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Julie Penshorn is a USDF Certified Instructor and participated in the USEA Instructor Certification Program. She has been teaching and training for almost 40 years and is a seasoned competitor in both dressage and eventing. Her students and she have won at Trott Brook, Otter Creek and Wayne, and claim many dressage awards at Training through FEI levels. See www.sunbornstables.com. Julie believes the rider's seat is the key to the success of the horse and rider in any discipline, and is a specialist at helping you effectively communicate with your horse so you can have fun riding safely over fences. This clinic will feature a variety of fences including the sunken road, trakhener, water complex, Normandy bank, and ditch.

Register online for this fun one-day clinic at CSDEA.org.





Throughout her more than 20 years training and competing horses, Becky has won numerous competitions, and area and national awards. None was more gratifying than when she and her equine partner, Courageous Comet, represented the United States as part of  the U.S. Eventing Team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Becky has trained with some of the best coaches, working extensively with Capt. Mark Phillips, and David and Karen O'Connor. She was selected to participate in the United States Equestrian Team (USET) training sessions with Eventing Team coach Capt. Phillips in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005. Since she began teaching at age 16, she has served as coach and instructor for riders competing at all levels - from Advanced down to Beginner Novice. Now training out of Carriage House Farm in Hugo, Minnesota, she is proud of her students who hail from all walks of life, including professionals, young riders and amateurs. She currently serves as the USEA 2005 Area IV Young Rider Coach and instructor for the Junior Developing Rider Program (JDRP) in Minnesota.