From spring through fall, clinics are held with two respected classical trainers: ALEX GERDING and GERD ZUTHER.   Auditing these clinics is free. Please call prior if you are interested.
Alexander Gerding came to the United States in October 2000. Alex earned his Bereiter and was decorated with the Bronze Stensbeck-Medaille in 1989. He earned the Pferdewirtschaftsmeister degree, the final professional rank of German horse professionals, and was decorated with the Silver Stensbeck-Medaille in 2001. Among other parts of the tests, Alex received excellent scores in teaching the piaffe and passage in hand. In addition, Alex was licensed as an R judge in Warendorf in 1995. Alex Gerding web site Gerd Zuther has been in the United States for more than 20 years. He is certified as an USEF-licensed dressage sporthorse breeding judge. He is a member of the American Hanoverian Society and has served on its Mare and Stallion Committee since 1985.  Gerd successfully completed the eight-year program to become a licensed riding instructor and trainer certified by the German National Federation in 1965. Rapazzini Riding in the 4-year-old test at the Young Horse National Championships	2012 Clinic Dates with Alex Gerding April 6-8 (3 days) May 18-21 (4 days) June 15-18 (4 days) Sept. 28 - Oct. 1 (4 days) Nov. 30 - Dec. 3 (4 days) 2012 Clinic Dates with Gerd Zuther Check back!
Rapazzini Victory gallop at the Young Horse Championships OTHER NEWS 2011 Steffen Peters & Janet Foy Symposium, "Dressage Through the Levels" Salope and Rapazzini were chosen to represent the levels of Grand Prix and Second Level, respectively. Rapazzini earns qualifying score for Markel Young Horse Championships as a five-year-old. 2010  Rapazzini qualifies for four-year-old Young Horse Championships. In only three shows -- the only ones he's ever participated in, Rapazzini receives an invitation to participate in the Young Horse Championships at Lamplight Equestrian Center in July 2010. He finishes 8th in the optional warm-up class and 11th in the championship. 2009  Salope has triplets!  Spring of '09, via embryo transfer, in one flush she had three embryos which were implanted in three recipient mares and all survived to term. Very unusual.  They were born almost exactly one week apart, beginning on April 26, with the last being born, appropriately so, on Mother's Day, May 10. Their names are (using my usual naming convention which is to name them after wineries or some aspect of wine making, beginning with the letter "D", the first letter of the sire's name):  Diamond Dureza, Diamond Dolce and Diamond Caliente. 2008  GOT THE GOLD! In only four shows in 2008 and winning the Grand Prix class against four other rides with a final score of 65.417%, Caryn earned her USDF Gold Medal in August on Salope. 1st Place Adult Amateur at Grand Prix for the Hanoverian breed in 2008. (Photo: Kapellen Photography LLC) 2007 GOT THE SILVER! Caryn earned her USDF Silver Medal in one season of showing with Salope in 2007. LINDA ZANG & STEPHEN CLARKE SYMPOSIUM, APRIL '07 Caryn and Salope were selected to demonstrate movements at Prix St. George level (a good tune-up for the show season, since Caryn had never shown at this level before!). When Linda Zang saw the changes on this horse, she said, "I know you are here to present movements for Prix St. George, but let's see the two's (and we pulled them off!).