Aug 15 - 16, 2009 Muscles -- in Motion! A with-horse practical session at Newman's outside Asheville, NC
Have you ever felt frustrated when a vet checks your horse over and suggests you go massage your equine and see if you can make your mount feel better? Then this clinic is for you!
Ann Stuart, DVM will cover basic muscle physiology and function -- and classic things that go wrong in endurance rides;
Mike Scott, massage therapist, will cover best options for massaging out those issues -- with your horse to practice on in individual sessions;
Lisa Maxwell will cover how you may condition muscles with ring work to avoid to a certain extent the pitfalls and trauma on trail -- with 2-on-1 sessions with your horse.
Stagg Newman will take you on trail ride practice sessions to bring home the theory and ringwork into a more classic endurance setting.
Labor Day Weekend: APEX 101 -- in Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Come and participate in evaluations of your horse, your program, your riding, plus on-trail practice!
Chris Fortin, DVM, on selection and maintenance of your endurance horse
Jeff Pauley, journeyman farrier, on hoof balance and shoeing
Stagg Newman on building and maintaining fitness, and on-trail monitoring and assessment of fitness
Binky Krahn on how you and your horse move together, with suggestions for balance, and ‘things to work on’ to make endurance easier on both you and your horse.
2009:
Under consideration:
==> Fun ride, late summer, venue tbd but southern Appalachians
2010:
==> Jan 2010: Equine Digestion: Physiology, Nutrition, What Can Go Wrong and How. Classroom Clinic. Likely in Georgia.
==> Mar 13-14, co-sponsored with Biltmore Equestrian Center, to be held at the Biltmore Equestrian Center in Asheville, NC: Susan Harris with the Painted Horse with the bones and muscles on Mar 13, and Centered Riding on Mar 13 and 14.
==> April 30: 1-day demo and classroom clinic, 'backed into' the Biltmore Challenge, at the Biltmore Equestrian Center in Asheville, NC
==> Others --- send suggestions
