Mette and Finally had a fantastic weekend when they went to the USET/USEF Elite pre-Olympic prep clinic.
The clinic was held at the beautiful Epona farm in West Lake, owned by Linda Fowel.
The reason why the clinic was put together was to see what Grand Prix horses we have in USA. For this time it was the west coast riders who got a chance to train on Friday with both Steffen Peters and the national coach Anne Gribbons.
On Saturday the format was that Steffen Peters was warming up the riders and Anne Gribbons was judging the Grand Prix test with perfect help from Jenny Van Wieren-Page as the most qualified scriber.
The test was filmed by a professional videographer,so when the whole clinic was done on Saturday,we had a chance to sit down with Anne and review and go over the test.
The teamwork between Anne and Steffen was great! Also to have Jenny there so that the riders had a chance to have a good talk, ask questions and get answers was really nice and helpful.
Mette felt that this clinic had the best format ever! Training and test-riding are two totally different things and its an eye-opener to work even harder. Mette is very grateful that she got a chance to be part of the big picture and is very thankful for her wonderful horse Finally, for Finally partner and for her best groom Anna. Without everybodys support this would be even harder.
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