O'Connor Eventing Camp - Karen O'Connor introduces ECOGOLD
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
The O'Connor Event Team invited us to their eventing camp in Lexington, VA. Karen O'Connor introduces ECOGOLD and talks about the importance of having experts from outside the equine industry come in and bring new technologies to develop innovative products that benefit horses.
O'Connor Eventing Camp 2 - Karen O'Connor introduces ECOGOLD
O'Connor Eventing Camp 1 - Natural Horsemanship
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Yesterday, we were at the 2010 O’Connor Eventing Camp in Lexington, VA. The O’Connor Event Team hold a few camps annually, in different locations around the USA. Karen O’Connor and David O’Connor often team up with another instructor, and for this camp, it was top event rider Cathy Wieschhoff. There are about 20 participants, from children on ponies to adults (there’s a rider competing at the CCI1* level).
We expected to see a dressage lesson at the beginning of the camp. Instead, the O’Connor camp starts with a full morning of theory and natural horsemanship lessons. In addition to being a fabulous way to get riders to bond with their horses, they teach the horse to listen to the rider, which results in the horse being more attentive and respond to a gentler aid.
Here’s a video!
O’Connor Eventing Camp 1 – Natural Horsemanship
O'Connor Eventing Camp - ECOGOLD Saddle pad Technology
July 1, 2010
Ecogold president, textile engineer John Da Silva, Karen O'Connor and Max Corcoran, O'Connor Event Team Head Groom explain the technology behind ECOGOLD Secure saddle pads and how they help make the sport of eventing safer.
O'Connor Eventing Camp - ECOGOLD Saddle pad Technology
O'Connor Eventing Camp - XC Horse Boots Discussion
Wednesday, June 30 2010
O'Connor Eventing Camp - Presentation and discussion about the important aspects of Cross-country Horse Boots with ECOGOLD president and textile engineer John Da Silva, Olympian Karen O'Connor and O'Connor Event Team Head Groom Max Corcoran. Click here to view ECOGOLD's Cross-country horse Boots, used by Karen O'Connor>>
O'Connor Eventing Camp 3 - Cross-country Horse Boots
Watch video - Impact Test for ECOGOLD Horse Boots
O'Connor Eventing Camp - Photo Gallery
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Watching Dressage Lesson |
Natural Horsemanship exercise |
Natural Horsemanship exercise |
O'Connor Event Team |
Brew O'Connor - camp supervisor |
Dressage Lesson with Karen O'Connor |