Dates: April 5, 2025
WHEN: Saturday, April 5, 2025 (10:00 AM – 2:00 PM)
WHERE: 288 Mast Rd, Durham, NH 03824
Thinking about your future with horses? Wonder what it might look like for you and your horse after High School? Oh, the possibilities! Our experienced panelists present how they’ve gotten to where they are and what it looked like along the way! Get together with other Young Rider members for our Spring Start Box Symposium at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
MEET OUR PANELISTS:
“Horses after High School”
– Sophie Tullar (Groom for CCI5* and USEF Development Athlete, Mia Farley)
– Myles McLaughlin (Randolph-Macon Eventing Team and former working student for CCI5* Rider, Ariel Grald)
– Emma Armstrong (Barn Manager and Assistant Trainer for CCI4* Rider, Anna Loschiavo)
– TBD (UNH IHSA and IDA Riders)
“Professionals in the Equine World”
– Stephie Baer (Head Trainer at Course Brook Farm, CCI5* Event Rider, and Area 1 Selector)
– Sharon White (CCI5* Event Rider and 2023 Pan American Team Silver Medalist)
– Sue Berrill (Advanced Event Rider and Area 1 Young Rider mentor)
– Emily vanGemeren (CCI2* Event Rider. Former YR with a full-time non-horsey career.)
– Booli Selmayr (CCI5* Event Rider, and Area 1 Young Rider mentor)
THE SCHEDULE:
9:30 AM: Check-in/Registration/Coffee/Tea
9:45 AM: Welcome
10:00 AM: Panel 1 – “Horses after High School”
11:00 AM: Panel 2 – “Professionals in the Equine World”
12:15 PM Delicious lunch sandwich buffet served
12:45 PM: Organize afternoon workshops. Divide into 2 groups
12:45 PM: Workshop Rotation 1 – Saddle Fitting with Sue Berrill or Spring Fitness with Stephie Baer
1:30 PM: Workshop Rotation 2 – Spring Fitness with Stephie Baer or Saddle Fitting with Sue Berrill
2:15 Symposium Wrap-Up
Registration Closes: Wednesday, March 26
Location: UNH Equine Center
288 Mast Rd, Durham, NH 03824
Contact:
Chelsea Sprague – (802) 279-8961
chelseasprague32@gmail.com
