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Welcome to the web site of the Great Lakes Equine Classic,
formerly the Mid Michigan Horse Expo, featuring Ryan Gingerich for 2010.
Mark your calendars now!
February 12-14 at Birch Run Expo Center
Adult tickets only $8.00
Children Under 10 & Parking is FREE
Weekend pass for all 3 days is only $20.00!
From his days riding his ‘stick horse’ and playing the Lone Ranger to the animals on his Grandfather’s Indiana farm, Ryan Gingerich has a love of horses that seems to transcend the normal horse and rider relationship. His ability to get into ‘the mind of the horse’ allows him to rehabilitate horses others have decided are hopeless. He often says, there are no bad horses, only bad training.
Ryan has developed his training program, Connective Horsemanship, using a marriage of science and tradition. His five elements of Connective Horsemanship offer a simple language for the rider and the horse. These five elements consist of Basic Control, Lightness, Rhythm, Line and Connection. This language, used exclusivly by Ryan and his students, requires that the horse need give only one response to one cue. When used correctly, Ryan's methods lead to a "deletion" of the incorrect behavior. This eliminates confusion in the horse and owner helping both to relax and learn. Ryan uses this technique to rehabilitate horses with behaviors that range from bolting and bucking to buddy sour. His method crosses all disciplines and is used at his National Equine Behavior Center in Troy, Missouri to rehabilitate every breed of horse from off track Thoroughbreds to Quarter horses.
To reserve your space call:
TAK PROMOTIONS, LLC.
810 639-0193
Fax 810 639-4348