January 8, 2015 – Excitement stirred throughout the nation at the time the United States Dressage Federation announced that the FEI Dressage Judge General Stephen Clarke will headline the 2015 Succeed/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference.  The conference will be held LIVE on January 19-20, 2015 at Mary Anne McPhail’s High Meadow Farm in Loxahatchee, Florida.

DressageClinic.com is the USDF-appointed online broadcast website for the symposium and all 16 training sessions over the two days will be presented on the site for the membership on February 5, 2015.  The evening lectures at the opening ceremony to be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel (West Palm Beach) will also be presented on the site.

Elected as the FEI Dressage Judge General in 2013 and recipient of the 2014 Life Time Achievement Award from the Global Dressage Forum North America, Stephen Clarke is a well-spoken, well-respected clinician worldwide.  As a rider, he has competed successfully and was the reserve rider for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Stephen has earned a reputation for combining his quick eye for technical detail and his ability to form balanced and consistent assessments, solving issues with practical effective exercises.

Stephen has a remarkable way of speaking which quickly allow the listener to understand complex dressage techniques.  He explains things in a way that gives us time to think and put all the information together in a way that makes sense.  When the Global Dressage Forum North America presented Stephen in the GDFNA masterclasses that were held the day before the forum opened, almost every rider in the area lined up to ride with Stephen. He is not only an Ambassador for International Dressage but a world sought after clinician for talented riders and horses.

Kathie Robertson, USDF Education Department Manager, stated, “USDF has had many requests to bring Stephen Clarke to the US for this conference, and couldn’t be happier he will be joining us this year.” 

There are plenty of videos playing in the library of Stephen Clarke on DressageClinic.com, but this new upcoming series of videos from the USDF 2015 Trainers Conference will be material every dressage rider around the world should be watching and absorbing the words and guidance of a man we all love, respect, admire and having him in one’s presence is truly a special time period to be around a man who has given us so much and has given dressage education a substance we can all depend on.