French team rider Maxime Livio will headline the 2019 USEA Educational Symposium. Maxime Livio and Opium de Verrieres (FRA) at the 2018 World Equestrian Games. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
The 2019 USEA Educational Symposium is coming to Grand Oaks in Weirsdale, Florida, on Feb. 18-21, and the USEA has released the schedule! The jam-packed four-day event includes training and education via the USEA Instructors’ Certification Program (ICP), Future Event Horse (FEH) Program and Young Event Horse (YEH) Program.
The ICP Symposium will take place on Monday, Feb. 18 and Tuesday, Feb. 19, with Maxime teaching dressage lessons on Monday and show jumping and cross country lessons on Tuesday.
The YEH Symposium — “From Five Years to Five Stars: Identifying the Star Quality” — will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 20, with Maxime evaluating 5-year-olds and their suitability as future five-star horses based on their conformation, movement, behavior, rideability and trainability.
The FEH Symposium will take place on Thursday, Feb. 21 with a focus on hands-on assessment of young eventing prospects. Sessions will be conducted by a panel of professionals including Robin Walker, Peter Gray, Holly Simensen, and Matthias Hollberg.
Tentative schedule:
Monday, Feb. 18 – ICP Symposium – Dressage
8 a.m. – Registration
9 a.m. – Preliminary/Training
10 a.m. – Preliminary
11 a.m. – Intermediate
*Lunch Break
1 p.m. – Intermediate
2 p.m. – Intermediate
3 p.m. – Advanced
4 p.m. – Advanced (show jumping)
*Dressage lessons will have two riders per hour with the last 15 minutes devoted to Q&A.
Tuesday, Feb. 19 – ICP Symposium – Show Jumping & Cross Country
8 a.m. – Registration
9-10:15 a.m. – Training show jumping
10:15-11:30 a.m. – Preliminary show jumping
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. – Intermediate show jumping
1-2:15 p.m. – Training cross country
2:15-3:30 p.m. – Preliminary cross country
3:30-4:45 p.m. – Intermediate cross country
*Show jumping and cross country lessons will be small groups (4-5 riders) and approximately 75 minutes with the last 15 minutes devoted to Q&A.
Wednesday, Feb. 20 – YEH Symposium – From Five Years to Five Stars: Identifying the Star Quality
7:30 a.m. – Registration
8 a.m. – Introductions
8:15 a.m. – Christian Schacht PowerPoint presentation
9 a.m. – Review of the YEH scoresheet with Marilyn Payne, including changes in 2019
9:30 a.m. – Maxime Livio identifies the star qualities in 5-year-olds, using video examples
11:30 a.m. – Sponsored lunch by EquiAppraisal, LLC. *Lunch in the classroom, and then head outside to the dressage arena
12:30 p.m. – Dressage with 4-year-olds
1:30 p.m. – Jumping with 5-year-olds, group 1 (show jumping and then cross country/gallop)
3:00 p.m. – Jumping with 5-year-olds, group 2 (show jumping and then cross country/gallop)
4:30 p.m. – Wrap up Q&A
Thursday, Feb. 21 – FEH Symposium
8 a.m. – Registration
8:30 a.m. – Introductions
8:45 a.m. – Judging yearlings through 3-year-olds on conformation in the arena
10:30 a.m. – Break
12:30 PM – Sponsored Lunch by EquiAppraisal, LLC. (opportunity for 1-on-1 judging practice with Holly Simenson for apprentice judges)
1:30 p.m. – Demo judging 4-year-olds under saddle with Robin Walker and Peter Gray
2 p.m. – Introduction of Matthias Hollberg and explanation of judging canter and jump technique
2:15 p.m. – Young horse free jumping in the jump chute with Matthias Hollberg, Robin Walker and Peter Gray
5 p.m. – Q&A and conclusions
How to register:
Auditors are welcome to watch the lessons on one or both days of the ICP Symposium. One-day tickets cost $35 for ICP Certified Instructors, FEH/YEH participants and USEF licensed officials; $50 for the general public; and $15 for children 12 and under. Two-day tickets cost $60 for all ICP Certified Instructors, FEH/YEH participants and USEF Licensed Officials; $90 for the general public; and $25 for children 12 and under. Click here to register for the ICP Symposium.
USEA members can attend the YEH or FEH Symposium for $30, and non-members can attend for $40. Two-day tickets to attend both the YEH Symposium and FEH Symposium cost $55 for USEA members and $70 for non-members. Click here to register and purchase tickets.
For more information, check out Everything You Need to Know About the 2019 USEA Educational Symposium and Meet the Clinicians of the 2019 USEA Educational Symposium. Keep up to date with symposium details by following the 2019 USEA Educational Symposium Facebook event page.
[Announcing the Schedule for the 2019 USEA Educational Symposium]
