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Report of the First USPRE SID Clinic in CA
2017.07.31
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Catherine Rose Chamberlain Receloso XXXV
Cindy Ramirez Smith Decoroso HGF
Ariene Rezvani Bandalor MQ
Stacey Wakaki Shibata Calypso KR
Tori Gable Fierro ARM
A summary from participant Cindy Ramirez-Smith:
"On July 8th and 9th I had the good fortune to be able to participate in the first Sports Initiative for Dressage Clinic, organized by the USPRE Association The clinic was taught by Olympian Charlotte Bredahl, and was hosted by Jackie Eckhaus's Mountain View Sport Horses in beautiful San Luis Obispo, California It was a varied group of 5 horse and rider combinations, counting myself, ranging from Second Level to Intermediate Level Charlotte began every warmup with making sure the horses were forward, rhythmic and stretching into contact Leg yields, serpentines, and shoulder fore at all three gaits helped every horse loosen up and use their whole body From there the work progressed to the individual needs of each horse and rider combination Charlotte has a great eye and a tremendous breadth of experience, and she did a great job of teaching both the riders and the auditors Charlotte easily answered questions as they arose and gave clear explanations as to the purpose and goal of each exercise It was really inspiring to see the improvement in every pair from the beginning of the first day to the end of the second day Charlotte gave every rider a lot of positive feedback and constructive homework In addtion to that, on saturday night everybody was invited to meet at a local restaurant for dinner As is often the case with horse people we began the weekend as strangers, and left feeling like we had made new friends I'm looking forward to seeing these new friends in the future!"
Our special thanks to Charlotte Bredahl for your work with our riders, and Jackie Eckhaus for your kind hospitality