The OEA Schooling Day Program
OEA’s Schooling Day Program seeks to promote the sport of Eventing in Ontario through its grass roots by providing opportunities for safe, supervised, and affordable cross-country schooling with recognized coaches and experienced clinicians. The Program’s goals are to attract new riders to the sport, to encourage riders across disciplines to try out Eventing and to help riders develop their skills. Riders from other disciplines or individuals returning to riding are welcome and encouraged to attend.
OEA Prep Day Clinic
Wits End
996300 Mulmur-Tosorontio Town Line, Mulmur, ON, L9V 0N2
Sunday, April 28th 2024
The OEA is pleased to offer riders a chance to school all three phases of a Horse Trial in partnership with Wits End Farm on Sunday April 28th, 2024. This early schooling is designed to help prepare riders and new Eventers for the season ahead. The schooling is consistent with the philosophy underlying the OEA’s Schooling Days program and will be marketed to encourage new Eventers and Non-Eventers. Offering schooling in Dressage, Stadium and on the cross-country course at Wits End Farm with several recognized Clinicians at each phase. Participants are free to choose to attend the full day of Mini Clinics, Choose individual sessions or register for schooling only at the discretion of the venues availability. All registrants must have up-to-date membership with Ontario Equestrian (OE).
This is an amazing opportunity to offer riders time with some fantastic clinicians! Dressage will be hosted by Jo Young, international Dressage Judge & Coach, Stadium hosted by Sally Sainsbury, EC Registered Course Designer and Coach, and Cross country hosted by OEA’s U25 Caption, FEI National Team Rider and EC High performance Coach, Kendal Lehari.
The coaches will run supervised schooling in small groups, at each discipline/phase based on horse and rider’s experience and capabilities.
For Dressage & Stadium, Riders will ride the test/assigned course and the Coach will provide each rider with feedback on how to improve their score. Riders will then be able to ride the course again and get more feedback. This is a phenomenal opportunity to learn from some fantastic clinicians and get ready for the season! Cross country will be set in small group schooling formats coached through exercises gaged to each of the groups showing levels.
Space is limited so sign up early. All participants must wear approved safety vests, helmets, and correct footwear. Limit of one horse per rider.
** $150 per horse/rider combination for all three phases or $75 per Phase
For more information and to register, please contact Becca at Amanda@witsendhorsetrials.ca / 519-939-8637 or go to:
OEA Schooling Day: Cross-Country
Bronte Creek Equestrian
1694 Centre Rd, Hamilton, ON L8N 2Z7
Thursday, July 4th 2024
The OEA is pleased to offer a Schooling Day on the cross-country courses at Bronte Creek Equestrian with clinician, Licensed EC Coach Judith Bisiker. Space is limited. All participants must wear approved safety vests, helmets, and correct footwear. No OEA membership is required to take part in a Schooling Day. Current Ontario Equestrian (OE) membership is required. Limit of one horse per rider.
** $65 per horse/rider combination **
Entries open on May 30 and close on June 27 (or when the day is full, whichever comes first). The decision to close registrations early will be made at the discretion of the OEA. If the day has filled up and you are unable to register or if you have any questions, please contact Kaileen Millard-Ruff for help or to be put on a waiting list (kaileen@bell.net).
To register and complete payment please go to https://www.competeeasy.com. [link to come] You will be asked to select your level/experience and tell us whether you have evented before. If you have never evented, please describe your riding background.
Judith will run supervised schooling in small groups based on a horse and rider’s experience. The OEA’s Schooling Day format is open to all riders at all levels although, if necessary, riders who are new to Eventing or those trying their hand at XC for the first time will be prioritized. A final schedule for the day will be emailed to all confirmed riders prior to the Schooling Day. Riders schooling with the OEA clinician will have priority over Schooling Day participants registered to ride with their own coach, who will be added to the schedule at the discretion of the OEA and the host organizer, subject to space and time restrictions.
*** If you are trailering with another horse/rider and/or would like to be grouped together (at the same level) let us know when you register, and we will do our best to accommodate you. Ultimately, clinic groupings are made at the discretion of the OEA and if you miss your assigned time we cannot guarantee that you will be added to a later group. ***
OEA Clinician
Judith Bisiker is a seasoned eventer who has represented Canada at international horse trials at the highest level and now operates Bronte Creek Equestrian. While just out of her teens, Judith competed at the CCI 4* level. At 21, she represented Canada at the Badminton, Burghley, and Windsor Horse Trials. By the early 1980s, she was long listed to become a team member of the Canadian Olympic Three-Day Event Team. Also in the 1980s, Judith rode as a member of the Canadian team that took second place at the Student’s Nation Cup where she won first place as the top individual rider. Judith is actively involved in Ontario eventing as one of nine Organizers of sanctioned horse trials in the province and as one of three selectors for the OEA U25 Team. The following principles are at the core of Judith’s approach: provide outstanding care to the horses at Bronte Creek; safety comes first at all times; and offer a teaching style that embraces a positive, calm and methodical approach helping each rider to realize their goals and their potential.
Cancellation Policy: No refunds can be issued after the Closing Date. The Organizer has the right to cancel the schooling day/clinic in the case of wet ground if they deem the footing to be unsafe. If this occurs, entries will be refunded.
** Riders are responsible for their own safety and the safety of their horse while attending a Schooling Day. **
OEA Schooling Day: Cross-Country
Stevens Creek Farm
6439 2nd Line Rd S, Kars (Ottawa), ON K0A 2E0
Sunday, August 11th 2024
The OEA is pleased to offer a Schooling Day on the cross-country courses at Bronte Creek Equestrian Ltd with clinicians, Teddie Laframboise and Moira de Ste. Croix. Space is limited. All participants must wear approved safety vests, helmets, and correct footwear. No OEA membership is required to take part in a Schooling Day. Current Ontario Equestrian (OE) membership is required. Limit of one horse per rider.
** $65 per horse/rider combination **
Entries open on July 8 and close on August 6 (or when the day is full, whichever comes first). The decision to close registrations early will be made at the discretion of the OEA. If the day has filled up in advance of the closing date and you are unable to register, or if you have any questions, please contact Kaileen Millard-Ruff for help or to be put on a waiting list (Kaileen@bell.net).
To register and complete payment please go to https://www.competeeasy.com. [link to come] You will be asked to select your level/experience and tell us whether you have evented before. If you have never evented, please describe your riding background.
Teddie and Moira will run supervised schooling in small groups based on a horse and rider’s experience. The OEA’s Schooling Day format is open to all riders at all levels although, if necessary, riders who are new to Eventing or those trying their hand at XC for the first time will be prioritized. A final schedule for the day will be emailed to all confirmed riders prior to the Schooling Day.
*** If you are trailering with another horse/rider and/or would like to be grouped together (at the same level) let us know when you register, and we will do our best to accommodate you. Ultimately, clinic groupings are made at the discretion of the OEA and if you miss your assigned time we cannot guarantee that you will be added to a later group. ***
OEA Clinicians
Teddie Laframboise is the fourth child of eight of the Laframboise Eventing family, and a 5th generation horsewoman. Her great-great-grandfather imported horses from Ireland for hunting and racing in the early 1900s. Teddie competed extensively in hunter, jumper, and Eventing all through primary school and up to university. At 18, Teddie won the Ontario Intermediate (EV115) 3-Day Championships on her 15h homebred Soysambu mare, Ladybug. At 22, Teddie coached the Quebec Young Rider Team to a team gold medal and an individual silver medal at the North American Young Rider Championships CCI*** in Red Deer, Alberta. Teddie continued to coach part time on the family farm in Luskville, QC, while pursuing degrees in business and education at the Universities of Ottawa and Toronto, respectively. After working in the financial industry for a time, she made the move to become a full-time rider and coach relocating, in 1994, to Stevens Creek Farm with her husband Andy where they run a successful training stable and popular sanctioned Horse Trials.
Moira de Ste. Croix/Laframboise is Teddie’s daughter and literally grew up in the saddle at Stevens Creek. She’s a 6th generation horsewoman, an EV115 level eventing competitor and a 1.20m jumper rider. In 2014, Moira was National Young Rider Champion, and she was the highest placed Canadian at the North American Young Rider Championships in Lexington, Kentucky finishing 4th overall. Moira is Stevens Creek’s resident trainer, backing horses that have moved on to be top competitors. She has been the Assistant Coach at Stevens Creek Farm since 2018, while also pursuing her education at Carleton University and graduating in 2023 with a degree in English.
Cancellation Policy: No refunds can be issued after the Closing Date. The Organizer has the right to cancel the schooling day/clinic in the case of wet ground if they deem the footing to be unsafe. If this occurs, entries will be refunded.
** Riders are responsible for their own safety and the safety of their horse while attending a Schooling Day. **