Dressage Clinics
Clinics at Chinnock
2nd Sunday Dressage Clinic Series
On the second Sunday of every month, I offer a day-clinic at my primary training facility, Chinnock Farm, just south of Hudson, WI. Riders are welcome to trailer in for the day, and a limited number of stalls are available. Participants receive 45 minutes of individual instruction in front of a group of other riders and auditors. Instruction is aimed at giving both the rider and the observers a chance to grapple with the issues and concepts that come up in each ride. My lessons tend to focus particularly on correcting seat and position to free the horse's movement and allow for better communication between rider and horse, as well as refining the use of the aids so that they become completely independent from each other. Riders from all disciplines and levels are welcome. Auditors may attend for free through 2007, after which there will be a nominal fee.
Booking a Clinic with Janna
In addition to offering clinics at my primary training facility, Chinnock Farm, I am available for clinics at any appropriate facilities within the greater Twin Cities area. Regional and national travel will be considered on a case by case basis. A minimum of two hours clinic time and four rides is required to schedule a clinic, as well as a minimum of half an hour per rider. I recommend that sufficient time for a lecture and/or question and answer session after each ride be taken into account as well. I will teach a maximum of eight riders or six hours, whichever comes first, on any given clinic day. Please contact me for rates and more information.
Suggested Clinic Topics
While some riders may benefit most from a basic lesson format in the clinic (i.e. isolating some of the key problem a horse and rider pair may be experiencing and focusing on these), others may have a specific goal they wish the clinic to address. Goal oriented clinics may include a lecture on the theoretical background to a particular issue, as well as demonstration of the applicable techniques. Here are some suggestions for possible clinic topics:
- ground training young or problem horses
- developing a 'classical seat'
- strengthening and suppling exercises for riders
- schooling a particular dressage movement
- schooling for a particular dressage test(s)
- applying half-halts correctly
- correcting one-sidedness in horses and riders
- training piaffe in hand
