The Grand Oaks Resort is Home to 2024 Palm Equestrian Academy’s Customized Program
Palm Equestrian Academy’s Lynn Palm and Cyril Pittion-Rossillon are hosting their winter Customized Program at the beautiful Grand Oaks Resort in Weirsdale, FL from March 29-April 5. As the only Ocala area-based clinic this year, riders will not want to miss this opportunity where they can truly customize their own training days and times!
Terri from St Augustine, FL, has participated in at least one Palm Equestrian Academy clinic annually since the early 2000s. Returning with her new young horse training project this year, Terri says she is grateful for “the opportunity to ‘become the rider my horse deserves’ and I have tried to follow the principles of good horsemanship and all that encompasses since my first clinic with Lynn and Cyril over 20 years ago”.
Palm and Pittion-Rossillon offer a comprehensive educational opportunity during each session. The program can be customized per horse and rider needs and may be filled with evening lectures, classroom sessions, demonstrations and lessons under saddle. Topics range from competitive dressage and western dressage to improving horse and rider skills on the trail. The duo will work with all levels of riders following their Palm Equestrian Academy fundamentals.
To close the week’s experience, the teaching duo will accompany riders to the World Equestrian Center in Ocala to measure their success in the show ring during an open breed Western Dressage show. Palm and Pittion-Rossillon will coach riders through their tests and provide them with valuable feedback as they continue to compete in their home regions throughout the year.
The Grand Oaks Resort is a premier vacation destination with over 400 acres of rolling hills blanketed with sweeping canopies of ancient Granddaddy Oaks. A massive covered arena with 20 x 60 dressage court, stabling, camping, lodging and extensive trails riding in one place with The Bistro for daily meals makes the Resort all inclusive.
The combination of first-class instruction and accommodations makes for a unique equestrian education vacation in the Florida sun. To treat yourself to a special gift this spring, contact Marie-Frances Davis at generalinfo@lynnpalm.com.
Lynn Palm
Palm’s career highlights include 2007 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Horsewoman of the Year, a record four AQHA Superhorse wins, AQHA Female Equestrian of the Year by the Women’s Athletic Association, named one of the top United States clinicians by Horse & Rider magazine, over 34 AQHA World and Reserve World Champions, 14 WDAA World and Reserve World Championships and over 50 bridleless dressage exhibitions at events including the National Horse Show, 1989 World Cup and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, and World Cup. Palm is an AQHA All Around and Versatility Ranch Judge as well as USEF R Western Dressage Judge. She is currently judging and teaching at her Winning Ways with Western Dressage events and clinics throughout the country and abroad. Palm is the author of The Rider’s Guide to Real Collection, Your Complete Guide to Western Dressage and her latest release Finding Your Superhorse.
Cyril Pittion-Rossillon
Pittion-Rossillon hails from Paris, France, where he graduated from the French National Equestrian School. With his extensive equine background and thirty years of experience, Cyril brings an ideal background to his instructor duties. His credentials include: Trained under members of French Olympic Team • French Junior Jumper Circuit • French Open Jumper Circuit (Levels 5 and 6) • Eventing Preliminary Division • AQHA & USEF Hunter Division • USEF Competition Youth & Amateur Coach• USDF Coach from Training Level to FEI Grand Prix • WDAA World and Reserve World Champion Coach • Co-Director and Instructor Palm Equestrian Academy