PETER HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF ONTARIO, CANADA AND OCALA FLORIDA, SINCE COMPLETING STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, MAJORING IN ANIMAL SCIENCE. HIS TRAINING IS DIVERSE AND PETER HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN PRODUCING YOUNG HORSES IN A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES DEPENDING ON WHERE THEIR TALENTS LIE. THIS HAS MADE HIM A POPULAR CLINICIAN THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA PREPARING STUDENTS FOR DRESSAGE, EQUITATION, JUMPERS AND EVENTING. AS A COMPETITOR, PETER HAS COMPETED AT MOST 4* AND 5* INTERNATIONAL EVENTS IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE; HE HAS COMPETED IN THREE OLYMPIC GAMES, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND IS A PAN AM EVENTING INDIVIDUAL BRONZE MEDALIST. IN ADDITION TO HIS EVENTING, PETER IS CURRENTLY COMPETING AT THE FEI LEVELS OF DRESSAGE PETER IS ONE OF ONLY 2 EQUINE CANADA CERTIFIED LEVEL 4 COACHES, ICP LEVEL 4, AND IS A KEEN EDUCATOR OF ASPIRING COACHES. HE WAS NATIONAL COACH FOR CANADA FROM 1996-2000, YOUNG RIDER COACH FOR ONTARIO 2009-2013 AND NATIONAL COACH FOR VENEZUELA AND GUATEMALA. PETER IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME OF COACHES IN CANADA AND IN THE U.S., AS WELL AS AN ORGANISER OF MANY COACHING SYMPOSIUMS, CLINICS AND COMPETITIONS. HIS EXPERIENCE AS A COMPETITOR AND COACH HAS SEATED HIM ON MANY COMMITTEES INCLUDING THE F.E.I. EVENTING AND RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES, EQUINE CANADA HIGH PERFORMANCE, EC COACHING, CO CHAIR OF THE UNITED STATES EVENTING ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONAL RIDERS COUNCIL AND THE USEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS. PETER HAS RECENTLY BEEN PROMOTED TO THE DISTINGUISHED LEVEL OF AN INTERNATIONAL JUDGE AT THE 5* LEVEL AND PRESIDED ON THE GROUND JURY AT THE MOST RECENT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PRATONI ITALY

Kaylee Van Winkle is currently an H member of the United States Pony Club and has her HA, B eventing, and B dressage specialty certifications. She has been involved in a variety of leadership positions within USPC, from the local youth board, regional examiner, and a member of the National Youth Board. In 2019, Kaylee was honored to be selected as a member of the United States Pony Club’s Inter-Pacific Exchange Team. The team competed in Hong Kong in show jumping and dressage with teams from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. Kaylee helped her team win the Nation’s Cup show jumping competition, the first time in 13 years the US had won the competition! She is the owner of Van Winkle Eventing & Dressage based out of Plain City, OH and works closely with Pony Clubs throughout the Midwest. She is a regional examiner, offers preps for members from their D3 - HB, and coaches members as private students. She competes in eventing and classical dressage with her thoroughbred, High Shine, who she has developed from Beginner Novice to Training, and plans to continue his development up the levels, as well as currently restarting a young off the track thoroughbred to find his second career. Kaylee is passionate about the horsemanship and sportsmanship of eventing and strives to help her students create partnerships with their horses in a way that prioritizes their mental, as well as physical, fitness and builds a strong foundation of trust.