Mounted Lesson with Courtney Sendak Waskiewicz
VRPC will be hosting Courtney Sendak Waskiewicz at Spenser Sport Horse on Sunday November 19th
Date: November 19th, 2023
Time: Time determined after registration (sometime between 9AM - 3PM)
Location: High Horse Farm (indoor arena) - 6175 Keyser Rd, Hume, VA 22639
Registration Closing: November 13th
Cost: $20 (will be a group lesson of 3-4 members approximately 1 hour long)
Courtney is the owner of Defy Gravity Eventing, an Advanced/FEI*** Event Rider, USPC Graduate "A" AND is a USPC National Examiner.
Courtney will provide a mounted group lesson. Primarily grid work / cavalettis. In addition to the riding aspect of the lesson, time will be spent with an interactive discussion on how the horse and rider performed.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn from a National Examiner who is also one heck of an instructor! This will be open to D2 and above riders and they will be grouped accordingly.
More about Courtney:
Through pony club, Courtney was introduced to the Olympic sport of three-day eventing. In 2006, Courtney represented the prestigious Area II in the North American Young Riders Championships (recognized as the Junior Olympics) for the CCI* (now CCI**) long format. At the championships, Courtney and Willy gave a solid performance to earn a team silver medal. Courtney again qualified for the Junior Olympics at the CCI** (now CCI***) level in 2009, though an unfortunate injury to Willy forced them to withdraw right before the start of the competition.
Since graduating from Young Riders, Courtney has competed and placed through the FEI *** level, national advanced level, and achieved her USPC "A" rating. She has produced all of her upper level mounts, as well as starting and selling a variety of young horses. Currently Courtney has four very promising mares, who will be out competing in 2023 from the intermediate level to the BN level. DGE is a purposefully small operation, in order to provide our horses and riders with quality and individualized training.
Outside of the barn, Courtney holds a Masters in Education from Loyola University and teaches 7th and 8th grade social studies, in addition to running the farm with her husband Bret and canine sidekicks Leo and Lucas. With teaching being such an integral part of Courtney's life, she brings a unique approach towards educating her students not just in the biomechanics of riding, but horsemanship. This has led Courtney to pursue a position as a USPC National Examiner, which she hopes to complete in 2023.
For her success both in and out of the competition arena, Courtney and her horses have been highlighted in magazines including Chronicle of the Horse , Maryland Equiery (cover), USEA, Eventing USA, American Connemara Pony Society newsletter and magazine, North Carolina Combined Training Association newsletter, North County News, United States Pony Club magazine, and Sidelines magazine.
