Name: Working Equitation Step Up Clinic with Mary Young
Start: 2025-10-24T13:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-10-26T18:00:00-06:00
Location: Pierce Gulch Farm

Working Equitation Step Up Clinic with Mary Young

FREE FOR AUDITORS!!
Come watch private lessons for Working Equitation riders with Masters's level competitor and WE instructor, Mary Young. There will be both dressage and obstacle training and each lesson will be based on each rider's individual goals in "stepping up" a level during the 2026 season.
Based outside of Roseburg, Oregon, Mary customizes her training programs to create harmonious and happy relationships with each horse and rider team. Mary trains horses to have very classically correct foundations allowing them to be mentally relaxed and willing and physically supple, strong, straight in their body, light in the hand and responsive to the seat.
As an instructor Mary is very focused on classical, biomechanically correct position to sculpt the rider and using a demanding, yet patient approach, she helps to instill confidence and harmony between her horses and riders.
Working Equitation has become a passion for Mary in the last ten years with showing since 2019. Working Equitation gives the horses and riders a chance to use their classical dressage training in a sport that emphasizes harmoniously developed and trusting partnerships. It is a sport that encourages correct and classical development adding obstacles we well as speed and cattle work for deeper relationships with our horses. Mary is a master level rider and developing horses all through the levels. Mary, and Gingao, just competed during October 2025 in the largest Masters' level competition ever held in the USA, the WAWE Master's Qualifier in Temecula during the Region 2 Championships. It was a joy to watch her and her horse dance thru the test and courses.
Auditors are encouraged and welcome. Watch and learn!! Technical Delegate, Kim Pearson, will be on hand to answer rule and regulation questions and Laura Hedrich, The Seat Coach, will be available to discuss the effects of rider and horse biomechanics.
Rider schedule will be posted. This clinic is FULL.
Friday (eval/goals) 1pm-6pm
Saturday (dressage) 8am-6pm
Sunday (EOH/speed) 8am-5pm
Parking is limited so please parallel park cars on north-side of indoor arena.
There will be a No-host dinner on 7pm at the River Club on Friday (10/24). This is a chance to hear about Mary's journey in WE and to ask questions about her teaching, training and riding style. (You must RSVP for dinner with Raina)