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12/31/2023

✨Dressage Clinic & Rider Level Testing with Gina Allan -January 6th & January 7th✨

To register, email: [email protected]

A little bit about Gina:

Gina is an Equine Canada Dressage Coach and a BCRPA Fitness Professional who resides in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island.

Gina has had a passion for animals especially horses all of her life! She began riding at ten and had a horse by the time she was 11. She began competing her quarter horse Country Caper and Gina received the prestigious honour of an invitation to compete at the world Congress competition. After College, she worked in the fitness industry for 9 years, and taught hunters and jumpers. She moved to Calgary to further her knowledge and worked with Hunter/Equitation coach Debbie Garside and later with former Canadian Team Member/Jumping Coach Frank Selinger, and during this time she received her Equine Canada Competition Coach Specialist Certification. Gina felt something was missing in her training and when she began to study dressage and realized her passion, which led her to move to Pennsylvania where she worked with her husband, Paul Belasik.

During her time at the Pennsylvania Riding Academy, Gina assisted Paul at “Michigan State University”, where he and Dr. Hillary Clayton preformed standard setting experiments in Collection with his mount, St Grall, and later, Gina assisted Paul with the development of his movie the “Lost Quixotes”.
Following two horse related injuries; a torn hamstring and a fractured sacrum, she found relief and therapeutic value during her recovery while working on an exercise ball. Her riding vastly improved as a result of the exercises she used for her rehabilitation. She realized that these and other exercises would benefit all riders, and Equifitness was born!

Gina returned to Canada where she resides, teaching dressage, fitness, her own “Better Body’s Fitness” a low impact class designed for women, 3rd age fitness, and Yoga. She teaches her Equifitness Clinics and Workshops throughout North America and abroad.

Currently Gina rides and shows at FEI and is working toward Grand Prix.

12/18/2023

This would be fun!

11/01/2023

Mid Island Dressage Enthusiasts… Have you heard????

M.I.C.A. has scheduled their Annual General Meeting this year to be held on Wednesday November 15th, 2023 at the Rocking Horse Pub in Nanoose and you are invited!
What to expect?

We welcome you at 6:30 pm with the meeting starting at 6:45 pm and running until 7:15 pm. Of course there will be time to chat afterwards as we would love to get inspired and connect.

For those who are not current members, we are asking for a contribution of $50.00 per person. This will include your dinner and one drink, as well as your 2024 CADORA membership. Essentially, this means that we will cover the cost of your dinner.

For current members, there will be no charge for the evening, in addition to which we will cover the cost of renewing your 2024 membership.

Payment via E-transfer ([email protected]) or Cash please.

For more details or questions, or if you are interested in becoming part of the team, please PM Mid Island Cadora or email [email protected].

We look forward to seeing you on November 15th, 6:30 pm at the Rocking Horse Pub, Nanoose Bay. Please confirm your attendance with an RSVP via email or Facebook.

Regards,

2023 MICA Executive

10/25/2023

The KNHS ( Royal Dutch Equestrian Sports Federation) is considering banning polo wraps! I know it looks pretty however study after study shows it is doing more damage than good. This is great news and I hope Equestrian Canada will follow suit.

De kogel is nog niet definitief door de kerk, maar de KNHS wil de bandages in de ban doen. In de online uitgegeven versie van Paard&Sport zegt Fenna

10/24/2023

10/22/2023

Plan ahead! Sign up for two short online courses coming in November that will help protect your horses at home and on the road. Fire & Emergency Preparedness runs Nov 13-20 and Horse Trailer Safety (Part 1) from Nov 20-Dec 1. 15% discount applies to HCBC members for practical online courses . In partnership with . Register at TheHorsePortal.ca/HCBC

10/18/2023

Final show and clinic's of the year. Don't miss out 🙂
Contact [email protected] with questions or enroll on line at https://cowboychallengebc.com
Looking forward to see you all there

10/17/2023

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