VADA-CH 2010 CHAPTER GRANT CLINIC

with JEANNE MCDONALD

“From the Judge’s Perspective”

Jeanne is an FEI “I” Dressage Judge, an USEF “S” Dressage Judge, an “r” Dressage Sport Horse Breed Judge and a certified FEI “YH” Judge

$110 per rider per day for a total of ten riders per day

FREE for auditors who are also VADA-CH members; $10 per day for all other auditors

August 14^th and 15^th

Ashanti Farm

Gordonsville, VA

Preference is given to riders 3^rd level and above. This is a great opportunity to work out some of the kinks and make sure you are ready to compete at our upcoming licensed shows, the remaining Fall shows as well as BLMs and Regionals!

Please reserve your spot by emailing gardy@gardybloemers.com. Payment is due in advance. Any questions email Gardy or call 434 981 1017.

Stabling available at $39 per day per stall. Bedding not included.

CLINICIAN BIOGRAPHY

Jeanne McDonald’s lifelong passion for riding began at age eight with the New Canaan Mounted Troop in Connecticut. She competed successfully in Medal/Maclay classes as a junior and then turned to eventing, and in 1980 her primary focus became Dressage. In 1982, she purchased her first horse: Moleque, a 17 year old TB. They were AHSA East Coast Champions at Fourth Level Freestyles in 1984 and "Mo" helped her earn her Bronze and Silver USDF Medals and one leg of her Gold, on the way to Grand Prix at the age of 22! Con Brio was not owned by Jeanne, but for five years, she trained and competed him from PSG to Grand Prix. She and Brio also obtained the final scores for her USDF Gold Medal, and were chosen as the PSG horse in the first Dr.Reiner Klimke Clinic in 1990 and also the GP rider in 1993.

In 1990 Jeanne opened her own boarding/training facility in PA, Turning Point Farm. In 1993, she found her second horse, Tantris, an approved Oldenburg stallion (immediately after his successful 100 day testing in Germany). They competed successfully, from Training level in ‘93 up through the levels to GP in 2004, and came back again in 2008 for a wonderful last year in the Competition ring and as a demo horse for the NEDA Fall Symposium with Debbie McDonald. Turning Point Farm has since expanded into a breeding farm as well, keeping her busy training both students and Tantris offspring, and hosting every year since 1998, a German Oldenburg Verband (GOV) Inspection. Jeanne has bred & trained & competed many of Tantris offspring over the past the 12 years, and with Tahiti, won many Championships and USDF honors from Training Level through Third level in 2007. Most recently, Talisman, a 17.3 hand gelding purchased from his breeder, has been winning and Champions at Training and First levels. His average scores have been 75% with 9 classes and 8 judges!

Jeanne is a FEI “I” Dressage Judge, an USEF “S” Dressage Judge, an “r” Dressage Sport Horse Breed Judge and is also a certified FEI “YH” Judge. She officiates at more than 30 shows each year in the United States, Canada (judging their first Eventing Young Horse Championships in Ottawa in 2005), Mexico, Costa Rica and the Islands. In 2007-2009 Jeanne judged the USEF National Young Horse Championships in Kentucky and will again in 2011 at Lamplight. And last year she judged the European Junior & Young Riders Dressage Championships in Ermelo, Holland. In between competing and judging, Jeanne has been doing clinics regularly in the Boston area since 1995 and Cape Cod since 2000, as well as clinics in Virginia Beach, Shelter Island on Long Island, and most recently has added the Detroit area on a bi-monthly basis.