HIGH PERFORMANCE

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Alberta High Performance Eventing Program

The AHTA is very proud to announce that it is beginning the fifth year of the High Performance Eventing Program. This program is funded jointly through a generous grant from Alberta Sport and Recreation, and the AHTA; in association with the Alberta Equestrian Federation.

The High Performance (HP) Eventing Program is aimed at developing our riders, horses and our coaches. Riders on the High Performance List are invited to participate in the program for the following season.

As far as we are aware, this is the only such program for eventers in Canada. The purpose of the program is to help to support and develop the top Alberta eventers through regular clinics with our high performance coach, Lorraine Laframboise. A variety of other performance coaches and clinicians add depth to the program. To date, HP members have been offered unmounted clinics covering riding strategies (such as dressage exercises before competition), coaching clinics (with Jane Bartle-Wilson from the UK) and mental skills coaching.

Dr. Karen Nyrop has assisted with topics such as long distance horse hauling, equine fitness, conformation, and common injuries.

Our major event is The Event at Rebecca Farm, held in Montana in July. Each year we provide a performance enhancement team for the HPs including a competition coach, veterinarian, human physiotherapist, equine therapist, and mental skills coach.

Criteria for High Performance List

The Alberta High Performance Riders List is a list of athletes who have been selected for inclusion in the rider development programs aimed at competition at the national level. For 2013, selection will be based on the following criteria:

Member in good standing of AHTA, and 1 of the following;

Represented Canada at any time as a member of a national eventing team.

Successful completion of 1 or more Advanced or Intermediate FEI CCI or CIC competitions in the last 3 years.

Successful completion of 1 or more Advanced or Intermediate National Horse Trials in the past 2 years.

Successful completion of 1 or more Preliminary FEI CCI or CIC competitions in the past 3 years.

Successful completion of 3 or more Preliminary Horse Trials each with FEI qualifying scores in the past 2 years.

This is a rider list, not a horse/rider combination list.

All riders who wish to be considered for the HP program must submit their qualifications to the HP committee by November 15, 2012. Please complete this application (AHTA_HP-ProgramApplication.pdf) and contact Bonnie Hayward,

An AHTA member who is preparing to represent Alberta in the 2013 NAJYRC will be considered for the 2013 HP program if he/she has completed a minimum of four Training level Horse Trials each with qualifying scores. A letter of declaration indicating the rider's Yearly Training Plan and competition plans must be submitted to the HP committee by November 15, 2012, for individual consideration.

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The 2012 High Preformance Riders are:

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