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Stephen Clarke (2008 clinician)
Mr. Clarke began his riding career with the British Pony Club. He show jumped to Grade B and rode
in Horse Trials to advanced levels before concentrating on Dressage in the late 1970s.
During the 80s and 90s, he competed successfully at the international levels with horses such as Ulysses,
Becket, Warlock's Wager, Enchante, and Eternal Spirit. Mr. Clarke won National Championships with each of these horses.
In 1988, he was reserve rider for the Seoul Olympics with his horse Becket.
As an international trainer, previous member of the International Trainers' Club and a current memer of
the British International Dressage Trainers' Federation, Mr. Clake travels regularly throught the world giving clinics.
He bases his operation at Cotton Hall in Cheshire, England where he specializes in the development of young professional trainers.
Over the last decade, his career as an FEI "O" Judge has taken him arond the globe, judging all the top
competitions including
- 3 World Cup Finals,
- 3 European Championships,
- the World Games in Jerez, Spain,
- the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, and
- the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany.
In 2007, he judged the Pan American Games in Rio de Jenero, Brazil, and the Young Horse World Championships
in Verden, Germany.
Mr. Clarke is the current Chair of the British Dressage Judges' Committee, and in this role, he influences
the development of the judging systems and the training and encouragement of both established and new judges within the U.K.
As an "O" level judge and FEI course director, Mr. Clarke is heavily involved with the training of future FEI candidates and
international judges.
Christoph Hess (2008, 2007 and 2006 clinician)
Mr. Hess is the current Head of
Instruction & Head of Personal Members Department at the German Equestrian Federation. Mr. Hess has worked for the
German Equestrian Federation since 1978.
Mr. Hess holds a degree in Education,
with a concentration in adult education, from the Universities at Hannover, Goettingen, and Oldenburg.
Mr. Hess is an FEI "I" judge for
both Dressage and Eventing and was a member of the FEI Eventing Committee from May 2003 - February 2007. He also holds the title of Professional Riding Instructor from the German Equestrian Federation, a distinction
that labels him as an “International Expert.”
Mr. Hess is actively involved
in the education of judges and instructors both within Germany and abroad, conducting seminars and clinics for judges, trainers, and riders throughout the world. He is an examiner of judgers and trainers at the highest level, including seminars
and testing sanctioned and sponsored by the FEI (Federation Equestrian International).
He has also written and co-authored several books, videos, and articles.
These roles make him uniquely
qualified as a clinician and trainer.
Linda Zang (2008 clinician)
Linda Zang is an FEI "O"
judge and resides in Davidsonville, Maryland. She has been a judge for over 30 years and has judged major competitions
throughout the world. Mrs. Zang has judged
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6 World Cup Finals,
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the 1996 Atlanta Olympics,
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the World Equestrian
Games in Rome
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the World Equestrian Games in
Aachen, and
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the 1999 Pan American Games
in Winnipeg.
She was the FEI Technical Delegate
at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, the 2004 Olympic Games in Athen, the 205 World Cup in Las Vegas, and the 2005 North
American Young Rider Championships.
At present, Linda Zang is a
member of several USEF committees, including the Dressage Committee, the Licensed Officials Committee, and the International
Disciplines Committee. Her resume also includes the following positions held in the past:
- member of the FEI Dressage
Committee,
- North American representative
to the International Dressage Judges' Club,
- USDF Vice President,
- member of the AHSA Board of
Directors,
- Chairman of the AHSA Dressage
Committee,
- Co-chair of te AHSA International
Dressage Committee,
- member of the USEF Hearings
Committee,
- Chairman of the World Cup Dressage
Committee, and
- Chairman of the US Pony Club
Dressage Committee.
Dr. Volker Moritz (2003 &
2004 clinician)
After riding for 45 years,
Dr. Moritz continues to ride and train dressage horses to the Grand Prix level. His
most successful horse is Ideaal, later ridden by Jo Hinnemann, in the 1986 World Championships, European Championships and
World Cup Finals. Dr. Moritz has won many top class dressage tests, including
the Grand Prix, and has been awarded the Golden Riders’ Badge of the German Federation.
Dr. Moritz’s judging career has spanned 37 years, the
past 20 years as an FEI “O” judge. He has judged many national and
continental championships for Seniors and Young Riders in Europe and North America.
Some distinguished events he has judged are the Volvo World Cup Finals in Gothenburg (1992), Los Angeles (1995) and
Hertogenbosh (1997). At the World Equestrian Games in Rome (1998) and the Olympic
Games in Sydney (2000), he was an acting member of the ground jury. From 1972
to the present, Dr. Moritz has been on the ground jury of the most important CDIO - Event in Aachen. Most recently, Dr. Moritz was President of the ground jury at the 2002 World Equestrian Games held in Jerez,
Spain.
Ingrid Klimke (2004 clinician)
Since childhood, Ms. Klimke
has competed in all three equestrian disciplines: dressage, jumping and combined
training. The overriding goal of her work is the purposeful training of young
horses through championship levels. Her dressage training and her intense adherence
to the principles of classical dressage come from the education she received from her father, the late Dr. Reiner Klimke.
Ms. Klimke is as accomplished
a rider in the 3-Day Event as she is in dressage. Some of her recent accomplishments
are a bronze medal (individual and team) at the 1991 European 3-Day Event Championships, 1992 member of the German Olympic
3-Day team in Barcelona and at the World Games in The Hague, and in 1998, she was the world champion (individual and team)
at the Young Event Horse competition in Le Lion d’Angers. At the Sydney
Olympics, Ms. Klimke finished 4th individually in the 3-Day. From 1999 through
2001, she was the German national 3-Day eventing champion, and in 1998 and 1999 she was the German national professional champion.
Ms. Klimke’s dressage
accomplishments are no less spectacular. In 2001 she was 5th at the German national
dressage championships and 3rd at the German national professional dressage championships.
Most recently, in 2002, she placed 7th, riding Nector, at the World Cup in s’Hertogenbosch.
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