Saddle Up Roundpen (Agriplex)
12:15pm - Andalusian Stallion Tribuno II at Liberty / Using your saddle horse to pony young horses - Showing techniques on how to pony safely. Marion demonstrates from her horse how to prepare the young horse for his first ride, teach a young horse to stop, move lightly off pressure, move his hind quarters and front quarters and become accustomed to stimulus to help him be calmer and less reactive.
Marion grew up at her parents riding School in West Germany. Even though her mother was a certified English riding instructor, she gave Marion the opportunity to learn from many other instructors in different fields of the Equine world. By the time her family moved to Canada in 1984, Marion was already accomplished as a horse person, having earned the FN. German Bronze and Silver medal for Jumping and Dressage riding and the FN. Bronze medal for team driving.
Her first summer in Canada, Marion got a job as a horse trainer and took the owners young stallion to the shows, winning a Canadian National Championship title. Marion developed her own technique with her knowledge of so many aspects of the horse world, including English Riding, Western Riding, Horse logging, Cow work, 50 day Friesian stallion testing, packing, guiding in the Chilcotin and riding horses without the aid of bridle or saddle, and of course her many years of work with unique horses and their owners. For the past 7 years she has been on the road conducting clinics and sharing her technique with horse people from all over Western Canada, the US and Germany, and working from her farm in Princeton, BC.
Marion is a CHA Certified level 4 English Riding Instructor, a CHA Certified level 4 Western Riding Instructor and a CHA Certified Level 4 Wilderness Guide Instructor.