by Jan Mansfield
A capacity crowd was on hand recently for the exciting finish to the Trainers’ Challenge, just one of the events on the closing day of The Mane Event in Chilliwack, BC, that drew clinicians, exhibitors, and spectators from across North America.
All three trainers had their work cut out for them when they took on the challenge of working with three un-broke two-year-old colts. Introduced to their equine partners only two days earlier, their final session in the main arena came down to which horse would be able to cope with the surroundings the easiest.
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From Edmonton to Okotoks and all points in between, Alberta dressage riders converged on Trakehner Glen stables outside Priddis for a three-day symposium with Dutch Olympian Ellen Bontje November 2 to 4, 2006.
“What can I teach this horse today?” This is a thought that passes through my head quite regularly as both a rider and a coach. However, Ross MacInnes of Higher Trails has turned this idea completely around and instead uses his horses to teach people about themselves.
Six-time Olympic medal winner and dressage guru Anky van Grunsven of the Netherlands awed an enraptured crowd of over 200 auditors at her Spruce Meadows Clinic held September 5, 2006.
For the first time in Western Canada, Polo Canada put on a Junior Polo Camp at the Calgary Polo grounds from July 24 to 28, 2006. Geared for those aged 12 to 21, Horses All sent out its Junior Reporter Janet Barriage (aged 17) to get the scoop. Here is her story. 
Peter Campbell recently held a Willing Partners Clinic in Cochrane with a class that included 18 extremely focused individuals. As one of those individuals, I would like to share what I learned:
