United States Eventing Association

Tik Maynard:

Tik Maynard has studied with some of the best horse trainers in the world including: Karen and David O'Connor, Johann Hinnemann, Ingrid Klimke, and Anne Kursinski. After learning how the O'Connor’s start their horses, Tik was inspired to spend time learning about Horsemanship from people like Jonathan Field and Bruce Logan.

Today, Tik runs his own training business out of New Jersey and Florida. His focus is on young horses and bringing them along to competition. Tik understands the importance of a solid foundation as well as the thrills of upper level eventing. Tik joins natural horsemanship with top-level training in order to create confident, healthy and well-rounded horses.

Tik Maynard Seminar: How Horses Learn to Event

Often people learn about proper riding position before they learn why and how a horse learns. For anyone interested in bringing along young horses, or for teaching a horse of any age how to do something new or better, understanding how a horse thinks and learns in invaluable.

A horse that understands his job will be safer and perform better. A horse that runs without looking or is confused may still be able to be cajoled around a course, but that is not fun for the horse or the rider - and it is certainly not safe.

By using a blend of event training and natural horsemanship techniques you can develop both the body and mind of a horse in a way that promotes the wellbeing and safety of both horse and rider.

How do you know when to move a horse up? Is it possible to predict what makes a horse scared or what motivates different horses? How can we use that to our advantage in training in order to achieve confidence and relaxation?

Key learning objectives:

1. Take a look from an evolutionary perspective at why horses react the way they do

2. Understand from a biological standpoint what drives a horse to learn

3. Start to feel from a training perspective the difference between making a horse do something and helping him understand the game

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Daniel Stewart

Author of USEA’s Sport Psychology Tip of the Month, Coach Stewart has been a successful international trainer and instructor for over 25 years. In addition to the U.S., he’s trained riders in Spain, Portugal, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, England, Switzerland, Greece and the West Indies. From 1999 to 2007 he coached riders on several US Equestrian Teams to success at many World Championships, World Equestrian Games and Olympics. As the internationally acclaimed author of “Pressure Proof Your Riding” and “Ride Right” he’s widely considered one of the world’s leading experts on equestrian sport psychology, performance and athletics. Stewart teaches clinics and seminars to thousands of eventers each year, has been the subject of countless magazine articles and has been the keynote speaker at numerous USEA area annual meetings. A former resident of Andalusia, Spain, Stewart now lives in Naples, Florida where he teaches online instruction certifications programs for riders wanting to teach equestrian sport psychology and fitness clinics, seminars and workshops.

Daniel Stewart Seminars:

Equestrian Sport Psychology: Let go of your Caveman As riders, we continually encounter stressful and unpredictable events and how we handle them greatly influences our ability to succeed. Let this humorous and upbeat seminar improve your confidence, success, focus and enjoyment by teaching you how to control the pressure, stress, distractions and show-jitters often related to riding and/or showing. This seminar will prove that whats going on between your ears is just as important as what happens below them!

Equestrian Fitness Bootcamp workshop: As riders we’re true athletes. Let this fun and fast-paced fitness workshop teach you to treat and train yourself as the athlete you are. Learn special cross-training exercises that improve your balance, symmetry, suppleness, posture, stamina and core-strength. Medicine balls, exercise bands, jump ropes, yoga balls, BOSU balls, balance pods and agility ladders will be used to create these amazing exercises that will help will let your inner athlete out!

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