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Parade of Breeds & Special Demonstrations
Stallion Avenue Demonstrations

 

  THURSDAY, JANUARY 21

  Main Arena (Cow Palace)

12:15 - 12:30 Opening Ceremonies
12:30 - 1:00 Parade of Breeds and Special Demonstrations
1:00 - 2:00 Jeannie Whited: Sidesaddle Myth-Busters 
2:00 - 3:00 Julio Mendoza: Achieving Balance and Collection  
3:00 - 4:00 Steuart Pittman: Starting the Retired Racehorse in a New Career
4:00 - 5:00 John Lyons: Barn Sour and Buddy Sour - Getting Control of Your Horse
5:00 - 5:30 Stallion Avenue Demonstration
5:30 - 7:00 Parade of Breeds and Special Demonstrations
  Exhibition Hall Arena (Exhibition Hall)
1:00 - 2:00 Julie Goodnight: Read Your Horse - Decipher the Communicative Behavior of Horses
2:00 - 3:00 John Lyons: Round Pen 101 - The Basics; Gaining Control and Why
3:00 - 4:00 Kenny Harlow: Teaching Obedience to Leg Cues
4:00 - 5:00 Jan Snodgrass: Softening Your Horse's Resistance Using TTeam/TTouch Methods
5:00 - 6:00 Scot Hansen: Connecting Ground Exercises to Riding
6:00 - 7:00 David Roseman:  Whole Horse Hoof Care

   Main Seminar Hall (Cow Palace)

1:00 - 2:00 Melyni Worth: Cushings and Metabolic Disorders
2:00 - 3:00 Scot Hansen: When You Expect Less You Get Less
3:00 - 4:00 Julie Goodnight: Life in the Herd - Understanding Leadership and Motivation
4:00 - 5:00 Tom Seay: Practical Ways to Save and Preserve Trails and How to Develop New Ones
5:00 - 6:00 Steuart Pittman: What Racehorses Know and How You Can Build on It
6:00 - 7:00 Brooke Vrany: Equine Rehabilitation

   University of MD Seminar Hall (Cow Palace)

1:00 - 2:00 Erin Ochoa: Adoption and Re-homing
2:00 - 3:00 Dr. Amy Burk: Value of Pastures for Horses and the Environment
3:00 - 4:00 Doug Tregoning: Weed Identification and Control
4:00 - 5:00 Ben Beale & Brian Clark: Fertility Central - Cost Options & Recommendations for Pastures
5:00 - 6:00 Michael Daney: How Mediation Can Resolve a Lawsuit and Reduce Legal Fees
6:00 - 7:00 Wynne Collins: Newborn Foal Care
   

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  FRIDAY, JANUARY 22
   Main Arena (Cow Palace)
10:15 - 10:30 Opening Ceremonies  
10:30 - 11:00 Special Demonstrations
11:00 - 12:00 Julie Goodnight: Circles and Spins - Mark Big Scores in Your Pattern Work
12:00 - 12:30 Stallion Avenue Demonstration
12:30 - 1:00 Parade of Breeds and Special Demonstrations
1:00 - 2:00 John Lyons: Trail Riding Must Haves - Crossing Obstacles, De-Spooking & Trail Manners
2:00 - 3:00 Boyd Martin: Eventing - Fine Tune Your Horse's Ridability and Adjustability Over Fences
3:00 - 4:00 Heath Ryan: The Grand Prix - From Good Rider to Elite Rider, You Can Make the Journey
4:00 - 5:00 Rick Shaffer: How to Ride and Train the Gaited Horse
5:00 - 6:00 Nick Karazissis: Everything You Wanted to Know About Judging and Were Afraid to Ask
6:00 - 7:00 Parade of Breeds
7:00 - 7:30 Rick Shaffer and Gary Lane: A Celebration of the Gaited Horse
   Exhibition Hall Arena (Exhibition Hall)
10:15 - 11:00 Colleen Kelly: 101 Ways to Improve Your Seat, Posture and Balance  
11:00 - 12:00 Steuart Pittman: Selecting a Horse Off the Track
12:00 - 1:00 Kenny Harlow: Creating the Connection - Teach Your Horse Self Carriage
1:00 - 2:00 Pat Liquori: Bareback Riding - Be One in Spirit in Flight
2:00 - 3:00 Scot Hansen: When All Else Fails, Start at the Beginning
3:00 - 4:00 Julie Goodnight: Don't Move! Train Your Horse to Stand for Mounting
4:00 - 5:00 John Lyons: Catching Your Horse and Better Leading
5:00 - 6:00 Scott Purdum: How to Get the Quiet Western Pleasure Horse of Your Dreams
6:00 - 7:00 Caroline Rider: Achieving More Confidence and Control When Riding a Challenging Horse
  Main Seminar Hall (Cow Palace)
11:00 - 12:00 Sandy Hart Long: The Fundamentals of Footing
12:00 - 1:00 Heath Ryan: Taking Charge of Your Destiny - Don't Be Afraid to Dream; Are the Olympics
    in Your Future?
1:00 - 2:00 Nick Karazissis: The What, Why and How of the USEF Tests That Judges Use in Equitation
2:00 - 3:00 Tom Seay: How to Pick the Right Outfitter or Equestrian Travel Company
3:00 - 4:00 Nick Kohut, DVM and Brenda Senseney: Competitive Trail Riding - the Modern Cavalry?
4:00 - 5:00 Colleen Kelly: Analyzing the Rider's Seat, Posture and Balance
5:00 - 6:00 Neva Kittrell Scheve: Your Horse Trailer and Tow Vehicle - Doing it Right
6:00 - 7:00 Boyd Martin: Finding Your Next Event Horse and Getting Fit for Competition
   University of MD Seminar Hall (Cow Palace)
11:00 - 12:00 Sandy Siegrist: Natural Horse Keeping
12:00 - 1:00 Beverly Raymond: Realities of the Unwanted Horse
1:00 - 2:00 Keith Wills: Business Planning for Your Dream Farm
2:00 - 3:00 Karol Dyson: Eat Right, Be Fit and Ride Better
3:00 - 4:00 Kathleen Tabor: An Overview for the Equine Owner & Business - Premise Liability, Land  
    Use and Zoning
4:00 - 5:00 Steuart Pittman: Retraining Racehorses for Sale - the Economics and Opportunities
5:00 - 6:00 Elaine Bailey and Shannon Dill: Green Options in Farm Management and Construction
6:00 - 7:00 Dr. Marcia Thibeault: Surface Anatomy - What's Under that Bump?
  

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  SATURDAY, JANUARY 23
   Main Arena (Cow Palace)
9:15 - 9:30 Opening Ceremonies
9:30 - 10:00 Special Demonstrations
10:00 - 11:00 Julie Goodnight: Improve Your Power Steering - Train Your Horse to Neck Rein
11:00 - 12:00 Boyd Martin: Training for Cross Country at Home - Steps for Building and Using a  
    Home Course
12:00 - 1:00 Steuart Pittman: Jumping the Retired Racehorse
  1:00 - 1:30 Stallion Avenue Demonstration
 1:30 - 2:00 Parade of Breeds and Special Demonstrations
2:00 - 3:00 Heath Ryan: Influencing the Horse From Inside Leg to Outside Rein - Better Performance  
     With Subtle Changes
3:00 - 4:00 Gary Lane: Developing an Easy Gait
4:00 - 5:00 John Lyons: Controlling Your Horse's Speed - No Whoa, No Go?
5:00 - 6:00 Nick Karazissis: The Common Things All Good Riders Do When They Ride a Jump Course
6:00 - 7:00 Parade of Breeds
   Exhibition Hall Arena (Exhibition Hall)
9:15 - 10:00 Colleen Kelly: Biomechanics, Seat and Posture for Speed Sports, Reining, Polocrosse  
    and Games
10:00 - 11:00 Kenny Harlow: You Want Me to Load in That! Trailer Loading 101
11:00 - 12:00 Gary Lane: Understanding Gait and Recognizing the Different Gaits
12:00 - 1:00 John Lyons: Round Pen 201 - Advanced Round Pen Work
1:00 - 2:00 Scott Purdum: Finding That Perfect Headset
2:00 - 3:00 Dana Bright and Anne Councill: Putting Your Horse to Harness
3:00 - 4:00 Scot Hansen: Self Defense for Trail Riders
4:00 - 5:00 Jan Snodgrass: Overcoming Your Horse's Fear Using TTeam/TTouch Methods
5:00 - 6:00 Julie Goodnight: Head Shy No More! Fix the Head Shy or Hard to Bridle Horse
6:00 - 7:00 Lorrie Bracaloni: Pain Point Release Application
   Main Seminar Hall (Cow Palace)
9:15 - 10:00 Courtney Molino, ESMT, CMT, CCRA: The Basics of Equine Massage
10:00 - 11:00 Neva Kittrell Scheve: Keeping Your Horse Healthy and Safe on the Road
11:00 - 12:00 Dr. Diana L Walcutt: How to Master Your Anxiety on and Around Horses
12:00 - 1:00 Dana Bright and Anne Councill: Introduction to Driving
1:00 - 2:00 Boyd Martin: Training Techniques to Get Your Young Horse Started in Eventing
2:00 - 3:00 Tom Seay: Tips and Techniques Essential to All Trail Riders
3:00 - 4:00 Nick Karazissis: The Six Commandments of Jumping
4:00 - 5:00 Heath Ryan: Breeding and Selecting the Next Olympic Champion or Elite Performance  
    Horse
5:00 - 6:00 Nick Kohut, DVM and Brenda Senseney: What is Endurance Riding? Prepare Yourself  
    and Your Horse
6:00 - 7:00 Caroline Rider: Tao of Horsemanship Approach to Being and Doing With Horses
   University of MD Seminar Hall (Cow Palace)
10:00 - 11:00 Joel Nupp: The Importance of Equine Dentistry
11:00 - 12:00 Dr. Marcia Thibeault: So You Want to Be a Vet?
12:00 - 1:00 Dr. Carey Williams: Feeding the Equine Athlete
1:00 - 2:00 Dr. Les Vough: Hay-Making and Other Management Practices to Reduce Feeding Costs
2:00 - 3:00 Dr. Jennifer Tacia: Emergency Medicine - What to Do Until the Vet Arrives
3:00 - 4:00 John Nunn: Sponsorship - How to Get It and How to Keep It
4:00 - 5:00 Dr. Burton Staniar: Carbohydrate Mumbo-Jumbo and Danger in the Grass
5:00 - 6:00 Dr. Harold McKenzie:  Emerging Issues in Equine Parasite Management
6:00 - 7:00 Lance Jacob: New IRS Audit Issues for Equine Operations
  

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  SUNDAY, JANUARY 24
  Main Arena (Cow Palace)
9:15 - 9:30 Opening Ceremonies
9:30 - 10:00 Parade of Breeds and Special Demonstrations
10:00 - 11:00 Gary Lane: Solving Pacing Problems in the Gaited Horse
11:00 - 12:00 Nick Karazissis: The Three Basic Seats of Hunt Seat Equitation - Form Follows Function;  
    Function Follows Form
12:00 - 12:30 Stallion Avenue Demonstration
12:30 - 1:00 Special Demonstrations
1:00 - 2:00 Julie Goodnight: Perfect Your Canter Departures and Lead Changes
2:00 - 3:00 John Lyons: Putting the Whoa on Your Horse - Teaching a Better Stop
3:00 - 4:00 Colleen Kelly: Biomechanics, Seat and Posture for Higher Level Dressage & Jumping
4:00 - 5:00 Parade of Breeds
   Exhibition Hall Arena (Exhibition Hall)
9:15 - 10:00 Scott Purdum: Trail Riding Problems and How to Fix Them
10:00 - 11:00 Julie Goodnight: Danger Zone! How to Be Safe From the Ground and From the Saddle
11:00 - 12:00 John Lyons: Q & A, Ask "America's Most Trusted Horseman"
12:00 - 1:00 Scot Hansen: Mounted Police Test and Horse Evaluation - What to Look for Before You Buy
1:00 - 2:00 Kenny Harlow: Finding Your Keys - Exercises to Better Train Your Performance Horse
2:00 - 3:00 Steuart Pittman: What Jockeys Know That the Rest of Us Should Learn
3:00 - 4:00 Gary Lane: Using Seat, Legs and Hand to Find a Smooth, Easy Gait
4:00 - 5:00 Caroline Rider: Foundation Exercises for Starting and Restarting Horses
   Main Seminar Hall (Cow Palace)
9:15 - 10:00 Jeannie Whited: Sidesaddle Fashion
10:00 - 11:00 Melyni Worth: Keeping the High Performance Horse Healthy
11:00 - 12:00 Courtney Molino, ESMT, CMT, CCRA: The Basics of Equine Massage
12:00 - 1:00 Tom Seay: Tales From the Trail - The Mexico to Canada Ride
1:00 - 2:00 Nick Karazissis: Forward, Straight, Up and Frame - The Cornerstones of Balance
2:00 - 3:00 Jan Snodgrass: Ten Steps to a Calmer Horse Using TTeam/TTouch Method
3:00 - 4:00 Dr. Diana L Walcutt: How to Master Your Anxiety on and Around Horse
4:00 - 5:00 David Roseman:  How Healthy are Your Horses' Feet? (Really)
   University of MD Seminar Hall (Cow Palace)
9:15 - 10:00 John Lyons: A View of Our Father and Us - A Non-Denominational Church Service
10:00 - 11:00 Brooke Vrany: Emergency Rescue 101
11:00 - 12:00 Jane Seigler: Finding, Managing and Keeping Great Employees for Your Horse Business
12:00 - 1:00 Erin Pittman: Transitioning the Retired Racehorse to a New Life
1:00 - 2:00 Rob Burk: What's Next for the Maryland Horse Industry?
2:00 - 3:00 Kristen Wilson: Riding Instruction for Different Ages and Stages
3:00 - 4:00 Eddie Franceschi: Storm Water Management on the Horse Farm
4:00 - 5:00 Nicole Fiorellino: Horse Farms and the Environment

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