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Serendipity's mission is to learn life lessons from
equines and teach life lessons with equines. Each of our seminars and
clinics are focused around form and function, design and mechanics.
Awareness in learning deepens the experience. Most horse whisperers
will sell you the tools, but they won't necessarily tell you how to use
them efficiently and effectively to enhance your everyday life.
"I never
thought about it that way..."
"What a big
difference a little suggestion can make!"
"This is
truly an art form..."
Come discover inspiring seminars that are no accident,
forged as a result of uncommon sagacity.
Seminar Topics
Due
to many requests and input from our friends and clients, we have developed a seminar series. If you would like to book a seminar or have comments or suggestions, please
send them to generalinfo@hossbiz.com
Introduction to Driving
Driving a horse is a skill that our forefathers took
for granted. It was a part of their day to day lives. In
today's busy and stressful environment, we can keep traditions alive
and extend our equestrian pleasures through driving. This
introduction to driving provides interactive demonstrations or auditing
only of the following:
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Choosing a Vehicle, Harness and
Horse [with demo models]
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Interactive Harnessing
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Driving Lessons
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Audit Only
$20.00 Interactive Participation
$55.00 [Spaces Limited]
Pre-Registration Required [Bring a Sack
Lunch]
Trucks, Trailers &
Hitches
Everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to
ask by people who are not trying to sell you a truck, trailer or hitch
configuration.
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Pros and Cons of engine sizes,
steel v. aluminum, bumper hitch v. gooseneck, step up v. ramp and much
more
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What to look for and consider
when buying a vehicle &/or trailer
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DOT Regulations and Safety
Procedures
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Based on the popular Iowa Horse Fair lecture
"Cowgirl's Guide to Trucks, Trailers & Hitches" with floor
models to
demonstrate.
Pre-Registration
Required $10.00
Horse Whispering for Horse
Owners
Learn the techniques used by professionals to help you
improve your relationship with your horse. Simple, common sense and
practical applications that have been used for centuries.
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Non-Verbal Communication In &
Out of the Round Pen
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Trailer Loading: What You Want
Your Horse To Learn
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Body Language and Riding: Are You
Fluent?
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Pre-Registration Required
$20.00 [Bring a Sack Lunch]
Driving Multiples
An assortment of vehicles, harness, and horses for
driving pairs, tandem and four in hand. How to put to, handling the
reins & whip, choosing a pair & a vehicle, common mistakes and how
to avoid them.
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Interactive Harnessing and Putting To
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Driving Lessons
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Audit Only
$20.00 Interactive Participation
$55.00 [Spaces Limited]
Pre-Registration Required [Bring a Sack
Lunch]
Sleighing
As autumn leaves begin to fade, our fantasies turn
toward a romantic winter equestrian pursuit: sleighing. This seminar
will outline the requirements of harness, horse and vehicle, what to look
for when choosing a sleigh and important safety guidelines. An
assortment of sleighs, bells and accessories will make this an historical
presentation not to be missed. Snow will [hopefully] not be
included.
Pre-Registration
Required
$20.00
Serendipity Seminar Presenters
Harold Ault has been driving
horses for pleasure and commercially for 30 years. He began
collecting carriages in 1969, and is specifically noted by members of the
carriage driving elite for his formal driving vehicles and sleighs.
Ault’s advice on carriages, sleighs, harness and lamps is solicited
by serious collectors and preservationists all over the country. He
is a member of the Iowa Horse Council Board of Directors, a former Iowa
Horse Fair Chairman and is responsible for the drafting and passage of the
Domestic Animal Liability Law in Iowa. Ault is an
electrical engineer for the City of Ames, IA.
photo by Robert
Mischka, 2002
Michelle Blackler has been an
equestrian for over 35 years in America and Great Britain. She began
teaching, training, breeding and showing professionally in 1997, and has
earned championships in several divisions of carriage driving.
Blackler is recognized as a gifted riding & driving instructor and a
talented horsewoman through her work with able and disabled clients and in
or out of the show ring. She is a former member of the Board of Directors
of the Iowa Horse Council and former Chair of the Iowa Horse Fair.
Blackler is actively involved with numerous charities and has successfully
solicited over $1 million on behalf of non-profit organizations since
1997. She is the president & CEO of Serendipity.
Contact Information
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Telephone
515. 360. 8349
Administration Office Address
2315 Otley
Street, Perry, IA 50220
Stable Address
31100 200th
Street
, Dallas Center, IA 50063
Electronic mail
General Information: generalinfo@hossbiz.com
Webmaster: michelle@hossbiz.com
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