The 2019 International Eventing Forum (IEF) will take place on February 4, 2019, at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire, England.

Established in 2004, the IEF has grown and developed into a โ€˜must attendโ€™ pre-season educational event. This yearโ€™s theme is โ€œBetter โ€“ Not More Educationโ€ will address the concept that not all training is created equal. As stated on the eventโ€™s website: โ€œTraining can only be of value if pupils are in a receptive place and educators understand what is of value to teach. So often pupils think that just because they are there and attend training, things get better! Training and trainers so often go through the motions with little perception that they are in fact making things worse, because they are confusing the message.โ€

Speakers include Adam Kemp and Matt Frost, who will give a presentation called โ€œSimple Still Works,โ€ followed by British Eventing Team performance manager Dickie Waygood on โ€œDirect Riding.โ€ In the afternoon session, former show jumping world champion Dermott Lennon will speak on โ€œThe Jumping Testโ€ and โ€œThe Solution.โ€

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