During the 2013 Global Dressage Forum on 28 - 29 October famous riders and trainers Kyra Kyrklund and Jan Brink will present their ambitious talent program and will demonstrate their training methods during several clinics with young athletes and their horses.
Jan Brink was the world number one rider on the FEI ranking in 2005. Now he is a top trainer and great ‘producer’ of talented riders and horses. His objective now is to bring Sweden to the top of the podium and has been implementing a long term program since 1998. With a team consisting of project manager Åke Björsell, Jan Brink and Kyra Kyrklund together they created ‘Knytkalaset’ an educational model with the aim of developing dressage riders to the highest level.
So far the program has produced more than fourteen Grand Prix horse and rider combinations. Kyra Kyrklund is the ‘number one’ clinician in the international dressage world. Kyra Kyrklund became a professor in Equitation by the Swedish university of agricultural Sciences. As a trainer she trained more than 30 international Grand prix riders. Kyra does not believe in ‘quick fix’ and holds a strong belief in her philosophy behind long term education. Kyra says: “It is like sculpturing and creating a piece of art”. Her goal with her students is “to make them independent and thinking riders, who themselves are able to educate horses up to Grand prix”. These principles will be showed by Kyra in the practical session with Jan Brink an Liane Wachtmeister.
Isabell Werth honours the GDF with a rare public insight of her training methods and shares what drives her forward. Dutch national trainer and international judge Wim Ernes will present a program called ‘from foal to Grand Prix horse’, and there will be presentations by the FEI on sport developments, the organisers of the World Equestrian games, sport psychologist Jan Dierens on the mental side of dressage, veterinarian Marianne Sloet on emerging equine diseases and FEI5* judge Stephen Clarke on how to achieve the perfect ten. The Global Dressage Forum is a ‘must attend’ event for dressage fans and participants, with many demonstrations by the world’s top trainers and riders, critical discussions on developments in international dressage, emotional interviews of top riders by Richard Davison and the newest scientific updates.
Information and tickets through www.globaldressageforum.com or at Academy Bartels 0031-135091666.
Special discount price for reservations until 14 September 2013.
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