Rutgers Announces Seminar on Caring for the Equine Athlete

Lecture topics will include conditioning for your equestrian discipline, saddle fitting, and hoof balance and horse performance, among others.
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“Caring for Your Equine Athlete” is the over-arching theme of the upcoming Horse Management Seminar hosted by the Rutgers Equine Science Center and Rutgers Cooperative Extension. The seminar, scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Feb, 9, 2014, will feature presentations by several equine industry authorities.

“With the World Equestrian Games (WEG) being held in Normandy, France, next year, we thought this would be the perfect time to focus on the equine athlete,” says Carey Williams, PhD, Extension equine specialist and associate director of Extension for the Equine Science Center. “Our goal in presenting this workshop is to give participants a glimpse into the life of a WEG rider and valuable advice for any equine athlete, whether it’s an international champion or a trusted lesson horse.”

Williams has assembled presenters recognized as authorities in their field to offer perspectives and personal insight. The morning will start with a panel of top competitors from WEG disciplines, including endurance rider Meg Sleeper, VMD, Dipl. ACVIM; combined driving/dressage rider Sara Schmitt, reiner Matthew Palmer, and more riders to be announced from eventing and jumping. The panelists will discuss their beginnings, ways for interested riders to get started in their disciplines, trials and tribulations of competing at an elite level, and will be open to questions from the audience

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