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The Hoosier Horse Fair & Expo Clinicians

Dan Grunewald

Professional Trainer, Judge and Clinician, Dan Grunewald is devoted to helping his students and his horses understand versatile training techniques and riding methods. As a judge, Dan believes in evaluating the ability of the horse and rider as a "complete package". Along with judging numerous shows throughout the nation, Dan has conducted demonstrations and lectures at horse fairs across the United States.

Dan is committed to working with all breeds of horses and all level of riders. His high energy information packed clinics, focus on helping each rider develop a wonderful working relationship with there horse.

Born and raised in Jefferson, WI Dan has been involved in the horse industry his whole life. Dan spends most of his time on his 40 acre horse training facility helping riders to achieve their goals.　 As an Exhibitor/Trainer Dan has produced numerous local, state, national and world level champions. His clients have always given 110%.

 

Dr. Suzanne Myers

     Maybe you've recently heard about Dr. Suzanne Myers being the first female winner of a Mustang Challenge?  In April, 2008 Suzanne traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to compete against 50 other horse trainers from across the country to demonstrate how well she had trained a wild, never been touched mustang in just 90 Days!  After two days of preliminary events the team made the freestyle finals and in front of a standing room only house, Suzanne and her mustang Jazz won it all!   Dr. Suzanne Myers has been described as intelligent, driven to succeed, possessing unique experiences and knowledge in equine training and behavior, an excellent teacher with personality and down to your level presentations;  a unique mix of brains, brawn, and bravado, a tough competitor, a proven champion, but, always an advocate for the horse.  Her education, training methods, and equine related accomplishments confirm these descriptions to be true and she is coming to your show to share her experiences with you.  In April 2010 she will be an invited clinician at the Hoosier Horse Fair and Expo and will de-mystify the 'secrets' to maximizing both partnership and performance for you and your horse in a series of clinics she'll perform.

     From colt starting to finish work, from racing thoroughbreds to gentling and training wild mustangs and other feral breeds, Dr. Suzanne Myers has over 20 years of professional experience training horses.  She grew up in rural Pennsylvania on a family farm where she parlayed her not-so-unique early history with horses into a very successful career as a trainer by capturing the essence of what the horses taught her.  Suzanne believes in the principles of continuing education and embeds that concept into her training program at Next Level HorsemanshipTM  in Port Matilda, PA.  "Training horses and educating people on what it means to practice horsemanship is what we do best" she emphasizes. "To have true horsemanship you have to maximize both partnership and performance".  Her Next Level HorsemanshipTM (NLH) program places a strong emphasis on holistic horsemanship through the development of the handler's timing, feel, and balance, and accentuating the horse's responsiveness to its rider through combined methods in natural horsemanship and classical dressage.  Suzanne also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Production, a Master’s degree in Pathobiology, and a Doctorate degree in Veterinary Science from the Pennsylvania State University.  She has worked extensively in applied diagnostics and research at the University’s Animal Diagnostic Laboratory and conducts non-invasive research in equine immunology and infectious disease.  With combined experience in academia and horsemanship Suzanne brings a unique perspective to her clinics and presentations, and enjoys helping people realize their horsemanship goals as well as to understand often confusing management and scientific information important to equine owners.

 
The McNabb Family

A true blue American cowboy with a boyish enthusiasm for life and strong family values, Ken McNabb grew up in a traditional ranching family in the mountains of Wyoming . This modern day Roy Rogers knew from a young age that he wanted to help others. As a boy he was unsure of how he would achieve this, but it became crystal clear when he was 16 years old. Sitting in the audience at a horsemanship clinic, he knew within the first fifteen minutes that horsemanship and teaching was his calling.

Since then he has been changing people's lives through his weekly television show, instruction of clinics nationwide and special appearances at large expos. He still carries with him the passion and conviction he had as a young boy. Living his life on horseback has proven to be the ultimate way for McNabb to reach out to people and their horses.

Ken creates a unique environment where each horse is trained using gentle methods and the rider is coached to become their personal best. Ken's faith in Christ, along with his commitment to strong family values and patriotism, help make him the kind of speaker/trainer people enjoy.

In 2007, Ken competed in and won the Colt Starting Challenge at the Mane Event Expo in Vancouver , WA . In 2008, he competed at the prestigious Road to the Horse competition in Murfreesboro , TN against Chris Cox, Tommy Garland and Mike Kevil. In typical Ken McNabb style he won over spectators with his good natured approach and ability to develop a very aggressive colt into a willing partner. In October of 2008, Ken won the Trainers Challenge Colt Starting Competition in Chilliwack , BC Canada , beating out Charles Wilhelm and three time champion, Doug Mills, from Canada .

Together, Ken, his wife DeeDee, and their two young sons Kurt and Trent live near Cody , Wyoming where they are dedicated as a family to teaching others to dream bigger, ride taller and live happier.

 

Steve Edwards

Steve Edwards and his wife, Susan, live on the Queen Valley Mule Ranch, in Queen Valley, AZ. where they offer clinics on understanding and training mules, donkeys and their owners. They focus on partnership with the mule and donkey, teaching how to show, work cattle, drive, pack and trail ride.　

Steve trains both mules and donkeys and educates humans through clinics, apprenticeships and individualized programs around the world. He has also created a series of instructional videos that teach various mule care, handling and training topics.

Steve has designed, developed and sells his own line of mule and donkey-friendly saddles and tack created with you and your mule's comfort and safety in mind. He offers all the basic equipment used on mules and donkeys for riding, packing and driving at various levels of training.

Steve has been a featured writer for numerous magazines including Western Mule, Mules and More, Rocky Mountain Rider, Trail Rider, and Bridle and Bit Newspaper. .　 He has also been instrumental in establishing the first Mule Training Apprenticeship Program at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California. In 1998 Steve began riding and driving program at the Phoenix Zoo. He also trained zoo workers to present informational programs on mules, history and their abilities. rural heritage magazine is Steve’s sponsor on the RFD TV

Nick Karazissis

Nick Karazissis is one of the most successful trainers on the West Coast. With his brother, Kost, and his sister-in-law, Jenny, the Karazissis family owns and operates Far West Farms in Calabasas, California. They have been at this location for over 30 years.

For the last 35 years, Far West Farms has been synonymous with quality, tradition, and blue ribbons. The Far West Farms Team is responsible for many “A” Pacific Coast Horse Show Association (PCHA) year-end championships and is always consistent in its yearly wins, and multiple placing in medal finals. For example, their most recent “star” Jamie Taylor, went on to win the PCHA 14 and Under Medal Finals in '99, and later went on to win the National Washington Medal Finals in 2001, and the Reserve Champion, ASPCA Medal Finals in 2002. In 2003, Nick coached the Champion and Reserve Champion PHA Finalists at the Cow Palace, while coaching the Third Place Finals winner for the Junior Competition.

Nick's consistent success in the show ring has made him one of the most sought after judges and clinicians in the United States. He has concentrated on Clinics the last 10 years, because “everyone is a winner in this venue”!

When Nick is not showing, judging or giving clinics, he is involved with all the major horse governing bodies on the West Coast, in addition to serving as elected member of the USEF Zone 10 Committee. He has also been President of the CPHA, and on the Board of the LAHSA and the PCHA, while serving on the Continuing Education and The Hunt Seat Equitation Committees. In 1992, he was elected Horseman of the Year, and still he continues to dedicate his energy to improving the welfare of all participants in the Horse Industry!

Lendon Gray

As a toddler in Maine, Lendon Gray was riding a horse with her mother before she could walk.  She grew up riding western, hunt seat, bareback, playing gymkhana games, driving and generally having fun riding and caring for horses.  Pony Club played the central role in her life from age 7 through her twenties.

During that time she also trained with the Olympic Three Day Team. At 27 Lendon started to specialize in Dressage and at the same time Seldom Seen the first of her famous Dressage "ponies" came into her life.

At 14.2 plus he was national champion at 3rd, 4th level, Prix St. George's, Intermediare 1 and 2, and Grand Prix. Although Lendon rode warmbloods in her two Olympics, the world Championships, and the World Cup her ponies held a special place in her heart.  They proved to the world the bigger isn't necessarily better.

This experience also gave Lendon direction to encourage those without the fanciest horses, trainers, greatest opportunities to be "the best that you can be".  Now while running Gleneden Dressage, a stable with 52 horses under her supervision, Lendon is extremely active with the USET, AHSA, USDF.

Her greatest energies go to trying to develop all riders, but juniors especially, to learn correct basics and become all-round horseman.

Sterling Graburn

International Combined Driving Competitor

Born February 20th, 1963, Sterling Graburn has been involved with horses all of his life. His mother, Sally Eastman Graburn, was a well-established trainer continuing a family tradition that began with his great grandfather.

Sterling was brought up in southeastern Pennsylvania, an area steeped in equestrian tradition. He spent his early childhood competing in combined training, in part as a member of the Radnor Hunt Pony Club, adding combined driving in his teens. He owes his strong dressage foundation to his mother who was always a dressage trainer first and emphasized that dressage is training on the continuum.

Sterling is a nationally recognized handler of sport horses, winning championships at the prestigious Dressage at Devon, and Horse of the Year Awards from the United States Dressage Federation as well as USEF. While Sterling presents horses for breed inspections and sport horse in-hand shows, his true love is the sport of Combined Driving. He began his driving career in 1978, and entered his first Combined Driving Event in 1979.

Sterling participated in his first international event in 1984 as navigator for the four-in-hand of Emil-Bernhard Jung, a member of the American team, at the World Four-in-Hand Championships in Szilvasvarad, Hungary. In 1993, he again was navigator, this time for numerous times National Pair Champion Lawrence Poulin, at Gladstone, New Jersey, for the World Pairs Championship. Sterling was groom/navigator for his partner, Wendy Ying, DVM at the 2005 World Pony Championships at Catton Hall, England.

In 2006, Sterling competed as an individual at the World Singles Championships at Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy, where he was fourth on the marathon and the highest overall placed American driver with Alexander Hewitt's Belgian Warmblood gelding, Quincey. Sterling has thrice won the FEI Top Driver Award, North American Challenge, Single Horse championship. In 2008 he won the USEF National Combined Driving Single Horse National Championship with Dante, a Sport Cob owned in partnership with Dr. Wendy Ying, and Dante won USEF Combined Driving Single Horse of the Year 2008.

Sterling competes in both Pleasure and Combined Driving, with singles, pairs, tandems, unicorns, and four-in-hands. Sterling, along with Wendy Ying, DVM, operates the Kingsforth Hall Training Center in Bonifay, Fl. where they specialize in teaching horses and their people to ride and drive.