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Clinician

Who else but Jane Savoie wears so many hats in the horse industry? Her visibility as a dressage competitor, coach, instructor, clinician, speaker and author makes her truly unique.

Jane Savoie is one of the most recognized names in dressage, and for a good reason. Her accomplishments and the breadth of her influence are impressive. She has been a member of the United States Equestrian Team and has competed for the US in Canada, Holland, Belgium, France and Germany. She was the reserve rider for the Bronze medal winning Olympic dressage team in Barcelona, Spain. She has been long-listed by the USET with several horses and has won nine Horse of the Year awards and three National Freestyle Championships.

Ms. Savoie is as well-known as a coach, writer and speaker as she is for her competitive accomplishments. She was the 1996 and 2004 Olympic dressage coach for the Canadian 3-Day Event Team in Atlanta and Athens. She also coached several top dressage and 3-Day Event riders in their preparations for the 2000 Olympics and while in Sydney she helped rider Susan Blinks secure a bronze medal for the US dressage team.

Ms. Savoie has written four books that have been published both in the US and abroad. Her best-selling sports psychology book That Winning Feeling! is in its ninth printing and has been translated into several languages. Her training books, Cross-Train Your Horse and More Cross-Training, are rapidly becoming popular reference books for riders and trainers in all disciplines. Her fourth book, It's Not Just About The Ribbons, is a sequel to That Winning Feeling!

Jane has also produced three instructional video tape series entitled The Half-Halt Demystified, Putting Your Horse on the Bit and her new release - Riding In Your Mind's Eye, as well as two motivational audio tapes based on That Winning Feeling!

She is a frequent contributor to many of the leading horse magazines including Equus and Dressage Today and travels extensively to do motivational lectures.

Ms. Savoie has also collaborated on several books apart from her own titles including:

• Understanding Nervousness in Horse and Rider, by Moyra Williams, UK
• Riding For the Rest of Us, by Jessica Jahiel
• Living with Horse Power, by Rebekah Witter
• Winning With Horsepower, by RebekahWitter
• Along The Way, from Golden Hills Press
• Insights From Experts, by Kathy Connolly
• Competitive Training for the Small Dog, by Barbara Cecil and Gerianne Darnell
• Of Women and Horses, by GaWaNi Pony Boy

A highly motivational and visible speaker of sports psychology seminars for horse and dog groups, Ms. Savoie often gathers audiences of up to 7,000 people and has been featured in over 40 states as well as Mexico, Canada and Bermuda.