CVACTA Clinic with Jessica Bortner-Harris!

8/18/2018  −   8/19/2018

Open: 8/1/2018

Close: 8/16/2018

Late entries allowed until 8/17/2018

Aisling Farm

93 Smithfield Road

St. Stephens Church, VA, 23148

Required Docs

"cvacta+waiver.pdf"

CLOSED

Join the Central Virginia Combined Training Association for a two-day clinic on August 18 and 19 with advanced-level eventer Jessica Bortner-Harris at beautiful Aisling Farm outside Richmond, Virginia.

Saturday, August 18 - Dressage and Stadium Lessons

Sunday, August 19 - XC Lessons

Please be sure to include your preferred level on the entry form. We will make every attempt to group riders by level offered. If you have any scheduling constraints or would like to do three lessons, please contact us at cvactarichmond@gmail.com.

About Jessica:

Jessica grew up in York, PA and has been on the back of a horse since 6 months of age, thanks to her aunts. At the age of 8, she started taking formal balanced seat lessons in both English and Western from Rutledge Horse & Cattle Co. in Spring Grove, PA. She competed in a lot of local open shows throughout her school years. In 1999, she rescued Mr. Lincoln, a 7 year old TB off the track, to be her first event horse. It took years to retrain the very nervous boy, but contrary to what many said, Abe ended up eventing successfully through Training at recognized events and even qualified for the AEC’s at Novice!

In 2003, Jessica started at Wilson College in pursuit of her BS in Equestrian Studies. While at Wilson, she started their first Eventing Team, which is still going strong. She also graduated with honors and she was also awarded the Equestrienne Award, which is given to one or two graduating seniors that excels in both riding and teaching. In 2005, Jessica bought Win the War, aka Bug, from Charles Town Racetrack. Jessica and Bug have a very special bond, and she has done all of his training from his restart all of the way through the CCI*** level. They qualified for the Land Rover Kentucky Three Day (formerly Rolex) CCI**** in 2016, but unfortunately, Jessica was injured that year before they could go. In 2017, Jessica made the difficult decision to retire Bug from the upper levels, in order to keep him sound and have a long life with a job. He is currently showing Taylor Hollern, one of Jessica’s students, the ropes of Training level and Prelim level, with the goal of doing a CCI* in the next year.

Now that Bug is retired from upper level competition, Jessica is focused on rebuilding her own string of horses and bringing along her growing group of students, Team JBH Eventing.