United States Eventing Association

Young Rider Open Forum with Jan Byyny and Tim Murray

About Jan:

Jan owns and manages Surefire Farm, a busy lesson, sales and training business in Purcellville, Va. and actively competes in all levels of eventing. Consistently a top ranked international rider, Jan’s career highlights include representing the U.S. at the Pan American Championships, where she won team gold and individual bronze, being a member of the Aachen World Equestrian Games squad, competing on U.S. Equestrian teams at Malmo, Sweden and Luhmuhlen, Germany, and being selected as a team alternate for the Athens Olympics. Jan also has numerous top ten placings at Rolex Kentucky, Fair Hill International, Foxhall, Jersey Fresh, Bromont and Morven Park Three-Day Events, and has competed at Burghley, Badminton and Blenheim in England and Pau in France. She most recently won the 2013 USEF National 3* Championship at Fair Hill. Jan is quite active in the United States Eventing Association organization as co-chair of the Young Rider committee and has coached the Area IX Young Rider Championship teams for many years. In addition, she is a Level IV ICP instructor and and serves on both the United States Equestrian Federation’s Eventing High Performance and Eligible Athletes Committees.

About Tim:

Tim has been involved with eventing since he first started competing in 1970. He has ridden through the Intermediate level, and his wife and daughter have been active competitors at the upper levels as well. His daughter came up through the Young Rider program and competed at the NAJYRC for Area I. For the last several years, Tim’s competitive focus has shifted to re-training young OTTBs to become event horses. He also got his “r” TD license this year and is enjoying giving back to the sport by being an event official. In his non-horse time, Tim is a Trust and Estates lawyer with a practice based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Duralock High Performance Equestrian Fencing with Joe Carr

About Joe: Joseph E. Carr, BSc, AFIS, SMP

Born and raised in the Boston area, Joe Carr has had a keen involvement within the equine industry for all of his professional life. He began his career at the Thoroughbred racetracks and later branched out into the show horse field.

As a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and with continuing degrees from the University of Miami and the University of Kentucky, Mr. Carr is eager to extend his education. Joe has been President of the American Medical Equestrian Association, an organization devoted to developing safe standards and practices in the field of show horses, as well as a member of the Safety Committee of the United States Pony Clubs.

Mr. Carr is also a member of a number of local, national and international equine organizations (United States Equestrian Federation, United States Dressage Foundation/Federation and the Federation Equestre Internationale) and has served as both an international and a regional horse show official for a number of years. Mr. Carr has officiated /volunteered at international competitions including the Olympic Games in Hong Kong and Atlanta, the Pan American Games at Fair Hill, the New Zealand National CCI*** Championships and the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event.

With vast experience in the development, marketing and promotion of equine-related products worldwide and having joined the Duralock (UK) team, as an agent for the United States and Canada, Joe has already provided many of the top equestrian establishments with a variety of fencing solutions. Mr. Carr is dedicated to providing high quality Duralock equestrian fencing across the US and Canada, to exceed the expectations of his clients, with particular concern for the safety of both horse and rider, whilst also offering classic design, professional appearance and value.

Joe Carr, based in Lexington, Ky, thoroughly enjoys equine sports, including racing, breeding and show events. He is a proud owner and breeder of Irish Sport Horses under the Lord Baganal Farm name.

Eventing MBA with Yvonne Ocrant and Lizzy McMillan

About Yvonne:

Yvonne is a trial lawyer, transactions attorney, and certified mediator who practices in the areas of equine law, employment law, and commercial litigation. Yvonne’s equine law experience includes handling litigation and transactions involving the Equine Activity Liability Act and various other state and federal laws affecting equine industry activities. She assists individual horse owners, trainers, breeders, facilities, veterinarians and others in the equine industry litigate and resolve claims for personal injury, property damage, and other losses caused by allegations of negligence, breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation and other legal issues. She also drafts contracts for horse purchases, sales, and leases, assists with negotiating and drafting employment and independent contractor agreements for equine industry workers, and creates equine liability releases for horse owners, trainers, breeders, facilities, veterinarians, transporters and other individuals and entities sponsoring or participating in equine activities. She also has extensive experience developing muli-owner syndicates for horses in numerous disciplines, including eventing, dressage, and jumpers, as well as creating stallion and mare breeding syndicates. The syndicates completed to date range from several owners to multiple owners, range in value from $5,000 to $850,000 in value, and vary from very young horses beginning their training to mature horses competing at the highest levels of their sport. She is also the author of "HEADS UP!," a monthly column on various equine law related issues published in the Scribe, a monthly magazine sponsored by the Illinois Dressage and Combined Training Association. Yvonne speaks extensively on the topic of equine law to national and local organizations.

About Lizzy:

Lizzy is an equestrian business consultant and the owner/editor of Equestrian Professional.com. She speaks at equestrian organization meetings around the U.S. and has worked for high-profile equestrian athletes & equestrian-oriented businesses -- including companies such as Pure & Simple, Monaco Coach Company, Equestrian Designs, & Patagonia Clothing Company. She also has 25+ years experience directly in the horse business.

Intro to ICP Workshop with Sue Hershey

About Sue:

Sue has ridden since age 10, foxhunting as a teenager with the Genesee Valley Hunt (NY) hounds. She also was a member of the Genesee Valley Hunt Pony Club, competing in rallies and event competitions and finishing as an "A." After completing college and graduate school, she worked for 30 years in the regular world as a high school teacher and the school/college counselor at the Winchester Thurston School in Pittsburgh, PA. After convincing her husband that their two small children could not learn to really ride unless their ponies were close to them, horses have lived ever since on their suburban property just outside of the city. Having competed through the Preliminary level, Sue now shows mostly in dressage rings, so far through third level. (Funny how dressage-mostly becomes more appealing as the years pass....) Karen O'Connor and Sue started the USEA's Instructors' Certification Program in 2000, along with a committee of equally committed event competitors/instructors. The professional development which this program commits itself to enhancing among ICP-certified instructors and for the U.S. event world makes it truly a pleasure to manage.