![Heather Blitz, Betsy Juliano, Anne Gribbons, James Kofford on Pharaoh and Steffen Peters (USEF Archive)](/images/articles/2571/group shot florida.jpg)
Heather Blitz, Betsy Juliano, Anne Gribbons, James Kofford on Pharaoh and Steffen Peters (USEF Archive)
The USET/USEF pre-Olympic Games clinics, made possible by a gift from Betsy Juliano to the USET Foundation, featured instruction from USEF Technical Advisor and Coach Anne Gribbons and Olympian Steffen Peters. At the Florida clinic were seven horses (six riders) including 2011 Pan American Games Team Gold and Individual Silver medalists Heather Blitz and Paragon. Over three days the combinations worked with Peters and Gribbons individually, rode the Olympic Grand Prix Special and reviewed video of the tests with Gribbons.
![Steffen Peters, Anne Gribbons, Christine Traurig and Kathleen Raine on Breanna (USEF Archive)](/images/articles/2572/steffenclinic.jpg)
Steffen Peters, Anne Gribbons, Christine Traurig and Kathleen Raine on Breanna (USEF Archive)
Focusing on the development of the next generation of U.S. dressage talent, the USEF Developing Dressage Clinic at Epona Farms included nine horses with seven riders. Under the guidance of USEF Developing Dressage Coach, Debbie McDonald, these combinations worked to polish movements and improve training practices. Renowned U.S. dressage rider Leslie Morse presented two up-and-coming horses at the clinic, Fluer and Excalibur. Other participants included David Blake with Royal Prinz and Lord Albert, Rebecca Rigdon with Solei, Brian Hafner with Lombardo LHF, Elizabeth Ball with Avanti, Oryla Wiedoeft with Galanta, and Barbi Breen-Gurley with Vindicator. The 2012 USEF Developing Dressage Program, including these clinics with McDonald, has been made possible by a gift from USET Foundation Trustee Akiko Yamazaki/Red Husky Foundation.
The next USET/USEF pre-Olympic Games clinic will take place in February in Florida; a complete schedule is available here: http://www.usef.org/documents/highPerformance/dressage/2012InvitCriteriaPreOlympicGamesClinics.pdf.
The next USEF Developing Dressage Clinic will take place in late January in Florida; a complete schedule is available here: http://www.usef.org/documents/highPerformance/dressage/2012DevClinicTrainCamp.pdf.
For further information please visit http://www.usef.org/_IFrames/breedsdisciplines/discipline/alldressage/hpDressage.aspx or contact Jenny Van Wieren-Page, USEF High Performance Dressage Director, at [email protected].