Special Features!

Banquet Keynote Speaker
Pony Club Alumni Colonel Lorelei Wilson Coplen will be making the keynote address "Riding into the Future".  Lorelei graduated from the former West Point Pony Club as an "A".  She has spent twenty-plus years in the military in positions ranging from logistics, to human resources.  She was in command of an aviation company during Operation Desert Storm in 1990 to 1991, as well as a recent command of an 800-Soldier aviation support battalion of the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq in 2005 to 2006.  Lorelei has served as DC, has been a National Examiner for several years, was inducted into the Academy of Achievement and will be joining the Board of Governors in 2008.

USDF University Credit Workshop
Collaborating with the USDF, USPC will be hosting a special 4 hour USDF University Credit workshop presented by Lois Yukins, on Sunday morning, January 27th about the Biomechanics of the Horse and how it is related to the pyramid of training.  Lois, a Pony Club Alumni, USEF 'S' judge, and 'I' FEI judge will present this workshop designed to help attendees better understand the physical functions of the horse with an in depth discussion of how this fits into everyday training. It will better help them to understand why some horses rebel while others succeed. There will be time for discussion throughout the presentation.