Sunday October 20, 2024
10:00am-4:00pm
Dreamcatchers Therapeutic Riding Center
10120 Firetower Road
Toano, Virginia
Morning session, 10-12:30, groundwork
Afternoon session, 2:00-4:00, under saddle
Lunch available on grounds
$150 Per person mounted, 10 riders
$20 per person auditors, unlimited
The purpose of this clinic is to demonstrate and instruct training techniques that assist in building and achieving a solid foundation in natural horsemanship.
The exercises taught aid horseman of all levels and persuasions, English and Western, in building a better relationship and partnership with their horses. These techniques and exercises are based on feel, timing, and the concept of pressure and release, without force.
These training exercises allow a connection with your equine partner not generally achieved by traditional methods. The skills taught in the groundwork session not only help to gain control on the ground, but also in the saddle.
The definition of natural horsemanship, communication with your horse, how horses learn and perceive, and how to address common issues on the ground and under saddle will be discussed.
Skills development will focus on respect, space, engaging and moving horses feet, longeing, desensitizing, the concept of, “5 easy pieces”; how to control every aspect of your horses body from his nose to tail. This includes moving hind and forequarters independently, lateral flexion, backing, and then putting these foundation skills in motion under saddle. The under-saddle session will focus on transitions, stopping, backing, lateral flexion, and rein management.
Participant Requirements
- The clinic is open to all levels of horseman, beginner to professional.
- There is no age limit, however the clinic is geared to adult participation.
- Participants must have stiff rope halters with a 10’-14’ Clinician lead.
- No floppy rope halters. (For those not familiar with their adjustment we will assist before the groundwork session starts)
- Participants may use english or western saddles.
-All horses must use a ring or D snaffle bit, 2 or 3 piece mouthpieces. No shanked bits will be allowed
-No dropped nosebands, figure 8’s, or any restrictive noseband
-No standing martingales or tiedowns
-No mechanical hackamores; however a true hackamore, (bosal and headstall) are welcome
-No stallions
Helmets are required for all ridden participants
Waiver of liability for Dreamcatchers Therapeutic Riding Center must be signed before any participant will be allowed to participate.
Participants are encouraged to indicate any issues in advance of the clinic they would like to focus on, such as pushy on ground, not standing for mounting, trailer loading, hard to rate, etc.
Bio
Joyce has been a lifetime horseman, from judge to competitor, and trainer of champion saddle, race, and driving horses, instructor, to wrangler in movie and television productions. She has trained and exhibited many champion hunter jumpers, western, and record setting race horse. Joyce was Head Coachman at Colonial Williamsburg for 14 years, where she trained the horses for use, both ridden and driven in the historic area. She he had the honor of having including HRH Queen Elizabeth of England and her husband Prince Phillip, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Vice President Dick Cheney, Betty White, and many others during her tenure there.
As a movie Wrangler, she instructed Bob Dylan ride for his music video, from Gods and Generals, “Cross the Green Mountain”. She worked on Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln”,(receiving screen credits!), AMC mini series John Adams, AMC’s TURN, PBS’s Mercy Street, Harriet, and many other productions.
Joyce also trained the flying horse artillery at Petersburg National Battlefield, the only horse drawn civil war artillery program in the country.
She is involved in the sport of cowboy mounted shooting and fox hunting, and works as a traveling clinician , assisting horse owners and how to solve problems with their horses , training and issues.
But most importantly, all the horses for used for everything above, from actors to heads of state, were trained using the techniques that will be utilized and taught at this clinic.
For more information email:
shedragoon@yahoo.com