April 11th Mounted Games Clinic
On Sunday we held a mounted games clinic with trainer Michelle Reilly at Iron Horse Farm. Michelle Reilly has been coaching mounted games since 1989. She has sent over 25 teams to the USPC Championships with teams placing as Champion in all levels. She is the former coach of the USPC International Team and she was named the 2009 Best Trainer of the year by Mounted Games Across America.
We had BEAUTIFUL weather, and a nice turnout. I always jump at the chance to have a clinic with Michelle because she always has fantastic tips to share. She’s also really in tune to each specific horse’s needs, giving you pointers on how you can make the ride better for your horse. We’re having another clinic with her on April 25th, so anyone interested should sign up now!
Below are some photos from the day.
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hiya – I posted a response back at my blog on earthdoggin but wanted to letcha know if you’re like me and never look back ! 🙂 short version? Go for the JE, and even though the place is 2 hrs away, if they offer practice trials sometime before the event, GO! it’s free (well ours was but I couldn’t go) and you really get all the intro stuff out of the way so the IQ trial can be an actual test. Baxter still did JE though obviously he failed, but his performance was more promising…so the more exposure the better!
Thanks so much for the advice!! Thats a big help. I think I will do IQ and JE then. I too can’t make the practice they have this weekend….but we’ve been practicing on our own at home with cardboard box tunnels….and I certainly know he LOVES to hunt, so I’m hoping the instinct will kick in. we shall see.