Upcoming Events
May 2010
Spring Dressage School Show / Fix a Test
May 15th
This Dressage Schooling Show is with "S" Judge Margaret Freeman. Here is your opportunity to ride in front of a top judge and get good feedback about making your test scores go up or get good input about better test riding skills.
Margaret Freeman is a USEF "S" dressage judge living in Mt. Kisco NY, where she also teaches and offers clinics. She earned her USDF silver Medal on a horse that she bred and trained herself. She is associate editor of "The Horse Journal"; is on the editorial committee for "USDF Connection" and has covered the equestrian events at five Olympics, including four with the Associated Press.
She is on the committee of the Youth Dressage Festival (NY), and was on the founding committees of CDCTA (VA) and Dressage at Devon (PA). Margaret Judges at the top shows all over the country. Don't miss this opportunity to ride with Margaret before the show season starts!
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Contact us for more information at:
361 Deep Hole Road
Calverton, New York 11933
The USDF Certified Instructor Workshops are designed to educate dressage students at many levels. Workshops provide a wonderful learning opportunity for students at all levels to learn classical theory of riding, training, lungeing and teaching. The workshops are also designed to provide an intensive training experience for instructors and aspiring instructors to assess and further their practical skill level. Through participation in USDF Workshops, individuals can gain more theoretical knowledge, improve their skills and determine whether or not their current level of experience and expertise approaches the standard needed to become a USDF Certified Instructor.
There are three workshops offered: a Riding/Training Workshop, a Teaching Workshop, and a Lungeing Workshop. Workshops are taught by USDF Faculty and Examiners, all of whom are highly respected trainers and instructors in the United States.
INTRODUCTORY LEVEL WORKSHOPS: to develop the foundation techniques for the more difficult USDF Instructor/Trainer workshops. The Introductory Level Workshops will focus on the practical skills involved with each topic area. Introductory Level Workshops are open to everyone at any level of expertise.
LUNGEING: to teach correct lungeing principles and techniques for training the horse and rider.
RIDING WORKSHOP: to review and apply the classical methods of schooling the dressage horse, and to provide an opportunity for the Participating Instructor to improve his/her practical riding skills, his/her ability to assess the horse's training, and the instructor's knowledge of how to relate the concepts of the training scale to the development of the horse.
TEACHING WORKSHOP: to develop effective teaching and communication skills that will enable the participant to become a competent instructor. The workshop is an opportunity for the Participant to improve his/her ability to assess a student, and expand his/her knowledge of how to relate the concepts of the training scale to the development of the horse and rider. The Participants will also be evaluated on their presentations of a private lesson as well as a group lesson.
