Whether you’re an up-and-coming designer, official, organizer or a rider looking to improve your performance over the colored poles, a silent auditing seminar March 30-April 1 at Galway Downs in Temecula, CA, will offer a chance to better understand the philosophies used by top FEI and Rolex Kentucky CCI**** show jumping designer Richard Jeffery. Jeffery will discuss the theories and techniques behind effective show jumping course design, using the Galway courses throughout his presentations. This is a paid clinic for professional and potential course designers, but a limited number of silent auditors will be permitted at no charge to attend the classroom sessions, Thursday afternoon (covering general theory and overview of course design) and Friday morning (overview of distances, and discussion of course designs submitted by paid clinic attendees). If you are participating as a paid participant, please bring your course designs for discussion purposes.

Jeffery is one of the few appointed “Official” FEI course designers and has been voted a record six times as the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Course Designer of the Year. Last spring he was appointed show jumping course adviser by the USEF for eventing. He is the resident show jumping course designer at Rolex Kentucky CCI**** and has also been course designer at many international shows, including Calgary (which hosts the richest grand prix in the world) three times, the Pavarotti International, and many other CSIO’s and CSI-Ws worldwide. He has also been the assistant course designer at three Olympics, where in each case his duties included being responsible for arena decorations. This duty he has also carried out at five World Cup Finals, a Pan American Games, plus numerous other individual international shows. Previously, he organized an official horse trials in England for ten years.

For more information on the session, contact Nancy Myers at [email protected].


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