On Sat, March 7, the University of Connecticut will sponsor the CT Horse Symposium. We are looking for participants!
Sign up for a session(s) at: https://secure.touchnet.com/C21646_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=905
You must also complete a release form, found here: UConn Horseback Riding – Kuali
Just want to be an auditor/spectator? Register here https://secure.touchnet.com/C21646_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=906
It will start off with a $1, please continue to click forward.
If there are any questions, please call Jenifer Nadeau at (860) 486-4471 or email jenifer.nadeau@uconn.edu. Registration must be received by 3/28/25.
At the event, participants and spectators will join Melissa Tindall for a clinic where horses and riders will gain confidence and skills combining dressage principles with groundwork and pole work. Riders from all disciplines can learn the correct use of aids for lateral work on the ground to further their understanding when mounted. They can then work on improving balance and rhythm in the saddle over poles and cavaletti.
Melissa Tindall is an FEI rider and earned her USDF Bronze medal on her self-trained mare who she is currently competing at Prix St. George. She is the Coach of the UConn Dressage team, teaches riding at UConn and travels to teach locally. She was an apprentice with FEI rider and USDF Instructor faculty member Melanie Tenney, where she went through the BHS Instructor Training Program. Melissa began her riding career in hunter jumpers and eventing but has concentrated on dressage for the last 25 years. She focuses on positive teaching and training methods utilizing in-hand work, in addition to mounted work, to encourage connection and understanding of both students and horses.
Session 1: In Hand Lateral Work 9-10 AM
Learn the how, when and why in asking/teaching horses to move laterally using dressage principles on the ground.
Session 2: Advanced Pole Exercises and Cavaletti 10-11 AM
For riders who are comfortable walk/trot/canter over multiple ground poles and cavaletti in more complex patterns. More advanced exercises designed to help the rider find balance and rhythm using dressage principles for both dressage and jumping.
Session 3: Basic Pole Exercises 11 AM -12 PM
For riders who are comfortable walk/trot over ground poles and comfortable cantering a single pole. Basic exercises designed to help the rider find balance and rhythm using dressage principles.
11:30-1 Lunch Available On Site – Pizza and Beverages – To Benefit UConn Equine Club
12:00-1:30 PM Approximately – Demonstrations by the UConn Teams!
More info can be found on the symposium here: https://animalscience.cahnr.uconn.edu/horsesymposium/
If you are bringing your own horse, the Equine Health Form for Visiting and Donated Horses must be completed and brought with you that day including negative Coggins, a veterinary certificate if out of state, rabies within 1 yr – 28 days prior, Eastern/Western/West Nile Virus/Tetanus/Flu/Rhino within 1 year and a 3 day temperature log. You will not be allowed to unload your horse until we receive this paperwork. ASTM/SEI approved helmets required for all participants as per UConn Horse Barn rules. Find the form here: https://uconn-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/jenifer_nadeau_uconn_edu/Ef9W2nfoQJhCpS2lPP3D0pYBFwsFR9D_5szQiWR-ffnYpg?e=hzhZyB
Interested in being a vendor (Vendor fair 8:30-1 PM)? Register here: https://secure.touchnet.com/C21646_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=907
Would you like to sponsor the event and get free advertising throughout? Register here: https://secure.touchnet.com/C21646_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=909
If there are any questions, please call Jenifer Nadeau at (860) 486-4471 or email jenifer.nadeau@uconn.edu. Registration must be received by 3/89/25.
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