2021 Program with Johann Hinnemann

THE NEW ENGLAND DRESSAGE ASSOCIATION
WELCOMES
Johann Hinnemann
German
Dressage
Master
NEDA
FALL
SYMPOSIUM
Oct. 23 - 24, 2021
Bear Spot Farm
Acton, MA

WELCOME
to the 2021 NEDA Symposium
NEDA is pleased to present an in-person symposium with Johann Hinnemann
for 2021, after a pause due to the worldwide pandemic. There is something special
about watching horses and riders live, that cannot be replicated through a video.
The sounds and smells of the horse along with the added dimension of being
able to ride along from our seats and cheer the riders on their journey is so special.
Johann Hinnemann is one of the most respected trainers and horseman in the
world and we are pleased to be able to highlight his training to our auditors and participants.
We are fortunate to have a wide array of horses and riders selected for this
weekend’s symposium. They range from 4 and 5 year-olds, just starting on their basics
to FEI horses. The breeding is also varied and includes our traditional warmblood
breeds and a Lusitano.
Our organizing committee and our team of volunteers have been working yearround
to make this a successful weekend. The NEDA symposium would also not be
possible without the additional support of our sponsors and advertisers.
A big thank also goes out to Jane Karol and her crew at Bear Spot Farm for
hosting the symposium especially in these uncertain times.
Lastly, to our members and auditors, we hope we’ve succeeded in making this
the best educational weekend of the year. For all of us at NEDA, thank you for being
here and we hope you enjoy the Symposium.
Sincerely,
Iris Berdrow
President
New England Dressage Association
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SYMPOSIUM
VOLUNTEERS
TABLE OF
CONTENTS 2021
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n Welcome................. 1
n Volunteers/Reminders....... 2
n Schedule.................... 3
n Joahnn Hinnemann Bio.... 5
n Demo Riders................
Rider: Kristin Wagner 7
Rider: Mary McCarthy 9
Rider: Leslie Morse 11
Rider: Kathleen Fuller 13
Rider: Ashley Madison 14
Rider: David Collins 15
Rider: Bobbi Carleton 16
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n Event Manager
n Assistant Manager
n NEDA President
n Rider Liaison
n Registration Coordinators
n Administrative Assistant
n Bear Spot Farm, Owner
n Catering Coordinator
n Volunteer Coordinator
n Hospitality
n Parking
n Sponsorship & Advertising
n Premier Sponsor Coordinator
n Announcer
n Program Design
n Photographer
n Assistant Photographer
n Tip Writer
Beth Beukema
Karen Weber
Iris Berdrow
Krista Nordgren
Cathy Liston
Jennifer Bracia
Jane Karol
Elizabeth Preston
Karin Swanfeldt
Jennifer Dillon
Peter Chavonelle
Scott Yacino
Susan Christensen
Kari Cincotta
Erin Keehan
June Evers/Horse Hollow Press
Carole MacDonald
Diane Holston
Gina Dailey
n Thank you to the staff and students at Bear Spot Farm
n Thank you to our NEDA volunteer board and all our volunteers.
Without your tremendous efforts we could not hold such a
wonderful event. A partial list of volunteers follows:
Iris Berdrow, Paul Cormier, Kathy Hickerson,
Tammy Paparella, Sarah Geikie n And numerous others
Intercollegiate Dressage Association Team Students from:
Johnson & Wales University n University of Connecticut
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REMINDERS TO MAKE YOUR SYMPOSIUM EXPERIENCE ENJOYABLE
No photographs or videotaping during
the presentations. (credentialed
photographers only). Cell phones
must remain turned off and stowed
out of sight. You will be asked to
leave the venue for failure to follow
this policy.
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Lunch will be passed out at the
registration tent. Please have ticket
from your packet -Tickets are specific
for Saturday/ Sunday.
Thank you for providing proof of
covid 19 vaccination.
Masks are recommended while
indoors
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Please refrain from the barn area,
by using the side entrance to the
indoor arena
Please stay seated during the riding
sessions to eliminate distractions for
the horses and riders.
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SCHEDULE
NEDA Fall Symposium with Johann Hinnemann
TIME
7:30
9:00 - 9:15
9:15 - 10:05
10:05 - 10:55
10:55 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:00
12:00 - 1:00
1:00 - 1:50
1:50 - 2:40
2:40 - 3:30
3:30 - 3:45
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Registration Opens – Bear Spot Farm
Introduction of Johann Hinnemann and Opening Remarks
4 & 5 year olds
Millennium Falcon - Kristin Wagner n Dramatique - Mary McCarthy
Third Level
Be My Hero - Leslie Morse
Fourth Level
San Silvio - Kathleen Fuller
Discussion
Lunch Break
(Boxed lunches will be passed out at the registration tent)
Prix St. Georges
Bella Mondo - Ashley Madison
Intermediate
Shengli - David Collins
Grand Prix
Espumante - Roberta Carleton
Wrap Up and Questions
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING!
October 23 & 24, 2021 n Bear Spot Farm, Acton, MA

Team Gold and Individual Bronze Medalist
at the European Dressage Championships
JOHANN
H I N N E M A N N
NEDA is pleased to welcome Johann
Hinnemann to the Fall Symposium at
Bear Spot Farm in Concord, MA.
“Jo” is one of the most sought-after
dressage trainers in the world and is
known for his decisive and structured
approach to riding and training. Hinnemann
has been the coach for the German
and Dutch national teams, and
Canadian Olympic team. In addition,
Hinnemann has coached numerous riders
to international success, including
Steffen Peters, Christine Trauring, Kathleen
Raine, Marlies van Baalen, Leone
Brammel, and Coby Van Baalen.
“Johann spent from 1968-72 training in
Münster: I was with Dr Klimke for almost
four years, and after that I had to start my
own place. My grand-father said you
must come home and start something at
home, so I did that.”
“I started my farm in 1972. At that time
as a professional you were not allowed
to ride internationally. In 84, I started to
fight for the right to compete internationally.
Under the FEI rules then, if you were
a professional jumping rider then you
could ride internationally but if you were
a dressage rider you could not. I said that
can’t be true, it’s like if you swim freestyle
you are a professional, if you swim backstroke
you are an amateur. I was the first
one who was first a bereiter, and then
through the riding instructor system, and
still allowed to ride internationally. They
had to change the rule. I was lucky to
have Ideaal at the time – but before that
I had won over a dozen medals in German
championships but I wasn’t allowed
to ride internationally.”
In 1986, Hinnemann won the team gold
and individual bronze medal at the Dressage
World Championships. In 1987 he
won the team gold and individual bronze
medal at the European Dressage Championships.
Additionally, he has many
prestigious Grand Prix wins at the top
European competitions. In 1996, Hinnemann
was awarded the rarely bestowed
title of Reitmeister (Master Rider).
Gwyneth McPherson shares some
thoughts on Hinnemann’s teaching and
training. “The combination of Johann
Hinnemann’s extensive experience and
success as an international dressage
competitor and coach, and his role as a
top dressage horse breeder, gives him a
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unique perspective as a trainer and instructor.
A kind and positive teacher for
both the horse and the rider, Johann focuses
on the building blocks of correct
dressage training. In his lessons he takes
the time to create the throughness and
suppleness for the horse’s stage of development,
while simultaneously refining
the rider’s aids and the horse’s responses
to them.”
Currently Jo shares his time between
Europe and California as his family is involved
in breeding horses on both sides
of the Atlantic. Riding Master Hinnemann
has been living and working at
Stal Krüsterhof for more than 40 years,
and he has been tremendously successful
as rider, trainer, stallion holder
and breeder. The Hinnemann Family’s
newest addition. The Hinnemann Farm,
California was purchased in 2014. The
new facility in Murrieta, is managed by
Johann Hinnemann’s son Stephan Hinnemann
and his wife Dressage trainer
and rider Natalie Hamilton-Hinnemann
along with grand-daughter young dressage
rider Josephine Hinnemann.

DEMO RIDER
RIDER:
KRISTIN WAGNER
HORSE:
MILLENNIUM FALCON
Kristin grew up in Germany where she rode at the stateowned
breeding farm near Munich, earning her Reitabzeichen.
Moving to the United States for
university, Kristin trained for many years with Mary Howard and
Jane Hannigan, and has attended clinics with other top judges,
trainers and riders. Today, Kristin owns and operates Serenity
Fields Farm in Derry, New Hampshire, where she provides a
horse-centered environment designed to optimize each
horse's mental and physical well-being and performance.
Kristin has earned her USDF Silver Medal on a horse she purchased
as a 3-year-old and who today schools the Grand Prix.
Additionally, she has started and trained multiple young
horses, including Millenium Falcon.
Falcon is by the famous Glock's Toto Jr and was imported to
the US in utero. His dam achieved scores in excess of 8.5+ in
Holland, winning her regional championships at three years
old. Falcon has been successfully competing in breed shows
since he was a yearling, winning the regional championships
as a 2-year-old. Kristin remarks that Falcon expands his fan
club everywhere he goes, due to his outgoing personality and
even-keel 3temperament.
Kristin Wagner 3on Millennium Falcon. Photo: Jane Hannigan
T HANK
YOU
VOLUNTEERS!
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DEMO RIDER
RIDER:
MARY MCCARTHY
HORSE:
DRAMATIQUE
Mary McCarthy, a USDF Gold, Silver, and Bronze
Medalist, trains and competes through the FEI levels.
A long-time trainer in California (under her former
name Mary Kehoe), she relocated to Connecticut in 2017
and shortly thereafter reestablished her training business. She
is currently based in Marlborough, CT., at Bridle Brook Barns
where she works with students and their own horses at a variety
of levels.
While based in California, Mary’s regular instruction was with
Steffen Peters, and other instructors/clinicians have included
Conrad Schumacher, Volker Brommann, Gerhard Politz, Debbie
McDonald, and Kathy Connelly. Mary has ridden her own
horses and clients’ horses to USDF regional championship
wins, USDF year-end national honors, All-Breeds Awards, and
California Dressage Society championships. She has trained
students who have achieved those victories themselves, as
well as their own USDF Medals.
Mary McCarthy on Dramatique. Photo: Martha Weis
Five-year-old Dramatique (Bordeaux x Damara ZG) is currently
showing First Level and schooling Second. She was a premium
foal at her German Oldenburg Verband inspection in
England, and at the British Breeding Futurity, she was awarded
Higher First Premium/Gold status both as a yearling and as a
two-year-old. Imported to the US in May 2021, achievements
in her brief career with Mary include high score awards at her
Oldenburg inspection and Mare Performance Test, and at her
first recognized show. They qualified for the 2021 USDF Region
8 Championships at First Level with scores up to 72.4
percent.
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YOU
SPONSORS!
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DEMO RIDER
RIDER:
LESLIE MORSE
HORSE:
BE MY HERO
IInternational FEI competitor Leslie Morse has represented
the United States at five FEI World Cup Finals, and earned
a Team Bronze Medal at the FEI World Equestrian Games
in Aachen, Germany. Leslie has also been a two-time alternate
to the United States Olympic Team. Additionally, she has won
the Exquis World Dressage Masters Grand Prix twice, and
been a multiple National Grand Prix champion. Leslie moved
to Massachusetts in 2018 and is now based at Nashoba Valley
Farm in Acton, MA.
Be My Hero is an eight-year-old gray Brandenburg gelding (Belantis
x Quarterman). As a four-year-old, Hero qualified for the
2017 German Bundeschampionat, and in 2018 he scored 8.4
in the five-year-old Bundeschampionat with a 9 for trot and 8.5
for general impression. Now owned by Anna Kolchinsky of
Nashoba Valley Farm, Hero is being developed by Leslie and
qualified 3for the 2021 regional championships at 3rd level.
Don’t Let Funding
Limit Your Potential!
Leslie Morse on Be My Hero. Photo: Addie Beguelin
NEDA Scholarships provide educational
opportunities to members who have
demonstrated exceptional commitment
to dressage, both through excellence
in competition and/or volunteerism,
service and ambassadorship within
NEDA Region 8. Scholarships, up to
$4000, are awarded twice annually in
the categories of Jr./Young Rider, Adult
Amateur, Professional, International
Training and Breeder. Deadlines to
apply are Nov. 1 and June 1.
Applications are available at www.neda.org >
Membership > Scholarships
For more information, contact: Scholarship
Committee Chair Amy Bresky
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DEMO RIDER
RIDER:
KATHLEEN FULLER
HORSE:
SAN SILVIO
KKathleen has been an adult amateur student of Jane
Karol’s for over 12 years. On her now retired Danny
Diamond, she competed to Intermediare I, with
scores up to 68%. Kathleen and Danny’s accomplishments
included a 4th place finish at the Region 8 championships.
She has also ridden with Lendon Gray, Scott Hassler and
Rein van der Schaft. As a student of Jane’s, Kathleen is very
interested in the mental and emotional components of learning.
Kathleen also brings over 15 years of meditation experience
to her riding, which is particularly helpful when doubt
creeps into the mind prior to entering the competition ring.
As a retired certified veterinary technician, Kathleen is involved
at a very detailed level in the care of her horse, and
says she is very grateful to the team at Bear Spot Farm for
taking such good care of her horses over the years.
Kathleen Fuller on San Silvio. Photo: Callie O’Connell
San Silvio, “SanSi” is a 2009 Oldenburg grandson of Sandro
Hit. He was purchased by Kathleen in January 2021 from
Christoph Koschel of Germany. Christoph owned SanSi for
six years and competed him up to Intermediare II, with scores
up to 73%. SanSi competed at Fourth Level this year with
Kathleen, as the two spent time getting to know each other.
They hope to move up to Prix St. Georges this winter in
Florida.
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DEMO RIDER
RIDER:
ASHLEY MADISON
HORSE:
BELLA MONDO
Ashley Madison on Bella Mondo. Photo: Susan Stickle
Ashley is a USDF Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medalist
based in Chesapeake, MD., at Riveredge Training
Center, owned by Leslie and John Malone. For eight
years, Ashley was assistant trainer to former USEF Young
Horse coach Scott Hassler, and she also previously worked
for Olympians Tina Konyot and Courtney King-Dye. In 2015,
Ashley began her own business, Yellow Wood Dressage,
which has developed into a busy training, sales, and teaching
program. She currently competes on the Mid-Atlantic and
Florida circuits from young horse classes to the Grand Prix,
and she also travels to teach clinics throughout the United
States. In Florida, Ashley trains regularly with Steffen Peters
and Kathy Connelly.
Bella Mondo is a 2011 Westphalian gelding by Bellissimo out
of a Landfriese II x Prince Thatch mare. For the last two years,
“Bob” has joined Ashley in Florida for the winter season and
competes with his owner Carol Lippa through the summer
months. Ashley and Bob are looking forward to competing at
the small tour level in Wellington during the 2021-2022 show
season and continuing to work toward eventually finishing him
in the Grand Prix. Ashley notes that Bob has a wonderful temperament
3and is a joy to train each day.
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T HANK
YOU
DEMO RIDERS!
YOU ARE TERRIFIC!

DEMO RIDER
RIDER:
DAVID COLLINS
HORSE:
SHENGLI
David Collins on Shengli. Photo: Jenna Lenarz-Salcedo
David Collins, based out of Centerline Stables in New
York, learned his teaching and training skills from
Olympic trainers in Germany and Sweden. Additionally,
he completed the Advanced Instructors Course at
Strömsholm, Sweden. In Germany, he was hired as an assistant
to the US Olympic coach, Reitmeister Heinz Lammers.
Before turning exclusively to the discipline of dressage, David
was also successful in show jumping and was selected to train
with the Olympic Three-Day Event Team. David Collins has
competed successfully through Grand Prix including many top
placings in CDI competitions in Florida and the Northeast.
David has trained several horse and rider pairs who have won
or placed at all levels in regional championships and at many
levels in national championships. He is also the author of
“Dressage Masters: Interviews with Four Legendary Trainers.”
Shengli is an 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding by Souvenir out
of a Donnerhall mare. David purchased Shengli as a threeyear-old
at the Hanoverian auction in Germany. Shengli is currently
showing at Intermediate I and won the Prix St George
2021 regional championships.
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Roberta Carleton on Espumante. Photo: Josie DeChaine
DEMO RIDER
RIDER:
ROBERTA CARLETON
HORSE:
ESPUMANTE
Bobbi Carleton is the manager and head trainer for
Weatogue Stables, in Salisbury, CT. She is a USDF
Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist, and a USEF ‘r’ judge.
Bobbi actively judges 10-12 shows each year, both schooling and
recognized. She loves judging, and is happy when riders feel that
her comments are helpful for future rides. She volunteers annually
at the Dressage Youth Festival, and in 2020, she was appointed
as Region 8’s new Youth Coordinator.
Bobbi has successfully trained horses from just under saddle
through the FEI levels, including Sue White’s Rawleigh, on whom
she earned her USDF Gold Medal this past season.
Roxanne Bok (owner of Weatogue Stables) purchased Espumante
(Quovadis x Magica) this past spring. “Stuart” is a 12yo Lusitano
who has competed successfully through Grand Prix in Spain with
Antonio Prieto. Bobbi competed Stuart several times this season,
culminating with regionals at NEDA Fall. Bobbi and Roxanne are
eager to see where the partnership can go, and are looking forward
to learning with and competing this wonderful and talented boy.
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