EI Combined Driving Event
August 13-15, 2021
Donida Farm Equestrian Center
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EI Driving is pleased to welcome you back to our CDE in August, again at Donida Farm in Auburn, Washington. Donida offers classy and comfortable amenities, including in-barn stalls, wash racks, well-groomed arenas, and on-site food concessions. Skilled and friendly officials this year include Boots Wright, Jane Anne Merritt, Teresa Bron, and Ted Campbell. Horses and ponies of all sizes and levels of experience are welcome. Divisions will include Training, Preliminary, Intermediate, and Intermediate II.
Remember that per new ADS rules, the 2020 Dressage tests will be used, and that all small equines will need official measurement cards.
New for this year’s Marathon format: the “Controlled Warm-up.” Read about it below.
Venue: Donida Farm Equestrian Center, Auburn, WA
Entries by mail only, complete entries first come, first served.
Open Date: Postmark June 8th
Close Date: July 28th or earlier if full
Volunteering
This event is the big one, recognized by the American Driving Society. We’ll have opportunities for Friday Dressage Day, Saturday Marathon Day and Sunday Cones Day. We will try our best to honor your sign up request but do reserve the right to move volunteers around to different assignments if needed to keep the event running smoothly. Thank you for volunteering — we appreciate you!
Sign Up Link: EI Driving Volunteers: Volunteers Needed for Equestrians Institute Combined Driving Event (signupgenius.com)
Questions?
Contact driving@einw.org
Organizer/Registration: Diana Axness diana@einw.org
Remember that per new ADS rules, the 2020 Dressage tests will be used, and that all small equines will need official measurement cards.
New for this year’s Marathon format: the “Controlled Warm-up.” Read about it below.
Venue: Donida Farm Equestrian Center, Auburn, WA
Entries by mail only, complete entries first come, first served.
Open Date: Postmark June 8th
Close Date: July 28th or earlier if full
Volunteering
This event is the big one, recognized by the American Driving Society. We’ll have opportunities for Friday Dressage Day, Saturday Marathon Day and Sunday Cones Day. We will try our best to honor your sign up request but do reserve the right to move volunteers around to different assignments if needed to keep the event running smoothly. Thank you for volunteering — we appreciate you!
Sign Up Link: EI Driving Volunteers: Volunteers Needed for Equestrians Institute Combined Driving Event (signupgenius.com)
Questions?
Contact driving@einw.org
Organizer/Registration: Diana Axness diana@einw.org
Marathon Format - Controlled Warm Up
The CDE still has its three “events” -- Dressage, Marathon, and Cones. But Marathon day can look a bit more streamlined. Now, instead of Sections A and Transfer before Section B with its obstacles, we’ll have a defined area and protocols for readying our horses and our wits for “the fun part.”
Here’s how it looks. Times are assigned for each turnout to show up in the designated warm-up area. In this area, you choose how best to warm up your pony. This is the opportunity for you, your navigator, and your pony to focus your brains and tune your “engines” specifically for the Marathon obstacle phase. A practice obstacle is provided. You still get safety check and vet check as in the longer-format CDE. There are no changes to course speeds for your turnout. At your designated time, you are invited to the start of Section B, and off you go for what many folks find to be the best part of a CDE.
