United States Eventing Association

This is a one-time opportunity that you will not want to miss!

The United States Eventing Association (USEA) has secured Germany’s National Eventing Coach, Christopher Bartle (GBR) to conduct the Instructor’s Certification Program’s (ICP) Symposia at both East and West coast venues in January 2015.

On Friday and Saturday, January 16-17, 2015 Chris will teach at the ICP Symposium West at Galway Downs in Temecula, California. He will then travel to Ocala to teach the ICP Symposium East held at Longwood Farm South on Monday and Tuesday, January 19-20.

Chris Bartle is one of the most successful Olympic coaches in the history of Eventing, and anyone wanting to improve their teaching, coaching or riding techniques will not want to miss a word of these symposiums.

Bartle has an illustrious resumè, having competed on British international teams in both Dressage and Eventing. In 1998, he won Badminton on Word Perfect II and coached the British Eventing Team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and 2000 Sydney Games. He was then hired by the German Federation as the German National Team’s Eventing coach, and with his team, won gold medals at both the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, the 2010 and 2014 World Equestrian Games, and the last two European Championships. His team riders have excelled in winning individual medals at each of these championships, with Michael Jung being the first rider to hold all three individual titles at the same time.

At his Yorkshire Riding Center (YRC), Chris teaches many British international riders (notably Nicola Wilson who had such success on the great Opposition Buzz) as well as grassroots riders who seek to learn from the best. In 1995, Chris was awarded the British Horse Society’s Trainers Award and in 2001 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the British Horse Society in recognition of his teaching accomplishments.

Both days are open to anyone who is interested in attending! This includes riders, owners, coaches, grooms, family and all other friends of horse sport!

For information on attending either Symposium, please contact Nancy Knight, USEA Director of Education, 703-669-9997 or [email protected].

Registration form for the Ocala Symposium.
Schedule for the Ocala Symposium
Registration Form for the Temecula Symposium.

For information on being a demo rider for the East Coast Symposium, please contact Sue Hershey at [email protected] or 412-963-6359, or click here for a Rider Registration form.

For information on being a demo rider for the West Coast Symposium, please contact Wendy Wergeles at [email protected] or 805-714-7181 or visit http://www.galwaydowns.com/trifecta/ .