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Millenium Challenge 2000: Team Building for the Horse & Rider
Registration form, program, list of speakers
Livestock Update, January 2000
Organized by
The Virginia Horse Council
February 4 & 5, 2000
Embassy Suites
Richmond, Virginia
VIRGINIA HORSE INDUSTRY
Name: | ____________________________________________________________________ | ||||
Address: | ____________________________________________________________________ | ||||
City: | ________________________________ | State: | ______ | Zip: | _________________ |
Registration fee, including seminars and a luncheon:
Registration - $65 / person
Total:
Register now. Space is limited and early registrations receive priority.
Please make check payable to Virginia Horse Council and mail by January 20 to:
Nancy Frank
905 Spruce Run Road
Newport, VA 24128
(540) 544-7471
Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, veteran status, national origin, disability, or political affiliation. If you have a disability and desire assistance to participate, call (540) 231-5252 at least 15 days prior.
HEADQUARTERS HOTEL
Embassy Suites Hotel, 2925 Emerywood Pkwy., Richmond, Virginia. The Embassy Suites Hotel is located at exit 183C on I64 West of Richmond, The hotel is off Broad Street near the exit on Emerywood Pkwy. Behind Morrison's and Friday's. Rates are $115.00 per single, $135.00 per double per night, includes breakfast and a manager's reception in the evening. Reservations should be made directly to the hotel by January 14, 2000. Please mention that you are with the Virginia Horse Council to receive a special rate. Call (804) 672-8585.
ORGANIZED AND SPONSORED BY
Virginia Horse Council; Virginia Horse Industry Board; Virginia Equine Educational Foundation; Virginia Thoroughbred Association; Virginia Horse Shows Association Foundation; Virginia Cooperative Extension; Virginia Tech Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences; Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center; Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.; Virginia Horse Shows Association, Inc.; Virginia Horse Journal; Atlantic Rural Exposition, Inc.; Special Industry Sponsor: Southern States, Inc.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Larry Lawrence & Sue Alvis, Co-Chairs; John Bowen, Debbie Easter, Dan Flynn, Nancy Frank, Andrea Heid, Beryl Herzog, Darlene Jacobson, Dean Jacobson, Ken Kopp, Walter Lee, Susan Mullins, Felix Nuesch, Patti St. Clair
EXHIBITS & SPONSORSHIPS
| Speaker Sponsorship and Booth* | $500.00 | |
| Commercial Booth* | $175.00 | |
| Breed Association Booth* | $ 75.00 | |
| Coffee Break Sponsor | $300.00 |
Program
| Friday, February 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:00 pm | Open Association Meetings | 5:00-6:00 pm | Virginia Horse Council Meeting The Future of the Horse Industry | 6:45-7:30 pm | The Road to Successful Competing Kimberly Vinoski | 7:30-9:00 pm | Reception and Trade Show Saturday, February 5 | 8:00-8:30 am | Registration and Trade Show. Coffee will be available. | 8:30 am | Welcome Dean Jacobson, President, Virginia Horse Counci Beryl Herzog, Chairman, Virginia Horse Industry Board | 8:40 am | High Performance Thinkin Dr. Gayle Davis | ||||||||
| 9:30 am | Break | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Saturday, February 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00 am | Inside the World of Elite Dressag Carol Lavell | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 am | Predicting Athletic Potential & Soundnes Dr. Cathy Kohn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:00 pm | AwardsLuncheon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:15 pm | Question & Answer Discussion Dr. Gayle Davis, Carol Lovell, Dr. Cathy Kohn 1:45 pm | Breakthroughs in Exercise & Pasture Supplements Dr. David Kronfeld, The Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor, & Graduate Student Panel 2:45 pm | Break 3:15 pm | Advances in Transporting Horses Learned from Research for the Australian Olympics Dr. Cathy Kohn 4:15 pm | Adjourn | ||||||||||||||||
SPEAKERS Carol Lavell is a celebrated equestrian. Ms. Lavell and her outstanding horse, Gifted, led the U.S. equestrian team to a team bronze medal victory in dressage at the Barcelona games. Ms. Lavell also placed sixth in the individual dressage final and won the 1992 Miller's USET National Grand Prix championship as the highest placing American in the Olympic events. Ms. Lavell and Gifted also won the team Bronze at the 1994 World Championships. Ms. Lavell received the prestigious USET Whitney Stone Cup in 1999 and was named 1992 American Horse Shows Association/Hertz Equestrian of the Year.
These tremendous achievements are only the latest in Ms. Lavell's long and distinguished career as an equestrian. Over the years, she has won countless major dressage awards, even when confronted with what many would consider overwhelming adversity. In 1989, Ms. Lavell and Gifted were double gold medallists at the North American Dressage Championships. In 1990, the U.S. Olympic Committee selected Ms. Lavell as the Female Equestrian Athlete of the Year.
Dr. Catherine Kohn is an Associate Professor, boarded in internal medicine from The Ohio State University. Dr. Kohn's research interests are in equine exercise physiology, specifically the effects of heat stress on the performance horse. Dr. Kohn served as the official veterinarian for the 1996 Olympics.
Dr. Gayle Davis, a well known psychologist and author of High Performance Thinking for Business, Sports and Life, has worked with all levels and ages of athletes and coaches in a number of sports including World Class and Olympian contenders. Dr. Davis has been a staff member of the U. S. Figure Skating Association's Elite and Team USA Training Camps and serves as a member of the U.S. Figure Skating Spots Science Committee.
Kimberly Vinoski is a "20 something" rising star. She was recently chosen to represent the U.S. in the Pan American Games. Kimberly Vinoski is one of the leading three-day event riders in the country. In the past year she has enjoyed considerable success at events here and in England with her advanced horse, Over the Limit, owned by Linda Wachtmeister of Scottsville, Virginia. In addition to a win at the Rolex Kentucky CCI*** Three Day Event and a close second place showing at the Blenheim Horse Trials CCI*** in England, Ms. Vinoski also won the Radnor CCI** Three Day Event on her intermediate level mount, Silent Partner, also owned by Linda Wachtmeister. Kim is currently training at Plain Dealing Farm in Scottsville, Virginia.
David S. Kronfeld, MA(hc), PhD, DSc, MVSc, MRCVS, DipACVIM, DipACVN, is the Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. Dr. Kronfeld was formerly Chief of Medicine at New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kronfeld was born in New Zealand, trained in veterinary science and biochemistry. He is board certified in two clinical specialties-veterinary internal medicine and veterinary nutrition. He has published over 400 scientific papers. In 1999, he presented the plenary paper on exercise physiology to the Equine Nutrition and Physiology Society, and was honored with the Sir Frederick Smith Memorial Lecture of the British Equine Veterinary Association.
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