The theme for the two day clinic with Hubertus Schmidt was “Developing Power through Relaxation” and Mr. Schmidt explained it well. An all star list of demonstration trainers included Todd Flettrich, Michelle Gibson, Mary Ann Grant, Nancy Pugh Later, Catherine Morelli, Dr. Cesar Parra, Karen Lipp, Silke Rembacz, Alison Sader-Larson, Oded Shimoni, Jessica Jo Tate, and Lynda Alicki.

Lendon Gray, who conducted question and answer time with Mr. Schmidt, was thrilled to have Mr. Schmidt’s expert knowledge available to US riders. “His style is a straight forward, systematic and an uncomplicated approach to training. Our real goal is for the trainers who have attended this clinic to take home this knowledge to their students to improve the quality of dressage in the US. You really can’t go wrong with his training.”

Gunnar and Birgit Ostergaard who attended the conference Sunday added that no matter what level a trainer and rider is there is always something to be gained from attending these symposiums. "I came home with a lot of inspiration." said Ostergaard. "There is really nothing new in the training of dressage, but different trainers have different ways of explaining things." he added. "I was reminded of some exercises I remembered doing with the late Herbert Rehbein." Gunnar continued. "Doing the piaffe and passage on bended lines, not always on a straight line. I can't wait to get on my horse Monday and try it!"