This week the American Dressage Legend series continues with a look at the life of 2003 Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame inductee, Olympian Major Robert Borg. Rachel Saavedra joins us to talk about her experience at this and other FEI- Level Trainers Conferences she has attended over the years. Then in Vet Connections, we start a four part series on back pain; this week, Dr. Wittich discusses back pain in dressage horses.
Rachel Saavedra of San Ramon, CA is a certified Instructor to FEI B level and an Instructor Trainer Senior Faculty member.
Courtney Wittich, MS, DVM of Lexington, KY, received a bachelor’s degree in Equestrian Studies and pre-veterinary medicine from the University of Findlay in Ohio, a master’s degree in Veterinary Epidemiology from Texas A&M, followed by a DVM from The Ohio State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2011. After graduating, Courtney completed a 15-month Sport Horse internship at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, KY. In 2014 she returned to Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, working in Lexington and Wellington for the Sport Horse Department.
Links:
531: Karen Isberg and Oreo, USEF Children’s Champ Lexi Kment, and a Trainer Tip with Endel Ots
USDF Festival of Champions Competitors Endel Ots and Mackenzie Peer, Plus a Trainer Tip
528: Book Club, Karen Isberg On Hay, and a Common Training Issue
527: Bill McMullin and North American Young Rider Champion Callie Jones
Pan-Am Gold Medalist Sarah Lockman, Book Review of The Riding Doctor, and Tina Irwin’s Trainer Tip
REVISIT – Olympian Allison Brock on The Brooke USA and Rachel’s Horse Cookies
Aachen International Horse Show and the Dressage Foundation International Dream Program, Plus a Trainer Tip with Tina Irwin
Canadian Pam Am Team Member Tina Irwin, Adult Amateur Karen Isberg and a Tip from Jen Baumert
Everything Young Riders, Pan Am Games, and a Trainer Tip
US Pan Am Team Member Sarah Lockman, Talking Bits with Herm Sprenger and a Judges Tip
REVISIT: Canter Pirouette with Jessica Ransehousen and Trot to Canter
Becoming a Dressage Judge, Fly Control, and a Trainer Tip
European Equine Adventures, Top Performance Horse Program, and Stallion Performance Testing
517 – Regional Schooling Show Awards, Safe Sport, and a Book Review
Karen Isberg on Being an Amateur Rider, a Book Review, and the Snowman Exercise
#514 – Revisit: Flying Changes Training and Judging Perspectives with Lee Tubman
#513 Insulin Resistance, a Complicated Listener Email, and a Trainer Tip
#512 GMO Education Initiative and Grant, YourDressage Website, Adult Dressage Seat Equitation
#511 REVISIT America’s Dressage Thoroughbred and Laura Burket to Finals
#510 Riding With Oliveira and Eventer Ashley Kehoe
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