposium in Ocala on February 18-19

Educational opportunities abound this time of year– there’s plenty to watch (and read about!) with local clinics, plus the high performance Training Sessions in California, Florida, and South Carolina.  And coming up soon there’s also the Instructors’ Certification Program Symposium in Ocala, FL at Longwood Farm.  You may remember last year’s recap, thanks to loyal EN readers Julie Poveromo and Nora Endzel.  The 2013 featured instructors are Yogi Breisner, Linda Zang, and David O’Connor.

“Coaching is about transforming the potentially mundane into the magnificent.”  – Yogi Breisner

Event riders, instructors, horse owners, and other friends of the sport are invited to attend the Ocala Symposium, Monday and Tuesday, February 18 and 19, at Longwood Farm South. Attendance by ICP-certified instructors will earn them ICP Continuing Education credit.

Schedule:

Monday, February 18, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.  British event team coach Yogi Breisner will present show jump training.

The current British three-day event team Performance Manager and Chef d’Equipe,Yogi Breisner has held this position since 1999.  He will work on improving jumping with small groups of riders/horses.  With the audience as well as the riders, Yogi will discuss what he sees as he instructs the riders and sets up jumping exercises that are developmentally productive.    Internationally respected and accessible, Yogi looks forward as much to his discussion and Q-and-A with the audience as with the riders.

Please join us for a champagne and chocolate reception, presented by Cavalor on Monday, February 18, 2013 from 5:00-6:00 PM

Tuesday, February 19, 9 a.m. – 5  p.m.   American dressage judge Linda Zang will present dressage training, and incoming American event team coach David O’Connor will present cross-country training.

Morning:  Well-known, insightful, and clever, American dressage judge and instructor Linda Zang will teach dressage riding to four groups of event riders/horses.  As everyone knows who has attended Linda’s clinics, she is so effectively focused – and funny! – that her riders invariably improve themselves and their horses.

Afternoon:   U.S. Eventing Chef d’Equipe and Technical Advisor, David O’Connor will teach cross-country techniques to two groups of upper level event riders/horses. Watch, listen, and ask questions as David describes how to present horses to galloping fences, combinations, drops, water, banks, and ditches.

Daily registration fee:  General, $50; ICP-certified instructor or USEF official, $35
2-day registration fee:  General, $90; ICP-certified instructor or USEF official, $60

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