Clinics and Events

Coming July 27, 28 and 29!

We are very pleased to presents a dressage clinic with

Herbert Seiberl

Bereiter from the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria

The famous Spanish Riding School has exemplified classical dressage at its best for over 430 years. Herr Seiberl's private students and horses in Europe benefit from his instruction using these time-tested methods, successfully carrying this tradition into the competition arena.

Herbert Seiberl and the Spanish Riding School

The Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria, with its famous white Lipizzaner Stallions, has for over 430 years represented classical equitation at its finest. Both stallions and riders follow a careful classical training system that produces some of the best riders and horses in the world.

Boys enter the School at age 15 or 16 to attempt to become Bereiters - a commitment that, if all goes well, will be their career for the majority of their lives.

Training is intense - going through medical school and residency in the U.S. takes less time than becoming an SRS Bereiter! They spend six months on the longe before even being allowed to pick up the reins. That’s followed by several years, day in and day out, at least 40 hours a week, of intensive studying and schooling on highly trained Lipizzan stallions under the watchful and exacting eyes of SRS Bereiters.

After approximately 10 to 12 years, if the student survives the examinations and evaluations (85% do not), demonstrates that they can not only ride but can also teach others, and trains a young stallion all the way up to Grand Prix/High School level, they earn the title of Bereiter – “Rider” – of the Spanish Riding School - and so the tradition of training stallions and new Eleves entering the School carries on. There are currently one Eleve, five Assistant Bereiters, seven Bereiters, three Chief Riders, and First Chief Rider Krzisch at the Spanish Riding School.

Herbert Seiberl joined the Spanish Riding School as an Eleve in 1994 and was awarded the title of Bereiter with his stallion, Maestoso Virtuosa, in March 2005. He is one of only two Bereiters at the Spanish Riding School who can do the Long Rein solo performance, with his stallion Favory Plutona. He also rides his stallion M.Virtuosa in the “School Quadrille” and does the in-hand capriole work with Siglavy Theodora II. Herr Seiberl trains his private students and horses in Austria when he is finished with the daily riding and training at the Spanish Riding School.

Join us for this rare opportunity to learn from a Spanish Riding School Bereiter as he instructs riders and horses from Training Level to Grand Prix.

Please contact Peggy at: caduceusf@mac.com or 303-475-2608 to apply for ride sessions. Riding sessions are secured when payment is made in full. Refunds only if you can fill the session. Absolutely EVERYONE is welcome to ride!

Pictured is Bent Jensen on Rockefeller, who won 4th level High Score at Dressage at Devon in 2004.
Read more about them at www.bentjensendressage.com