SOMERS – World famous horse trainer Dan Sumerel, who lectured in the Post University Quiz The Expert series last year, will return to Connecticut this month for the Connecticut Equine Trade Show on Saturday and Sunday, July 15 and 16, at the Somers Four Town Fairgrounds.

The Connecticut Equine Trade Show is the newest major diverse trade show in the Northeast which created a venue for with an educational atmosphere, providing everyone the opportunity to learn from New England’s leading equine professionals.

Mr Sumerel will give demonstrations and lectures which will include information on Controlling the Horse Without Force and the STS-2 (Red/Infrared) Light Therapy System and he will be one of many trainers and demonstrators on hand.

Ann Guptill of Foxledge Farms in East Haddam will be another major trainer on hand and she will present a dressage demonstration and clinic involving exercises to improve lateral and longitudinal suppleness.

Also, the popular Cupid and Arrow (real horses with real heart and arrow marks on their body) of the Hillside Equestrian Center in Wolcott will present the Cupid & Arrow Story and Game Show; Judith Smith will discuss equine communication; Elizabeth Braverman will present a fundamentals of dressage clinic and selected riders will participate in a test; Halide Caine will give a live demonstration on equine massage therapy; and the Northeast Friesian Horse Drill team will provide a demonstration.

Check www.equinetradeshowct.com for the full schedule of presentations.

Mr Sumerel will present Control Without Force – Finding The Magic at 10 am on Saturday, a one-hour lecture that will outline the training approach presented in his workshops and work while pointing out the many inadequacies of conventional training. Mr Sumerel will also present Control At Liberty – The Best Place To Start at 2 pm on Saturday and Sunday, a one-hour lecture/demonstration of his method to get any horse to calm down, pay attention and become responsive in a very short time.

Mr Sumerel will then provide an STS-2 demonstration at 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday. STS (Sumerel Therapy System) uses state-of-the-art digital equipment which can go over a horse to specifically pinpoint where problems may exist and then using infrared light to treat the areas.

This same clinic will be presented July 22-24 at workshop weekend at Emerald City Farm in Harwington. Mr Sumerel will also present his Control Without Force program using a “problem” horse he has never before seen.

One of the highlights of the Connecticut Equine Trade Show will be the Presentation of Horses, horse and riders performing in live demonstrations throughout the weekend. Performers will include the New Canaan Mounted Troop Drill Team, the Paso Fino Horses, the Backyard Horseman, Ann Guptill of Foxledge Farms with Musical Freestyle, Danielle Akin of DA Dressage with Musical Freestyle, Elizabeth Braverman with Musical Freestyle, the Ebony Horsewoman Drill Team, the miniature horses of Roundtuit Farm, a Western Reining performance from Double T Ranch, a vaulting performance by Image Vaulter, and Denise Hopkins and Cleve Kadiddlehopper, the Trick Horse, with comedic skit about “The Reluctant Race Horse.”

The Connecticut Equine Trade Show will run from 8 am to 8 pm on July 15 and 8 am to 7 pm on Sunday. Daily admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children 6 to 12, and free for children 5 and under. Advanced admission for both days will be $14 for adults and $8 for children 6 to 12.

Dan Sumerel

Dan Sumerel teaches his STS Horse Course™ showing beginners and experts alike how to control horses without force nor the dependence on equipment, all too common today. More specifically, Dan teaches how to understand the true nature of horses, as 50 million years of evolution developed them, and then using that understanding to adjust approaches to be more effective. He also focuses on teaching people to “read” the language of the horse, which is not verbal communication. Dan teaches a learnable, easily duplicated method of dealing with horses, and people are taught to control the horses without force or equipment, by earning the respect of the horse.

Ann Guptill

Ann Guptill is a professional dressage rider, trainer and instructor with her home base of operation at Fox Ledge Farm in East Haddam. She competes a variety of breeds and types of horses in dressage. Her career highlights include placing 5th individually at the 1987 Pan American Games and helping secure the Team Silver Medal. In 1992 she competed in the final Dressage Selection Trials for the Olympic Games. In 1991 and 1992 she placed 4th at the US League Finals for the Dressage World Cup. Ann is a US Dressage Federation Certified Instructor and serves as a faculty member for USDF Instructor Certification, conducting workshops throughout the US. Ann and her husband Ed Iarusso own and operate Equestrian Arts Productions, a musical freestyle company. Equestrian Arts has produced musical freestyles for many top US riders including recent Pan American Games.