July & August Events On The Farm
While show season is winding down, our educational events are just heating up! Join us in July and August for these great opportunities to learn
July 18-19 and August 29-30: Dressage Clinics with US Olympian Michael Barisone. Michael joins us monthly for two days of fun and focused world-class training, with horses from green to FEI. EventClinics.com has the info for July and for August.
July 26-27: Saddle fitting appointments with Advanced Saddle Fit‘s Colleen Meyer. If you’re in the market for a new dressage, jump or AP saddle, or if you’d like your fit evaluated by the industry’s best, email Lauren to secure an appointment.
August 5: A clinic with Beth Haist of The Horse Of Course on bits and bit fitting. Beth has decades of experience fitting horses from the grassroots to the international Grand Prix ring. She’ll be joining us for a lecture on fit and effectiveness, and then be available for private consultations with your horse. Join us for just $20 for a fantastic education! Sign up on EventClinics.com.
August 18: Groundwork for Riders with USDF Bronze Medalist Sarah Drew. Sarah teaches a fantastic and clear way to help form a better partnership with your horse on the ground that transfers over to your rides. Our students AND trainers love what Sarah has taught us, and we’re delighted to have her back! Go to EventClinics.com to sign up.
Hope to see you on the farm!
Summer has hit us like a freight train, with heat indexes over 100* and high humidity here in Virginia. Summer is long and unrelenting here in the South, so it’s acclimate or don’t ride. Of course on the really hot days we use good sense and will adjust our riding plan accordingly, but my team and I have a few tricks up our sleeves to keep our horses—and ourselves!—happy and healthy when the weather gets hot.
We’ve come, seen and won some stuff! And we’ve also had some great events both on and off the farm, and made a fantastic trip to The Netherlands. Read all about it and more at 
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Show season is here! And we’re ready, with our first round of results and with some awesome educational opportunities including saddle fit, bit fit and Michael Barisone. 
Unless you’ve done the winter circuits in Florida or California, you’re probably thinking about your first show of the season. And for many of you amateur riders, this might be your first show season ever. As I watch my own students make their plans for the year, I wanted to share some musings on showing from the trainer’s perspective—mistakes I see riders make, both in and out of the ring, that make their lives so much harder and shows so much less fun.
Where is Lauren Sprieser off to? All over! Here’s the list of clinics Lauren will be teaching in Spring & Summer of 2018.