GVDS Sponsored Ride With Your Mind Clinic!
Be the Best Rider You Can Be!
Instructor: Stephany Fish-Crossman - Certified Ride with Your Mind Instructor
September 26-28, 2025
Sponsors: Grand Valley Dressage Society & The Alice Hoffner Memorial Education Fund
Location: Roy Yates Horse Training - 2033 J Rd. Fruita, CO
Looking for a way to better understand how your position, aids and movements impact your horse and its performance and reaction to you? Then join us this weekend at Roy Yates Horse Training in Fruita for a very educational clinic on biomechanics. Stephany Fish-Crossman, a certified Mary Wanless Ride With Your Mind instructor, will guide English and western dressage riders and beginner through FEI level riders through mounted and unmounted instructions and exercises. Green horses and experienced show horses also participating with a variety of breeds represented.
Plenty of audit space available. $5/day for RMDS/GVDS members and $10/day for non-members. Lunch and snacks are included. Bring your own chair.
Have you ever noticed that every horse you ride eventually has the same bad habit, like leaning out one shoulder, not turning a certain way, or only picking up one lead? This could be a function of YOUR position! While you may feel straight and have a good handle on where you are in the saddle, there are often rider bio-mechanical issues that play into these repeated problems. Whether you ride English or Western, for pleasure or for competition, working from a bio-mechanical point can improve your course, your score or simply enhance your time in the saddle. Our clinic focuses on developing both the tools to ride well and the
understanding of the theory behind the riding. Understanding the reason why something is being done creates confidence in the rider, and the ability to repeat it at a later time.
Clinic format:
Riders can choose to work in a 50 minute private session, or in groups of 2 for a 60 minute session. Stephany will adapt your session(s) to your style of learning. All levels, breeds, and disciplines are welcome. After lunch Stephany will hold an unmounted session for exercises to improve your balance, sense of feel, and “sense of correct” versus “correct”. She will also open the floor up at this time for questions. We encourage each rider AND auditor to stay for the unmounted session, as many “aha’s” are found OFF the horse. We look forward to meeting your needs and exceeding your expectations!
About Stephany:
Stephany is a USDF Bronze and Silver Medalist, as well as one of only 5 Level 2 Accredited Coaches with the RWYM program in the US. She has studied in Germany, and received her Trainer A Certification while there. She has trained numerous horses to the FEI level, while still working at the grass roots level with Pony Club and other local organizations. Her facility is based in Okeechobee, Florida. See more about her at www.SerendipityDressage.net .
Contact:
Karen Harkin 303.489.9487 or ksharkin@gmail.com for more information and questions on how to register. Sign up below.
GVDS Members and Associates get discounted rates for clinic!
GVDS Volunteers get additional discounts if volunteering more than 10 hours in 2025 as of 9/1/25.
Ride with Your Mind Registration Information
NEW TWO-DAY Riding Option – Saturday & Sunday!!
Deadline September 23, 2025
Fees:
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GVDS Member/Associate Audit fee: $5/day
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GVDS Member/Associate Semi-private lessons $265/each rider for all three days
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GVDS Member/Associate Private lessons $525 for all three days
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GVDS Member/Associate Private lessons $350 for two days (Saturday & Sunday)
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Non-GVDS Member/Associate Audit fee: $10/day
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Non-GVDS Member/Associate Semi-private lessons $300/each rider for all three days
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Non-GVDS Member/Associate Private lessons $600 for all three days
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Non-GVDS Member/Associate Private lessons $400 for two days (Saturday & Sunday)
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If doing a semi-private lesson, preference is to find your own partner to work with but if you can’t, we will try to help.
In appreciation of our GVDS volunteers, we are giving you a special coupon for a discount on this clinic. if you have volunteered for more than 10 hours for GVDS this year, you will receive a coupon by email which can be used for yourself, or a person you would like to sponsor for the clinic as our thanks for your service to our organization.