Information on hosting a AAHS clinic

• School Horses, one more than there are candidates in case one goes lame. We want beginner level school horses that will trot quietly around the ring with a rider performing exercises. It is too difficult to learn a new exercise when dealing with control problems. Sometimes our instructor candidates have overestimated their ability and could not manage a more sensitive horse. If the facility is a public stable, the clinic will not tie up the horses for a few hours a day. The clinician will use one of the horses for a demonstration horse and sometimes a horse is needed for non-riding demonstrations, but any horse that will stand quietly will serve that purpose.
• A safe arena with good footing and fencing. It is best if the arena is covered or all weather since the candidates will not get the most out of a AAHS clinic if they cannot ride each day. In arid areas or where the surface is all weather, the arena or other riding areas may not share a common fence with pastured or turned out horses. There must be at least 12 feet between and it is preferred that no horses are turned out during the clinic ride times.
• The facility itself must meet common safety criteria. There must be adequate space for tacking up horses so that one horse does not endanger another. Crossties are not preferred but if crossties are used, there must be a butt bar behind each horse and plenty of escape room on both sides without sending the person immediately beneath the feet of another horse. (No aisle-way crossties.)
• If the facility cannot provide residential space then it should be located close to reasonably priced motels and restaurants. It is also easier if box lunches are provided but if not, there needs to be somewhere close where the candidates can go for lunch quickly.
• AAHS will send a clinician that is an independent contractor. The clinician will charge by the day and AAHS charges a separate fee of $75.00 per candidate for certification, book and materials. Clinics of 6 people or less are considered individualized clinics and should be priced at $750.00 not including room and board.
• The host will pay the clinician's daily fee and travel expenses. The clinician can be housed in a private home or at a hotel. It is recommended that a deposit be charged that is one half of the clinic fee and that it be due five weeks before the clinic start date. That way the host site can see if there will be enough participation in the clinic to pay the expenses of the clinician before the plane reservations are made and within the time to get the benefit of lower air fare.
• AAHS will post the clinics on the Website and will supply a camera-ready ad for publication for the clinic.
• AAHS will also assist in planning promotion of the clinic in the local area.