Course Designers/Builders

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Everything You Need to Know for the Chris Barnard Show Jumping Seminar at the 2021 USEA Annual Meeting & Convention

This year, the 2021 USEA Annual Meeting & Convention will host a full-day educational show jumping design clinic on Wednesday, December 8 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Led by the well-known show jumping course designer, Chris Barnard, this seminar will be educational for any USEA member interested ...

November 19, 2021
Education

Considerations for Building Cross-Country Jumps at Home

If your farm has the space to set up a cross-country schooling course, it can be to your advantage to have cross-country jumps available for schooling purposes. Safety should be the number one priority when designing and building cross-country jumps, and an expert should be consulted whenever pos...

August 7, 2020
Membership

Tips for Designing Your Own Cross-Country Schooling Course

Cross-country course designer Morgan Rowsell led a session on Friday evening at the 2019 USEA Annual Meeting & Convention about best practices for maintaining a cross-country schooling course.

December 13, 2019
Education

The Method Behind the Madness: 10 Questions with Course Designer James Atkinson

Tasked with designing 10 separate courses for the nearly 500 competitors in attendance at Twin Rivers as well as riding a horse in the Intermediate division and coaching several students, James Atkinson has his hands full this weekend. Still, he took time out of his busy schedule to talk about co...

April 13, 2019
Education

Learn from Five-Star Course Builder Mick Costello at LRK3DE

Calling all course designers, course builders, certified course designers, or anyone interested in learning the technology behind frangible devices! Mick Costello will be hosting a frangible device clinic on Thursday, April 25 during the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event.

April 9, 2019
Education

Want to Learn About Course Design? Attend the B & C Jumping/Course Design Training Program!

If you have ever considered becoming involved in eventing as a licensed judge, TC, or CD, then the B & C Jumping/Course Design Training Program is for you!

January 18, 2019
Education

VIDEO: Cross-Country Designs for the Future

James Atkinson led a panel including course designers Captain Mark Phillips, John Michael Durr, Gretchen Butts, Morgan Rowsell, and Cathy Wieschhoff in a discussion about the responsibilities of the course designer and the many factors that influence course design.

January 16, 2019
Education

So You Want to Be a Judge, Part II: Amp Up Your Course Walk

Many of us, when we walk courses, have a routine. Things we look for, things we know will catch certain riders off guard, things we’re careful to point out to our students. Even the way we walk, the practiced length of our strides, the lines we take between fences. We think about this stuff from ...

May 2, 2018
Education

The Art of Design: The B & C Jumping/Course Design Training Program

Last weekend, 25 prospective “r” judges, technical delegates, and course designers gathered at Lara Anderson and Daniel Brown’s Full Gallop Farm in Aiken, South Carolina for the B & C Jumping/Course Designing Training Program. This training program is a requirement for prospective “r” Eventin...

March 15, 2018
Education

Interested in Course Design or Becoming a "r" Eventing Official? Attend the B & C Jumping/Course Design Training Program!

The USEA Training Program for Eventing Officials (TPEO) is responsible for educating the next generation of officials and encouraging members of the eventing community to get involved as licensed officials, including judges, technical delegates, and course designers. The safe running of competiti...

February 7, 2018