The 2020 Adequan®/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference will be held January 20-21 at High Meadow Farm in Loxahatchee, FL. The conference will feature Anne Gribbons, FEI 5* Judge, Ashley Holzer, Olympian, Lars Petersen, Olympian, and Gary Rockwell, FEI 5* Judge. We take this opportunity to look back on a conference from 6 years ago.
The January 20-21 event, held at Mary Anne and Walter McPhail’s High Meadow Farm in Loxahatchee, FL, featured Olympian Steffen Peters and United States Equestrian Federation national dressage young-horse coach Scott Hassler.
Slide show photos by Jennifer Bryant
Hassler and Peters 
Heidi Degele and Don Fredo HD 
Riding Allure S, Peters praised the mare’s work ethic and suppleness 
Peters rides Deklan with a lower neck to facilitate the tense horse’s relaxation and use of the correct muscles 
Noel Williams rides Sir Velo 
Ilse Schwarz on Don Joseph rides tempi changes under Steffen Peters’ watchful eye 
Olivia LaGoy-Weltz on Rassing’s Lonoir 
Lilo Fore lunges a horse during the USDF Instructor/Trainer Program FEI Education Day (SARAH MARTIN photo) 
Volunteers from past and present Dressage4Kids Winter Intensive Training Programs assist at conference check-in 
From left: USDF executive director Stephan Hienzsch, High Meadow Farm owner Mary Anne McPhail, conference organizer Kathie Robertson, Saddlefit 4 Life’s Jochen Schleese, Saddlefit 4 Life educational-pack drawing winners Karla Stanley (ND) and Rebecca Kells (MA), Saddlefit 4 Life’s Miriam Boutros-Dale, Scott Hassler, Steffen Peters
