Equine Affaire will return to the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, OH, April 8-11 and feature an extensive program of clinics by yet another power-packed lineup of the nation’s most-respected coaches, competitors, horse trainers, and equine management experts. Over the four days of the event, Equine Affaire’s legendary educational program will include more than 200 different clinics, seminars, and demonstrations on a broad range of equine disciplines and horse-related topics. While clinics presented at Equine Affaire will be catered to attendees who will be watching from the stands, Equine Affaire’s Ride With The Best program will also offer unique opportunities for selected horses and riders to participate in most of the clinics at the event.

Among the many outstanding clinicians who will be accepting horses and/or riders to participate in their sessions at Equine Affaire will be general trainers, including Chris Cox, John Lyons, Craig Cameron, Richard Winters (colt starting), Tommy Garland (CPR Horsemanship), and Stacy Westfall, as well as discipline-specific trainers, including Jeremy Steinberg and Reese Koffler-Stanfield (dressage), Sharon Camarillo (barrel racing), Linda Allen (hunter/jumpers), Stacy Westfall (reining), Pamela Graham (introduction to jumping), Sterling Graburn (driving), Richard Winters (reined cow horse), Jennifer Bauer (easy gaited horses), Aaron Ralston (Ranch & Trail Training), Scot Hansen (trail riding), Heidi Piper (hunter under saddle), Duane Piper (western pleasure), Scott Seymour (draft horse training), and Colleen Kelly (rider biomechanics). Clinicians are also being confirmed for other disciplines including team penning and distance competition and will be posted at www.equineaffaire.com as soon as they are confirmed.

Equine Affaire’s Ride With The Best program offers rare opportunities for both horses and riders to receive one-on-one training from top trainers and coaches for modest clinic fees ranging from only $55 to $125 per clinic. These fees include clinic participation, event admission, and stabling. While some clinicians are seeking riders and horses with specific skills or “problems,” others are seeking any riders interested in improving their relationships with their horses. Clinicians will select the participants for their sessions from written applications and videos submitted to Equine Affaire. Clinic details and a Ride With The Best application are available at www.equineaffaire.com. Interested riders may also request a Ride With The Best information packet by contacting Paula Woodward at (740) 845-0085, ext. 109, or [email protected]. The application deadline is February 15, 2010. Don’t miss the chance to Ride With The Best at Equine Affaire.