Developing the Happy Dressage Horse the Chris Irwin Way

Event Details

Developing the Happy Dressage Horse the Chris Irwin Way

Time: April 4, 2009 to April 5, 2009
Location: Pine Ridge
Street: 14290 Weston Road
City/Town: King City
Website or Map: http://www.torontocadora.com
Phone: 905.642.2865
Event Type: clinic
Organized By: Toronto CADORA
Latest Activity: Mar 18, 2009

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Event Description

Open to all disciplines ... everyone can benefit!

As part of its 40th anniversary year, Toronto CADORA is pleased to present Chris Irwin – renowned Canadian horseman, best selling author, and trainer of 18 U.S. National Championships in riding and driving events with American Wild Mustangs – for a return engagement, Saturday, April 4 and Sunday, April 5, 2009. The focus of the two-day clinic will be developing the happy dressage horse, and this exciting event will take place at Gary and Jeannie Vander Ploeg’s beautiful Pine Ridge.

Riders have the option of attending one or both days, and are accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Only nine riders and horses will be accepted each day. Rates are as follows:
Toronto CADORA members $295 per day or $475 for two days
Non-members $325 per day or $520 for two days
(Includes instruction on the ground and in the saddle as well as a continental breakfast. Riders who participate both days are admitted to the Friday evening demo free of charge.)

Auditors are encouraged and welcome. Auditing rates are as follows:
Members $50 per day; $75 for two days; $100 for two days plus Friday night demo
Non-members $60 per day or $90 for two days; $115 for two days plus Friday night demo
(Catered lunch is available at a nominal cost, ordered based on the number of people who purchase tickets in advance.)

Sponsors: York Saddlery and Harness, Omega Alpha Pharmaceutical and North York Farmers

About Chris Irwin
From standing room only presentations at The Masters at Spruce Meadows to opening day of the races at Keeneland in Kentucky, from Equine Affaire in the U.S. to the prestigious Horse Event in The Netherlands, Chris Irwin has been mesmerizing audiences while significantly raising the bar for defining the evolution of horsemanship and the ethics of training and handling horses.
On a parallel track, Irwin’s two best-selling books, Horses Don’t Lie and Dancing with Your Dark Horse, along with his innovative approach to personal coaching called Equine Assisted Personal Development (EAPD), have launched the Canadian horseman to the forefront in the emerging industry of horses being worked with in therapeutic and personal coaching programs.
Throughout Canada, the United States, Belgium, The Netherlands, Mexico, Bermuda, and now England, certified Irwin trainers in both English and Western disciplines are raising eyebrows in the show ring. From driving to dressage, Irwin students are winning or in the ribbons while most often stealing the show with horses proving to be exceptional in temperament, willingness and performance.
Dressage Today magazine praised Irwin’s ability to develop courage and confidence in nervous horses. Dutch magazines such as Amazone, PaardenSport and Bit are raving about his refreshing approach as “non-aggressive while yielding incredible results and radical transformations in horses with issues.” However, it was the Belgian all disciplines magazine VVF that perhaps summed Irwin up best as “The Master of Awareness.”
Critics have raved about the fact that Irwin is not mainstream or just another commercialized copy of “natural horsemanship.” In fact, Irwin says with, a wink and a grin, that if his work must be branded then perhaps it should be called “un-natural horsemanship.” Many of his certified trainers endearingly refer to what they have learned form Chris as “so far beyond contemporary horsemanship that it can only be described as ‘super-natural horsemanship’.”
When coaching Chris is dedicated and focused on the concept he sums up as the need for “Training before Schooling.”
Chris and his wife Kathryn own and operate Riversong Ranch Equestrian Centre in Alberta.

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