Horseketeers Pony Club

This past Saturday Rachel M. and Elizabeth M. trekked up to the gorgeous Class Act Farm in Apopka for a full day of riding with advanced eventer, trainer, and coach Jennie Jarnstrom and BHS-certified trainer and coach Kathleen Fiske. Thanks to the organizing talents of Miss Allison of Wekiva Basin Pony Club and the generosity of Miss Jennie and Miss Katheen, for $25 all the Pony Club members had 4 hours of dressage and jumping instruction with these superb coaches! The weather was perfect, lots of our Pony Club friends were on hand (some taking advantage of school horses), the farm was decorated for Christmas, and after riding, there was cake! Check out the photostream for lots more photos! Even more photos available here .

When was the last time you took a lesson from someone who rode in the World Equestrian Games?  Or were coached by someone who is presently competing at the Advanced level? If you rode with the Horseketeers at the Jim Graham and David Adamo clinic, your answer would be "Last weekend!" Beautiful weather, a gorgeous facility, enthusiastic riders of various ages, and phenomenal clinicians combined on September 17th and 18th to create a successful clinic for everyone who attended, including auditors.       Jim and David worked with four groups of riders, using teaching exercises suitable for horses and riders at the Pre-Beginner Novice, Beginner Novice, Novice, and Training & Above levels.  They emphasized directing the flow of energy from the horse's hindquarters via correct body position, while the riders schooled on dressage for jumping and over bending lines, uphill and downhill fences,...