AHS Press Release
 
Contact: Sandra Werkheiser
AHS Publications Editor and Web Site Director
(610) 261-0345 • sandy@unbridledcreative.com

American Hanoverian Society (AHS) is pleased to announce that a Young Horse Dressage Symposium with USEF Young Horse Dressage The Coach Scott Hassler will be held at the Jacksonville, FL, Equestrian Center on January 27, 2007 in conjunction with the Society’s Annual Membership Meeting.

The 2007 AHS Annual Meeting will be held January 26-28 at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida. The meeting will offer three days of educational programs featuring seminars on raising stallion prospects, managing limb and hoof deviations in foals, selecting the proper performance venues for young horses, equine nutrition and more. Attendees will also be updated on the work of various AHS Committees and will have the opportunity to brainstorm marketing ideas. 

Headlining the meeting is well-respected breeder, rider, trainer and coach Scott Hassler. Hassler has graciously offered to make himself available for a 45-minute open question and answer session on Friday afternoon at the Hyatt, giving breeders, riders and trainers the opportunity to ask him whatever they like.  He will then conduct a training symposium on Saturday at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. The purpose of the symposium is to help breeders, riders and trainers assess the performance potential of young horses and to properly develop youngsters with realistic goal setting and strategies for successful training.  He’ll offer advice for selecting the best competition venues for young horses and will also address the quality of gaits and training necessary to make the FEI Young Horse Tests a realistic goal. He will lecture from the arena and use top three-, four-, five- and six-year-old Hanoverians to illustrate the concepts.  There will be plenty of opportunity for audience participation as well as question and answer sessions after each age group.

To be considered for participation, applicants should submit a 15-minute video or DVD taken within the last year riding the registered Hanoverian three-, four-, five- or six-year-old (age in 2006) with whom you'd like to participate and include walk, trot and canter.  A brief resume of the horse and rider should accompany footage.  Video or DVD should be sent to Bettie Carroll  P.O. Box 1020  Walkertown, NC  27051 and must be received by December 15, 2006. 

Jacksonville is easily accessible by air, and the area offers ideal temperatures, trendy restaurants, specialty shops and easy access to golf, beaches and fun for the entire family. The AHS host hotel is adjacent to Jacksonville Landing, an entertainment complex featuring shops and fun dining.  Additional restaurants, nightclubs and museums are a short water taxi ride across the St. John’s River.  A 30-minute drive will take visitors to historic and charming St. Augustine as well as the famous golf resorts of Ponte Vedra.
 
For registration information, visit the AHS website at www.hanoverian.org or call the AHS office at (859) 255-4141 for additional information. Pre-registration for the Saturday Symposium with Scott Hassler is $25 and everyone is welcome, AHS members and non-members alike. Registration for the entire meeting is $175, and this fee includes the Scott Hassler Symposium, all educational programs, the Awards Banquet, and the increasingly famous Silent Auction, which offers shopping and entertainment well worth the entire registration fee! Information on Hanoverian stallions at stud in the U.S. and Hanoverian horses for sale across the country will also be available. 

For more information, please contact Sandra Werkheiser, AHS Publications Editor and Web Site Director at (610) 261-0345 or via e-mail at sandy@unbridledcreative.com. AHS press releases are also available on the society’s web site at http://www.hanoverian.org.