2023 FHANA Judging Clinic

FHANA will be conducting a level 1 Judging clinic November 7-9 at the Murieta Equestrian Center and again November 14-16 at the Hoosier Horse Park.
Clinics are now open for registrations and you can sign up by contacting the FHANA office at 859-455-7430 to reserve your spot.
Clinics will be taught by KFPS Judge Will Thijssen and will cover the following materials.
Day 1
08.45 – 09.00 am Welcome with coffee; handing out course book and other material
09.00 – 10.30 Meet the course leaders and the participants; getting to know each other
Short introduction video
System of judging with marks, premiums and predicates
Theory about racial type and conformation
10.30 – 10.45 Break
10.45 – 12.30 Continuation of the theory
00.30 – 01.30 pm Lunch
01.30 – 03.00 Practice; repetition of the theory with a horse and judging the exterior of 2 horses
03.00 – 03.15 Break
03.15 – 05.00 Practice; judging the exterior of 3 horses
Day 2
08.45 – 09.00 am Welcome with coffee
09.00 – 10.30 Theory about skeleton, leg stands, leg defects and movement
10.30 – 10.45 Break
10.45 – 12.30 Continuation of the theory
00.30 – 01.30 pm Lunch
01.30 – 03.00 Practice; repetition of the theory with a horse and judging 2 horses
03.00 – 03.15 Break
03.15 – 05.00 Practice; judging 3 horses
Optional
19.00 – 22.30 IBOP clinic with a riding and/or a driving test
Day 3
08.45 – 09.00 am Welcome with coffee
09.00 – 10.30 Theory about hooves and linear scoring
Breeding values and heredity
(Selection of the best stallion for your breeding mare using the website?)
10.30 – 10.45 Break
10.45 – 12.30 Practice; linear scoring of 2 horses
00.30 – 01.30 pm Lunch
01.30 – 03.00 Practice; judging 3 horses
03.00 – 03.15 Break
03.15 – 05.00 Test judging Friesian Horses
05.00 Distribution of the certificates.
Site 1-Murieta Equestrian Center 7200 Lone Pine Dr, Rancho Murieta, CA 95683
Site 2-Hoosier Horse Park E911 Address – 7105 South Kern Street, Nineveh, IN 46164
The FHANA Resource Book
THE FHANA Resource Book is now available for order. This publication is good for all NEW and SEASONED members alike. Contact FHANA to obtain your copy today.
