Webinar 2: ‘Managing Performance Horses’ with Brett Parbery and Heidi Richardson
Our Activo-Med Webinar Series continues with Brett Parbery and Heidi Richardson discussing ‘Managing Performance Horses’. Running from 6.30 – 8.00pm AEST / 8.30 – 10.00pm NZ time on Friday 11 September.
Join us as our two industry leading experts discuss managing performance horses, and share exclusive performance tips.
About our expert guests:
Brett Parbery: (AUS), FEI Dressage rider and trainer
Brett has now been professionally riding, training and coaching dressage since 2000, following a long family history of horsemanship growing up, with the pinnacle of his achievements being at the World Equestrian Games in 2010. Brett topped off an outstanding European competition season where he finished 10th in the World Cup Final, 6th at Aachen CHIO, 3rd at Rotterdam CHIO and winning the Grand Prix Special at Hickstead. Brett with his top horse Victory Salute, a home bred Australian horse bred and owned by Carolyn Lieutenant, completed the 2010 season with an 8th place finish at the best World Games of all time at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Some of Brett’s other achievements include winning over 30 individual Australian Championships across all levels including 4 x Australian Grand Prix Champion. Brett has represented Australia on 2 occasions at the World Games in Kentucky and Tryon 2018. In 2008 and 2016 Brett earned a spot in the final 5 for selection to those respective Olympics, with misfortune on each occasion denying the opportunity. At the London Olympics, Brett was on staff as the Dressage Coach to the Australian Eventing Team and after dressage had the team well positioned in 1st place.
Heidi Richardson (NZ), B.App Sci (Medical Imaging)
Touching on Laser Therapy, Pulsed Electro Magnetic Field (PEMF), Ultrasound and other modalities, Heidi will share her knowledge and expertise in explaining how the modalities work.
Heidi holds a B.App Sci (Medical Imaging) and has worked as a radiographer in x-rays and CT scans for over 20 years. As an Equine therapist, Heidi has also trained in Equine Thermal Imaging with Dr Donna Harper in the US.
She manages the Southern hemisphere of SpectraVET Therapeutic lasers, an Australian company that has expanded globally to the US/Canada, the UK and Europe. Over the last 22 years, Heidi has also run study days on Laser Phototherapy for vets and therapists in NZ and Australia. Heidi is passionate about education and regularly speaks at conferences on the science of therapeutic modalities.
If you’d like to attend please head to the event on our Facebook page and click ‘Going’ or if you would like more information please PM us, or email info@animaltherapeutics.com.au
We are super excited to bring you this exclusive event and look forward to seeing you there!