MDS Working Equitation Clinic with Allison Reed

8/30/2020

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Vintage Valley Sporthorses

11198 Brent Town Road

Catlett, VA 20119

USA

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Allison is drawing up the obstacle course with minimal contact, but if you have your own garracha pole, please bring it.

No stalls will be offered.

Please do not ride or walk through the main section of the barn. Please enter the barn via the side entry way near the parking lot area.

We are offering clinic for those who want to get into the world of working equitation and to more experienced riders. We will have at least five working equitation obstacles set up for riders to navigate.

Sessions are limited to 5 riders per session.
Sessions are 90 minutes long.

Levels
Newbie – This group is for rider/horse that have never done working equitation before. Allison will introduce the sport of working equitation and help the rider/horse become comfortable with the obstacles. Work will be at the walk and some trot, if comfortable at that gait.
Intro – This group is for rider/horse that have some experience with WE obstacles. Work will be at the walk/trot.
Novice – This group is for rider/horse that have experience with WE obstacles. Work will be at the walk/trot/canter.

Schedule
9:00am-10:30am : Newbies
10:45am-12:00pm : Intro level
12-12:30pm Lunch
12:30am-1:45pm Novice level

Session is limited for 5 riders.

Auditing is free. Please wear mask and keep socially distant.

All levels of riders and horses are welcome. Working equitation is a sport open to all, western, dressage, trail riders, etc.

Clinician Allison Reed Allison Reed has nearly two decades of professional riding and teaching experience with roots in eventing. In 2018 she discovered Working Equitation and fell in love with the discipline for its promotion of horse and rider trust, and the correct foundations of equitation across all breeds/disciplines. She is currently working toward a L judges’ card in Working Equitation. Allison competed through Preliminary and was a Working Student/assistant under Jennifer Johnson (winner of ‘96 Rolex) and Wendy Olson Lewis (short listed for Pan Am team). A founding member of Northern Virginia Working Equitation (NOVAWE), Alison is a regular area WE clinician, known for her patience, trust, and attention to biomechanics and her physical therapy approach to help the horse find balance and flexibility. Allison is a formally trained instructor, holding a masters degree in Elementary Education.

About Working Equitation from the Confederation for Working Equitation website:
While Working Equitation is a well-known discipline in Europe, it is growing popularity in the United States. Working Equitation was founded in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy, but quickly expanded to Sweden, Germany, the UK and Brazil. The discipline of Working Equitation was created to promote the different types of equitation techniques developed in countries that used the riding horse to work on farms, ranches and with livestock.

American horsemen of all disciplines are embracing the new sport of Working Equitation. Horsemen riding every breed of horse and any discipline from Classical Dressage to Western Cow Horses are trying their hand at the precision and unity of horse and rider needed to excel at Working Equitation.

Working Equitation is comprised of four phases (Trials), including Working Dressage, Ease of Handling with obstacles, Speed obstacles and Cattle handling. Working Equitation is a sport steeped in history, as the goal is to preserve and carry on the cultural traditions of each country and its horses. At the International level, the advanced riders must ride with the reins only in one hand but at the lower levels may ride with both hands. This discipline is based on horses working on the ranch, with cattle and in the fields--so the rider will need the other hand to manipulate equipment.

Apart from the foundation dressage training needed, the horses also need to be agile and bold – horses that you could use in the field for opening gates, crossing over bridges and herding cattle. This competition allows the outdoor country atmosphere into the confines of an arena, which makes it a very popular spectator as well as rider sport.