Events

SYMPOSIA

The Insti­tute spon­sors an annual educa­tional Symposium. The 2010 Sympo­sium “Genetic Disor­ders: From Knowl­edge to Action” featured Dr. Cecelia Penedo, Univeristy of Cali­fornia at Davis; Beth Minnich, AHA Task­force on Genetic Diseases; and Paul Husband, renowned equine attorney.

The Sympo­sium was co-​​sponsored by the Arabian Horse Foun­da­tion, Arabian Horse Asso­ci­a­tion of Arizona, and The Pyramid Foun­da­tion.

A short paper on genetic disor­ders is here. Paul Husband’s article on the legal issues is here. Addi­tional resources, including testing and reporting on genetic disor­ders can be found here.

Prior Symposia:

EGYPTIAN EVENT

The Institute’s famous Black Tent is a feature at the Egyptian Event in Kentucky each June.

CONFORMATIONAL ASSESSMENT

The Insti­tute has begun a series of regional confor­ma­tional assess­ment clinics that build on the 2006 Sympo­sium. The first was held March 20, 2010, in Wisconsin, held in coop­er­a­tion with the Wisconsin Egyptian Arabian Horse Asso­ci­a­tion. Featuring Dr. John Shelle, Michigan State Univer­sity, it was attended by more than 75 people. The second was held August 6–7, 2010, in Lynch­burg, VA. Future clinics will be announced on our news feed as they are scheduled.

CLINICS

Susan Mayo hosts a clinic each October in Denton, TX for those inter­ested in begin­ning to show their horses.  The first day is instruc­tional. The second day, atten­dees partic­i­pate in the Susar Farm Open Show and receive feed­back. Check our news feed for the schedule. For further infor­ma­tion, contact Susan at susarinc1@verizon.net . Susan also has written a series of short arti­cles to help people train their own horses and is creating a series of videos on working with the very young (unhan­dled) horse.