"Bending Lines & Coursework" | Jan 15 Winter Jumping Clinic w/ Phyllis Dawson
Windchase Winter Jump Clinics are the perfect way to tune up through the cold winter months! All clinics are designed to be inviting and user-friendly.
We will keep things very basic and inviting for the greener groups, and will incorporate some more creative elements for the higher groups as appropriate. Exercises and fence heights can be adjusted within a group for each horse as needed.
Windchase Winter Jumping Clinics dates will be :
Sunday January 8 – with Cindy Anderson-Blank – Gymnastics and lines
Sunday January 15 – with Phyllis – Bending lines and coursework
Sunday January 22 – with Phyllis – Adjustability and stride length exercises
Sunday January 29 – with Phyllis – Turning questions
Sunday February 5 – with Phyllis – Accuracy questions
Sunday February 12 – with Phyllis – Show Jumping coursework
*SATURDAY* February 19 – with Phyllis - Gymnastics and Grids with a XC twist
Sunday February 26 – with Phyllis - Corners and angles
March dates – to be announced later
Please make any changes or cancellations no later than the Thursday before the clinic. Cancellations later than 48 hours before the clinic may incur a $25 cancellation fee (not applicable if inclement weather makes the roads bad).
The cost for the 2017 indoor clinics will be $60 for Windchase Boarders and $75 for all others.
There will be 3 to 5 riders in each group. If oversubscribed, preference will be given to regular Windchase students and clinic participants. If you know someone who would like to participate, email Phyllis to be added to the mailing list.
Based in Purcellville VA, Phyllis Dawson is a veteran US Equestrian Team member & accredited USEA ICP IV instructor. She was the 2017 and 2016 MDHT Recognized and Starter Series Instructor Program Winner, with the highest number of students placing at MDHT activities. She is a highly sought clinician due to her wealth of experience in developing riders and horses up through the levels.
Her list of accomplishments include finishing 10th- the highest placed American rider- at the Seoul Olympic Games, Burghley CCI****, as well as winning Three Day Events at Radnor, Essex, North Georgia, Checkmate, and Bromont Three Day Events.
This is an outstanding opportunity to work on your jumping with a top Eventing Instructor! Get your entries in early- Windchase clinics fill up quickly.
Organizer Notes
-Clinics generally run from approximately 11:00 (occasionally 10:00) to about 5:00 in the afternoon, depending on how many people sign up each week.
- $25 fee if cancelled with less than 48 hours notice.
- If you haven’t signed a Windchase release in 2017, please attach a signed release and Coggins to your entry.
-Auditors FREE and welcome to watch!
Windchase is a Boarding barn and Eventing Stable near Purcellville, VA, owned and operated by Olympic Event rider Phyllis Dawson. Windchase offers first-rate boarding facilities, and top-level training for both the horse and the rider.
Windchase routinely hosts jumping clinics, Pony Club clinics, ICP workshops and USEA educational seminars. Contact Phyllis directly for information about organizing a clinic in your area.
For more about Windchase, or the young event horses successfully trained up through the levels by Team Windchase visit http://teamwindchase.com/forsale.htm
Daily Audit
FREE
Administrative Information
- Ride Time: Ride Times will be emailed Friday before clinic. If you have schedule requests please note on entry form.
- Trailer Direction: From Leesburg, VA: Take Route 7 West for about 2 miles. At the top of a long hill, exit to the right on Route 9 towards Hillsboro (at bottom of exit ramp turn right). Follow Route 9 for about 8 miles until you come to the town of Hillsboro. Continue on through Hillsboro, and go approximately 2 more miles. Turn right on Route 671, the Harpers Ferry Road (there is a traffic light here). Go 1.3 miles, then turn left on Kidwell Road (Route 787); this is a gravel road. Take the fourth driveway on the right; there is a rock which has the name Windchase on it. Approximate driving time: 25 minutes.
- Change Policy: Changes are permitted before registration closes.
- Refund Policy: Refunds are permitted up to 2 day(s) before activity begins.
- Entry Option(s) Reserve Spot Via STRIDER, Mail Check