Gallop/Meter/Pace Clinic with
5* Rider Woodge Fulton
Want to improve your pacing, timing, and galloping position?
What You Will Learn
- Correct galloping position and balance
- Developing a feel for the correct speed using your watch
- How to safely maintain and understand the appropriate speed for your level
What You Will Do
- Practice cantering and galloping at various speeds appropriate to your level on a metered grass track.
- 175 meters per minute for Introductory level
- Up to 570 mpm for Preliminary (Classic Steeplechase speed)
Sign up for the level you can comfortably gallop over plain cross country jumps on fairly level ground (no steep slopes or sharp turns). If not competing, you’ll need to be comfortable riding an average canter.
Cost
- MCTA Member Riders: $115
- Non-MCTA Riders: $150
- Auditor: $25
Spots are limited so register soon!
Contest! Mounting NO Hands Challenge
Sept 1st thru Sept 30, 2024
Can you keep your balance in the saddle?
Simply (haha) place your hands together behind your back and mount. If you’ve already seen this on social media here’s your chance to give it a try.
SAFETY FIRST! Use a safe horse and have a holder for safety.
Judging
Two levels – Assisted, Unassisted. Judged based on Fluidity and Steadiness.
Winners to receive the Choice of:
- 2024/25 MCTA Membership
- Half off an MCTA Event
- 1 tub of Pharma Solute supplement
How to Enter
- Set your camera to record or have a friend do it for you.
- Submit your video: Labarre4h@gmail.com
- Send payment
- FREE for MCTA Members!
- $25 for non-members (Venmo @MDCTA), consider joining!
Cross Country Schooling
at Shawan Downs 2024
(Weather permitting)
June 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th (Mon – Thurs) – Open Schooling
10:00am – 8:00pm
(Starter thru Training levels only; no Modified or Prelim)
Practice for an event or simply enjoy riding at Shawan Downs without the pressure of competing. Also a way for our beloved volunteers to spend their MCTA bucks!
Accepted Payments: PayPal (mctahtinc@gmail.com), Venmo (@mdcta), exact cash, MCTA Volunteer Bucks.
Signed waivers are required. Print and bring your signed release form with you. Limited paper copies may be available. Course will close at posted hours each evening.
[NOTE: Course is CLOSED for schooling outside of these days.]
New to the Sport of Eventing?
This five-part series of clinics will help you and your horse enter the world of Dressage, Show Jumping, and Cross Country
April 5, 2024 What is Eventing?
April 19, 2024 How to Enter an Event
May 5, 2024 What to Pack – Demo Day
May 19, 2024 Day of Event – Clinic Day
Coaching at your event! Local Starter/Unrecognized HTs in June, July, and August
Questions? Contact April.LaBarre@gmail.com
MCTA Galloping Clinic with Jazz Napravnik
April 7, 2024 (Sun.)
Shawan Downs – 1400 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD
Want to Gallop Like a Pro?
Jazz spent over 20 years galloping horses. Now that she is back in the sport horse world and eventing, she wants to share the tools and techniques she learned galloping race horses and how it can be applied on the cross country course.
$65 per horse/rider combination for MCTA members
$85 per horse/rider combination for non-MCTA members
Deadline for Registration: Wednesday April 3rd EOD.
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MCTA Webinar
Equine First Aid
with Dr. Essie Rogers from Hess Equine Veterinary Services
Held August 6, 2020
MCTA Webinar
Safely Returning to Competition
with Chris Donovan, USEA Area II Chef d’Equipe and Young Riders Program Coordinator
Held May 1, 2020
- returning from an extended layup
- pre-season checklist
- measuring fitness and tracking progress
- exercise ideas
- what changes to expect in competitions
- links to helpful resources
A Super Meetup at Fair Hill!
