You remember the Education Weeks that have been offered by the KFPS in the past. Now you can receive the same education by attending the FHANA Education Week which will be held Oct. 3-6, 2017 in Springfield, OH. The instructor for the class will be KFPS judge Will Thijssen who also teaches the course in the Netherlands. The course is open to 15 people and you can register for the class by contacting the FHANA office at 859-455-7430. The cost of the class will be determined by how many people sign up to attend the course. The cost to attend is $400 per person.
The course will include the following education:
Tuesday 3rd of October
09.00 am (?) Inspection Ohio Valley Friesian Horse Association
by Wil Thijssen and Corrie Terpstra
The judges will give detailed explanation on the results.
The participants arrive, are registered and can watch the keuring.
Wednesday 4th of October
08.45 – 09.00 am Welcome with coffee; handing out course book and other material
09.00 – 10.30 Introduction of the course leaders and the participants; getting to know each other
Movie „It Fryske Hynder: From Farmer till Citizen
System of judging with marks, premies 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
Dinner
Thursday 5th of October
08.45 – 09.00 am Welcome with coffee
09.00 – 10.30 Theory about skeleton, leg stands and 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 the exterior of 2 horses
03.00 – 03.15 Break
03.15 – 05.00 Practice; judging 3 horses
Dinner
19.30 – 21.00 Optional: IBOP clinic with a riding and a driving test
Friday 6th of October
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 or 3 horses
00.30 – 01.30 pm Lunch
01.30 – 03.00 Practice; judging 3 horses
03.00 – 03.15 Break
03.15 – 05.00 Practice; judging 3 horses
Dinner
07.00 pm 2017 FHANA Central Mare Show; watching together the show with the course leader
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