Ride Times for July Michael Barisone Clinic
Below are ride times for our July 6-7 clinic with US Olympian Michael Barisone. Click here to sign up to audit and save $5 a day!
SATURDAY
10:00 Jean Loonam & Red Hot Chili Pepper, 12 yr Hanoverian Gelding, Fourth Level
10:45 Julia McElligott & Finley Nord, 9 yr Danish Gelding by Furst Rousseau, PSG
11:30 Liza Broadbent & Victorious, 17 yr KWPN Gelding by Patijn, Grand Prix
12:15 Lauren Sprieser & Guernsey Elvis, 8 yr KWPN Gelding by Querly Elvis, PSG
1:00 Lunch
1:30 Jess Idol & Fantom, 9 yr Lusitano Gelding by Xa, Third Level
2 Barbara Burk & De L’Amour, 13 yr Oldenburg Mare by Diamonit, First Level
2:45 Katherine Abrams & Capstone’s Oh Henry, 9 yr ISR Pony Gelding by Empire’s Power, 2nd Level
3:30 Molly Ryan & Oran’s Gold Fortune, 14 yr Half Arabian Gelding by Oran’s Continuo, PSG
4:15 Nancy Sulek & Salsa, 11 yr Oldenburg Mare by Sinatra’s Song, Third Level
5 Patrick Tigchelaar & Don, 7 yr Westfalen Gelding by Daily Deal, Third Level
SUNDAY
7:30 Nancy Sulek & Salsa, 11 yr Oldenburg Mare by Sinatra’s Song, Third Level
8:15 Patrick Tigchelaar & Don, 7 yr Westfalen Gelding by Daily Deal, Third Level
9:00 Katherine Abrams & Capstone’s Oh Henry, 9 yr ISR Pony Gelding by Empire’s Power, 2nd Level
9:45 Molly Ryan & Oran’s Gold Fortune, 14 yr Half Arabian Gelding by Oran’s Continuo, PSG
10:30 Lauren Sprieser & Guernsey Elvis, 8 yr KWPN Gelding by Querly Elvis, PSG
11:15 Liza Broadbent & Victorious, 17 yr KWPN Gelding by Patijn, Grand Prix
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Chris Broadbent & Fiero, 12 yr Oldenburg Gelding by Fidertanz, Second Level
1:15 Rhonda Van Lowe & Escritor HGF, 6 yr PRE Gelding, First Level
2:00 Barbara Burk & De L’Amour, 12 yr Oldenburg Mare by Diamonit, First Level
2:45 Jean Loonam & Red Hot Chili Pepper, 12 yr Hanoverian Gelding, Fourth Level
3:30 Lauren Sprieser & De Angelicus MTF, 6 yr Hanoverian Gelding by DeNiro, Training Level
We had a wild and winning June, with lots of achievements, clinics, new faces and more! Read the highlights, and learn about our next round of exciting clinics and fun events, in our June e-newsletter. 
FACT: You are, at some point in your life as a competitive rider, whether an Olympic contender, a walk-trot division regular at schooling shows, or anyone in between, going to have a competition that does not go according to plan. It’s just the nature of things, and if you can’t accept that, then please find a new hobby RIGHT NOW. If you can embrace the possibility of having a train wreck ride, then here is my guide on how to deal with it when it inevitably happens.
Serious riders, particularly those of us riding either older horses or horses we hope to get to a Big Level and then enjoy at that level for many years, spend a lot of time thinking about the fine balance between working our horses hard enough to achieve fitness and strength to minimize the risk of injury and not working them so hard that they get hurt along the way. And all of us, at every level, should spend some time thinking about keeping our horses’ minds fresh so they enjoy the work and can approach it with focus and energy without fizzling out.