Benefits of ECP Certification

  • Professional confirmation of the instructor’s teaching principles and practices and of the YEH professional horse trainer's riding/training skill and of their rider- and horse-care standards.
  • Ongoing conversation with all other ECP certified instructors, with ECP certified YEH professional horse trainers, and with the ECP Committee via ECP’s Googlegroups e-mail.
  • Ongoing professional development via completion of ECP Continuing Education credits.
  • Continued learning via participation in ECP Continuing Education co-teaching clinics.
  • Opportunity to share teaching/training insights via articles accepted for inclusion in the ECP Workbook.
  • Listing in the USEA Directory of ECP Certified Eventing Coaches, the USEA Directory of ECP Certified YEH Instructors, and/or the USEA Directory of ECP Certified YEH Professional Horse Trainers.
  • Reduced premium for professional liability insurance.
  • Reduced rate for attending or riding in ECP educational activities like the annual ECP Symposium.
  • Free 1-month access to all materials at www.equestrianprofessional.com and a free business consultation via phone with Equestrian Professional’s Elisabeth McMillan.
  • Free listings of an ECP-certified individual’s equestrian activities/clinics with STRIDER.
  • $25.00 discounted registration fee for USEA Training Programs for Eventing Officials.
  • The $75 affiliate fee for Interscholastic Eventing League teams will be waived for any affiliate that is associated with a certified USEA ECP coach. Each ECP instructor is only allowed to be associated with one interscholastic affiliate.
  • USEA Members are able to sign up for a Stable Secretary subscription for 10% off using the promotional code in your USEA Online Services account. In addition, ECP certified coaches receive 25% off their subscriptions using the code for program participants. Learn more about stablesecretary.com.