Jeff Moore gave two clinics in the spring of 2005 on Biomechanics, one of the Horse, and one of the Rider.  Both clinics were so informative and enlightening that there has been a great demand for more learning opportunities with Mr. Moore.  Through a combination of lecture and instruction, he skillfully guides riders and auditors through understanding how their bodies, and those of their horses, work together in order to improve harmony and general training effectiveness.  These clinics are wonderful for riders and horses of all ages and levels, because it teaches basics in a very thorough, understandable and entertaining way.

Besides his vast interest and research in the field of Biomechanics, Mr. Moore has been an extremely influential member of the Dressage, Breeding and Vaulting communities.  He is an International Judge, and international dressage, jumping and vaulting clinician.  Jeff Moore has also been the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Dutch Warmblood Registry in North America as well as the Co-Founder of the American Vaulting Association.

A noted breeder of Dutch Warmbloods, Danish Oldenburgs, and Holsteiners, he has bred many successful national and international competition horses.  He has stood the successful Dutch Grand Prix Dressage stallions Taxateur, Rubinstein, and Vosmaer.  He has also been a successful breeder of Hanoverian and Trakehner sport horses.  A former hunter, jumper and 3-day event competitor, Mr. Moore now concentrates on dressage and vaulting.  He trains horses thru the FEI Grand Prix (Olympic) level at the private training facility "Osierlea", which he owns with dressage luminary Elizabeth Searle in historic San Juan Bautista, California.  He coaches national and international level dressage and vaulting competitors at Osierlea and at clinics throughout the USA and abroad.

Mr. Moore trains judges in several equestrian disciplines, and works to promote a better understanding of equine and human biomechanics among judges and trainers.  He says "A better understanding of how horses and humans function - independently, and as centaur - encourages more insightful, more systematic, and kinder training methods, as well as more knowledgeable judging." He gives seminars on related subjects: "Horse Biomechanics," "Rider Biomechanics," "The Learning Process of the Horse," "From the Ground Up" (a training system that prepares the horse for stress-free breaking and ongoing training), "Training for Competition Riding," "Training and Showing the Sporthorse in Hand."

When not dealing with horses, Mr. Moore breeds threatened species of parrots, and runs a cattle ranch and experimental fruit plantation on the Caribbean island of Bocas del Toro.

His many accomplishments and contributions include:

• USET Discipline Vice President
• Senior Dressage Judge of the National Equestrian Federation (AHSA)
• Former Chairman of the USDF Free Style Council and the USDF Freestyle Committee
• Official International Vaulting Judge of the Federation Equestre International (FEI)
• Co-founder and Technical Advisor of the American Vaulting Association
• Sporthorse Breeding Judge of the National Equestrian Federation (AHSA)
• Retired Jumper judge, 3-Day Event Judge, Hunter Judge, Equitation Judge
• Trainer of Many Grand Prix Dressage horses
• Co-Founder & Honorary President of the North American Dutch Warmblood Registry
• Designer and Faculty Member of US Dressage Federation Learner Judge Program
• Director of National and International Judges' Forums
• International Clinician in Dressage and Vaulting

Editor/author of US Dressage Federation Publications:
• Judges' Handbook
• The Glossary of Dressage Judging Terms
• The Judges' Checklist

2006 Clinic Schedule
July 15 - 16	Michelle Gibson
August 26 - 27	Michelle Gibson
November 15 - 17	J. Ashton Moore

For more information on riding or auditing any of these clinics, please contact Erin McElmurry at (269) 547 - 0647 or email mcelmurryerin@hotmail.com.