Clinics and Seminars at Other Locations

Dressage riding clinics and Vaulting clinics (for vaulters and/or horses) can be arranged.  Minimum 2 days.  Contact Osierlea.

Special Subject Seminars


Concentrated subject-specific seminars including lectures, demos, handouts, practicum - including the following subjects:

  • Horse Biomechanics for Dressage Riders, Trainers, and Judges--Biomechanics as Basics, How Horses Function, Misconceptions, Evaluation and Correction, Training Methodologies

  • Rider Biomechanics for Dressage Riders, Trainers, and Judges--Basic Biomechanics, Mechanical Influence, Gender-specific issues, Aids and Influences, Misconceptions, Classical and Technological issues, Evaluation, Analysis and Correction of faults, Training methodologies, Ground Work and Special Exercises for Rider Improvement.

  • From the Ground Up  - Handling babies, Basic work in hand, Preparation for Showing in Hand,  Preparation for Longeing and Long Reining, Preparation for Breaking, Bomb-proofing, Minimizing Stress

  • Longeing and Long Reining--Minimizing Mental and Physical Stress; As preparation for Breaking, Driving, Vaulting, etc;  As Problem-solving and Attitude Adjustment, As Suppling, Bending, and Relaxation

  • Advanced Long Reining--Developing Engagement, Transitions, Extensions, Lateral Work, Piaffe, Passage

  • The Learning Process-- Behavior Patterns and the Learning Process in Horses; Understanding the Learning, Reactive and Defensive Behavior of Horses; How to enhance the Learning Process; Minimizing Stress; Empathy; Mechanical and Learned Responses; Defense Mechanisms - Positive and Negative

  • Free Style--Evaluation, choreography and music

  • Quadrille--Choreography, music, general instruction, logistics

  • Driving--Dressage Driving and Driving Free Style

  • Vaulting--Training the vaulting horse; specialized instruction in Compulsories, Free Style, Pas de Deux

  • Spring 2003--2-day long-reining seminar sponsored by the Gavilan Chapter of CDS

Other Special Subject Seminars by request. Seminars can be tailored and combined to suit the situation, venue, need, audience, etc.

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