BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1773158:Event:64848 DTSTAMP:20260425T204353Z SUMMARY:Developing the Happy Dressage Horse the Chris Irwin Way DESCRIPTION:Open to all disciplines ... everyone can benefit!\n\nAs pa rt of its 40th anniversary year, Toronto CADORA is pleased to present Chris Irwin – renowned Canadian horseman, best selling author, and t rainer of 18 U.S. National Championships in riding and driving events with American Wild Mustangs – for a return engagement, Saturday, Apr il 4 and Sunday, April 5, 2009. The focus of the two-day clinic will b e developing the happy dressage horse, and this exciting event will ta ke place at Gary and Jeannie Vander Ploeg’s beautiful Pine Ridge.\n\ nRiders have the option of attending one or both days, and are accepte d on a first come, first serve basis. Only nine riders and horses will be accepted each day. Rates are as follows:\nToronto CADORA members $ 295 per day or $475 for two days\nNon-members $325 per day or $520 for two days\n(Includes instruction on the ground and in the saddle as we ll as a continental breakfast. Riders who participate both days are ad mitted to the Friday evening demo free of charge.)\n\nAuditors are enc ouraged and welcome. Auditing rates are as follows:\nMembers $50 per d ay; $75 for two days; $100 for two days plus Friday night demo\nNon-me mbers $60 per day or $90 for two days; $115 for two days plus Friday n ight demo\n(Catered lunch is available at a nominal cost, ordered base d on the number of people who purchase tickets in advance.)\n\nSponsor s: York Saddlery and Harness, Omega Alpha Pharmaceutical and North Yor k Farmers\n\nAbout Chris Irwin\nFrom standing room only presentations at The Masters at Spruce Meadows to opening day of the races at Keenel and in Kentucky, from Equine Affaire in the U.S. to the prestigious Ho rse Event in The Netherlands, Chris Irwin has been mesmerizing audienc es while significantly raising the bar for defining the evolution of h orsemanship and the ethics of training and handling horses.\nOn a para llel track, Irwin’s two best-selling books, Horses Don’t Lie and D ancing with Your Dark Horse, along with his innovative approach to per sonal coaching called Equine Assisted Personal Development (EAPD), hav e launched the Canadian horseman to the forefront in the emerging indu stry of horses being worked with in therapeutic and personal coaching programs.\nThroughout Canada, the United States, Belgium, The Netherla nds, Mexico, Bermuda, and now England, certified Irwin trainers in bot h English and Western disciplines are raising eyebrows in the show rin g. From driving to dressage, Irwin students are winning or in the ribb ons while most often stealing the show with horses proving to be excep tional in temperament, willingness and performance.\nDressage Today ma gazine 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 yi elding incredible results and radical transformations in horses with i ssues.” However, it was the Belgian all disciplines magazine VVF tha t perhaps summed Irwin up best as “The Master of Awareness.”\nCrit ics have raved about the fact that Irwin is not mainstream or just ano ther commercialized copy of “natural horsemanship.” In fact, Irwin says with, a wink and a grin, that if his work must be branded then p erhaps it should be called “un-natural horsemanship.” Many of his certified trainers endearingly refer to what they have learned form Ch ris as “so far beyond contemporary horsemanship that it can only be described as ‘super-natural horsemanship’.”\nWhen coaching Chris is dedicated and focused on the concept he sums up as the need for Training before Schooling.”\nChris and his wife Kathryn own and ope rate Riversong Ranch Equestrian Centre in Alberta.\n\nToronto CADORA . .. The Classical Riding Club since 1969\n\nFor more information visit http://www.barnmice.com/events/developing-the-happy-dressage DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20090404T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20090405T235900 CATEGORIES:clinic LOCATION:Pine Ridge WEBSITE:http://www.torontocadora.com URL:http://www.torontocadora.com CONTACT:905.642.2865 ORGANIZER:Toronto CADORA ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2248641910?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Dorothy McDonall":http://www.barnmice.com/profile/DorothyChiotti END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR