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Seminars

Marijke van de Water
  • Healing with Horses

  • Healing Laminitis with Nutrition

Hall B Sales Arena

August 27

Marijke is from Armstrong, B.C. where she owns a natural health clinic for horses and their owners. She works with horses all over North America formulating health programs for a variety of health conditions through the use of feeding programs, nutritional supplements, herbs, and homeopathic remedies. She is considered one of the foremost experts in equine natural medicine and therapeutic nutrition with a special interest in digestive disorders, immunity, and metabolic syndrome

 
Teresa Sealy
  • Careers in the Horseracing Industry

Hall B Sales Arena

August 31

Teresa works actively in the horse racing sector and is also an instructor at Olds College.

 
Patricia Dowling
  • Conditioning the Equine Athlete

Hall B Sales Arena

August 30

Patricia (Trish) Dowling is a professor at the Western College of Veterinarian Medicine and in her spare time an endurance rider.  She brings a wealth of practical hands on knowledge and experience in the physiology of conditioning horses for specific disciplines.

 
Charles Briggs/Dave Fiddler/Les Burwash
  • The end of the Trail –what are the choices when your horse reaches the end of their useful life.

Hall B Sales Arena

August 29

Dr. Charles Briggs, a well respected veterinarian from the Edmonton area has a wealth of experience in dealing with types of horses and horse owners. His experience with this issue is extensive.

David Fiddler is a founder and shareholder in Natural Valley Farms, a producer owned beef packing plant in Saskatchewan that is custom slaughtering horses for the European market.  He is also a horse owner and breeder.

Les Burwash is  the Horse Industry Specialist for the province of Alberta.

 
Charles Briggs
  • Evaluating Lameness

Hall B Sales Arena

August 29

One of Northern Alberta most respected equine Veterinarians, Charles is renowned as the leg man!

 
Cheryl Smythe
  • Say Cheese! – Tips for Great Equine Photography

Hall B Sales Arena

August 30

Cheryl Smythe Photography brings you 25 years of professional Photography. She has studied at the West Coast School of Photographic Arts, and has been a member of the Professional Photographers of Canada for several years.

 
Dave Elliott
  • Bits & Bitting

Hall B Sales Arena

Aug 30/31

This seminar will run with a classroom setting, on the evening of the 30th and if possible will have a small ring where a few participants can ride, and identify problems with their present equipment.

 
Dave Collins
  • The Right Fit – Making sure your saddle fits your horse

  • Emotions 101 – Your horse is a feeling being

Hall B Sales Arena

August 28

Dave Collins is the Founder and Principal of the British Columbia College of Equine Therapy. Dave holds certificates from the Northern Institute of Physical Therapies of Blackpool England and the Western College of Remedial Massage Therapies, Regina, Saskatchewan. He is certified by the London and Counties Society of Physiologists (L.C.S.P. Phys.), Alberta Remedial Massage Therapy Society (A.R.M.T.S.) and the Association of Remedial Massage Therapists and Wholistic Practitioners. Dave is also a certified Touch for Health (T.F.H.) and Emotional Polarity Therapy (E.P.T.) practitioner.