World Class Instructors, Spectacular Horses Converge in Albany, Oregon

The four day run starts on Thursday, March 21st at 4pm with a special session featuring Clinton Anderson on Downunder Horsemanship and Linda Tellington Jones on T.T.E.A.M. training of horses. Then Friday through Sunday afternoon the various clinicians will all offer multiple presentations in two arenas and several meeting rooms at the Linn County Fair and Expo facility next to I-5 in Albany. Also featured in the Expo are two exposition halls full of vendors offering the latest in everything for the horse, ranch and home. Throughout the weekend there is a Stallion Review with several breeds represented including Dutch Warmbloods, the Kiger Mustangs, American Paint, Quarter horses and more. The Breed Showcase will offer almost two dozen breeds of horses to see and learn about including some rare breeds and some of the most beautiful like the Friesians, Lusitanos and Tennessee Walking Horses. Horses representing breeds from all over the world will be at this event.

Sponsored by Sundowner Trailers, Bandera Outfitters, Coastal Farm & Home Supply, Allegra Horse Food, NW Rider Magazine, KXPC Radio and Guaranty Trailer & 5th Wheel Centers, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone involved with or interested in horses. The roster of clinicians is quite impressive. Headliner Clinton Anderson will teach people how to handle difficult horses. Selection of demonstration horses is restricted to horses that Clinton has never had contact with before, so people can see real problems resolved. He makes his presentations with horses that want to buck, rear, balk or bolt, and those that refuse to trailer. His training methods replace the customary force with choice. A native Australian Anderson has offered expos and training all over the world.

T.T.E.A.M. Training stands for Tellington Touch Equine Awareness Method of training and will be presented throughout the weekend with Linda Tellington Jones. A recognized method of training and healing that honors the body, mind and spirit of all animals, and has been used successfully with sore backs, stiffness, nervousness or tension, lameness, bucking and rearing. Her work is used in 32 countries and she has authored 10 books on the subject. She has won the Master Instructor Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Riding Instructors Association, and Horsewoman of the Year from the North American Horseman's Association.

Olympic and Pan Am Gold Medal winner Hilda Gurney will be instructing attendees on Dressage and competing in this area of riding. She has won the USET National Grand Prix Dressage Championships six times. Hilda is a Senior rated AHSA Dressage Judge, A Candidate rated FEI Dressage Judge and Approved AHSA Dressage Sporthorse Breeding Judge.

Another Olympic Gold Medallist, Captain Mark Phillips is one of the world's leading three-day event riders, and has represented Great Britain in the show jumping arena in two winning Nation's Cup Teams, along with Gold Medals in the World and European Championships. In addition to his competition successes, Captain Phillips is also an enthusiastic teacher and is in great demand all over the world including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Spain, Japan, South America and here in the US. He has designed the cross country course for the Olympics in Sydney and is the designer for the cross country course for the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. As one of the world's leading authorities on equestrianism, Captain Phillips has written two books on the sport in addition to producing the successful television series "Stars Riding".

Presenter Eitan Beth-Halachmy (known to his friends simply as "8") is from Israel, schooled in the US and Vienna, he now trains horses in the United States and is an artist at "heart creating harmony and balance" in his horses. He and his Morgan Stallion, Holiday Compadre have been World Champion Western Pleasure Horse both in 1993 and 1996. Eitan and Holiday Compadre are now famous for their own brand of horsemanship dubbed "Cowboy Dressage" in which Eitan applies his years of training in classical dressage to western horsemanship. He and Compadre are best known for their awe-inspiring performances to music. They will be teaching and performing all weekend during the Expo.

Halter and Gaited training will be available through Bobby Richards, Jr. from Tennessee. Richards has 30 plus world titles and 30 plus reserve world titles in The Celebration and Futurities. He is also an international title winner in weanling, yearling and "in-hand" competitions. Bobby has conducted halter and gait training clinics all across the United States and Canada. In addition, he is a licensed judge with the National Horse Show Commission and has conducted a judging seminar in Germany for the European members of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association. His topics to be addressed each day include ground working, halter training and preparing a young horse to ride as well as gait training with an emphasis on Tennessee Walking Horses and other naturally gaited breeds.

GaWaNi Pony Boy is one of the industries most sought after horse behaviorists and is the creator of Relationship Training. A best selling author, he has written well known books about horse relationships such as "Out of the Saddle", "Time Well Spent" and "Horse Follow Closely". In the tradition of "Horse Follow Closely" he has produced a step-by-step training video entitled "Horse Follow Closely: Native American Horsemanship". He will focus on Relationship Training or what he defines as "Things you and your horse should be able to do before moving on to a particular discipline."

The Expo hours are Thursday, March 21st at 4pm, Friday the 22nd from 10am to 9pm, Saturday the 23rd from 9am to 9pm and Sunday the 24th from 9am to 6pm. Advance tickets are available at any Coastal Farm & Home Supply, Sky Ranch Trailer Sales, Sundowner Trailers in Fife, WA and Salem, OR and select Allegra Horse Food Dealers throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Tickets are also available online at contact@coastalfarm.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the Linn County Fairgrounds office, 3700 Knox Butte Road, Albany, OR.

Advance tickets are $8/day for adults, $4/day for children 6-12 with children 5 and under admitted free. At the gate each day of the event cash only tickets are $10/day for adults and $5/day for children 6-12. All tickets are all inclusive. The Greater Northwest Equine Expo is owned and produced by John & Judith Cloe of Greencastle, IN. You can contact the Greater Northwest Equine Expo at (765) 655-2107 or via e-mail showmstr@ccrtc.com or visit their website at www.showmasters.com