California Dressage Society Annual Meeting and Symposium 

I Have This Young Horse
Now What Do I Do With It?

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               Starting in January CDS heads into its next 50 years with the Executive Board Meeting, Annual Meeting, and Symposium January 19-21. If you have never attended an Executive Board Meeting this one on the 19^th is a good one to attend. We will be reviewing all the plans for the year and talk about our plans for the future as well as approving the budgets. It’s a great opportunity to see all that CDS does for the members and find out how you can get involved. The Annual Meeting on the 20^th is a time for representatives from each chapter to get together and share what is going on locally and what they have planned in the upcoming year. It is also a great opportunity for the chapters to share ideas and look for ways to collaborate on events and ideas. At 4:00 pm Willy Arts and Daivd Wightman will give a Young Horse Introduction.

                  Saturday evening’s awards banquet is a great time to celebrate with friends, everyone’s accomplishments for the year. 

                  Finally, our Symposium is Sunday the 21^st at Starr Vaughn Equestrian. The title of the Symposium is “So I have this young horse, now what do I do with it?” with our presenters Willy Arts and David Wightman. Both presenters have bred, raised, and competed at the national and international level on horses they have bred and raised. Willy has campaigned countless young horses, qualifying and attending the National Young Horse Championships many times. Additionally, he and many of his clients have competed successfully on the DG Bar bred horses, participating in CDS Championships and the Futurity each year. David Wightman has trained many top young horses over the years competing in the National Young Horse Championships and traveling to Europe to compete in the World Young Horse Championships. David and his clients enjoy much success in the competition arena, regularly participating in the CDS Championships and Futurity. Together Willy and David will discuss and demonstrate starting a young horse and training a young horse through the levels by giving them a foundation for success. They will also discuss evaluating your young horse and how you can decide the correct path for you and your horse with your long-term goals in mind.

                  Now if you are thinking, “I don’t have a young horse so there won’t be anything there for me”, you are wrong. These tips and training will lay the foundation for all your training and can be built on. It is so important to reinforce all these basics throughout all your training, whether you are just starting your horse under saddle or ready to go down centerline in the Grand Prix arena. It is a great time and educational for all, I hope to see you there.

Symposium Presenters

Willy Arts 
David Wightman

FRIDAY, JAN 19 - EMBASSY SUITES,  100 Capital Mall,SACRAMENTO, CA 95814
 10:00 am – 5:00 pm     CDS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING ~ Guests Welcome
  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm    WELCOME PARTY - light hors d’oeuvres

SATURDAY, JAN 20 - EMBASSY SUITES, SACRAMENTO, CA 
      7:00 am -      8:00 am    REGISTRATION AND FREE  FULL BREAKFAST BUFFET
      8:00 am -    10:00 am    PRESIDENT'S REPORT AND ANNUAL MEETING
    10:00 am –    10:15 am    BREAK ~ SILENT AUCTION BEGINS
    10:15 am –    12:00 am    CHAPTER CHAIRS MEET BY REGION
    12:00 pm –     1:30 pm    CHAPTER CHAIRS LUNCH, SILENT AUCTION CONTINUES
      1:30 pm -      3:15 pm    REGIONAL REPORTS AND DISCUSSION
      3:30 PM -     4:00 PM     WHAT MEMBERSHIPS DO YOU NEED?
       4:00 PM -     5:00 PM  YOUNG HORSE INTRODUCTION - WILLY ARTS, DAVID WIGHTMAN

SATURDAY DINNER:  REGISTRATION REQUIRED $65.
  6:00 pm –        7:00 pm    SOCIAL HOUR ~ NO HOST BAR
  7:00 pm –     10:00 pm    DINNER, AWARDS PRESENTATION

SUNDAY, JANUARY 21  ~  $75/85 FEE ~ STARR VAUGHN EQUESTRIAN CENTER,
                                           7541 SLOUGHHOUSE RD, ELK GROVE, CA 95624
      8:30 am -   3:30PM        DEMONSTRATION ON STARTING AND TRAINING
            SILENT AUCTION CONTINUES - MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN