Courtney King Dye Horsemastership Clinic

Allyssia Bryant and Display

     I was invited to audit the Courtney King Dye Horsemastership Clinic presented by Dressage4Kids, hosted by Hassler Dressage at Rivergade. The Horsemastership clinic was an amazing experience filled with lots of learning. This experience had many "firsts", first plane ride by with no parents, first time attending a D4K horsemastership clinic, and first time being so many miles away from home without my parents. Lucky for me everything ran smoothly.

Emily Smith and Dublin

     The day would start out with and early morning and helping with chores at the barn. Every morning we had some sort of fitness, my favorite was yoga. Then once you finished you morning fitness the lessons would start. After the lessons were finished you would have one or two lectures during lunch. Then the day would finish with barn chores and a trip to the ice cream place in town. I really enjoyed the pizza dinner at the guest house. It was very fun having all the participants plus lendon together to talk. 

     We had lectures from many people. The lecture I really benefited from with my horse where from Susan Hassler, Scott Hassler, Lendon gray and Courtney king dye, and Robert Croteau. Susan gave a lecture about the position of you and your horse. My horse had been having some straightness issues so this lecture was very interesting for me. I am also involved in the Dressage Seat Equitation program so I enjoyed the lecture in that was as well. The Lecture from Scott was about how to be a good coach for your horse. Essentially when you are training you are your horses coach. This lecture was about how to get the best out of you and your horse. Me and my horse have trouble with our harmony and tend to clash. The information in the lecture was been helpful and has helped my horse and I improve. The lecture with Lendon and Courtney was about being a working student. This was very informational for me because one day I hope to be a working student for someone. Robert Croteau gave a lecture about equine nutrition. His was helpful because horses I had in the past did not have a very good top line. He gave us some suggestions on how to improve our horse’s top line. Finally we had a fun field trip to Fair Hill Therapy Center. It was cool to see all the therapy machines. We also got to go down by the track and see a couple of horses practice going out of the starting gate.

Nicole and Kristen Nowak

    Finally I would like to thank all the clinicians Charlotte Bredahl, Alison Brock, Lendon Gray, Scott Hassler, and Courtney King-Dye. Also, thank you to Courtney King-Dye, Susanne Hassler, Scott Hassler, Charlotte Bredahl, Robert Croteau, and Lendon Gray for the lectures. Thank You to Hassler Dressage for donating their gorgeous facility. Thank you to Fair Hill Therapy Center for donating their time. Finally, thank you to Dressage4kids and all their supporters for making this program possible.

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