Saturday Demonstrations at Ocala Jockey Club

All demonstrations are located in the OJC Main Arena.

  • 9:30 - Celtic Dancers
  • 10:30-16:10 - Ringside Beer Garden
  • 11:30 - Dance Alive National Ballet
  • 11:50 - Elisa Wallace and her Mustang Hwin
  • 12:10 - Tik Maynard Horsemanship Demonstration
  • 12:30 - Dance Alive National Ballet
  • 12:50 - Herding Dog Demonstration by Billy Bishop
  • 13:10 - "Highway" - the I-75 Miracle Horse
  • 13:30 - Mary Phelps - Driving her 2019 World Champion Pony Pair, "the Gangsters"
  • 13:50 - Celtic Dancers
  • 14:10 - Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horse Demonstration

14:30 - Elisa Wallace and her Mustangs Fledge & Rune


Herding Dog Demonstration by Billy Bishop

Billy Bishop is a border collie breeder and trainer from Inverness, Florida. he uses border collies on his small sheep farm. He has been around working dogs his whole life on the farm with having border collies exclusively the last 5 years. His dogs have competed in trials up the East Coast and have won several open trials.

Billy Bishop and his border collies.

Tik Maynard Horsemanship Demonstration

“A horseman's greatest asset is the ability to accept what is being presented, learn from it, and then turn it into something special. Having worked with Tik Maynard, I can say first hand that he is indeed one of those special horsemen. This book does a wonderful job illustrating the effort has gone through to help get him there. A great read!” —Mark Rashid, Renowned Horseman and Bestselling Author

“People have a hard time being aware. Awareness of their environment, of other people, of what effects their actions have on others, animal or human. Self-awareness is even more rare. This is a book about self-awareness. How does one learn? How does one process the world? Observation is a necessity to be successful in an animal world. How one processes one’s own observations is a key to being successful as a human being. Tik Maynard has opened up and shown his ability to be self-aware and observational. This is an insightful book about the journey to acquire knowledge and then use that knowledge to help others, human and horse. It’s a joy to read.” —David O’Connor, Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) Eventing Chair, Former Chef d’Equipe US Eventing Team, Former President United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), Olympic Gold Medalist



Book by Tik Maynard. With permission from Trafalgar Square Books,

www.horseandriderbooks.com

Mary Phelps - Driving her 2019 World Champion Pony Pair

Mary Phelps and and her Classic American Shetlands ponies Markel’s Al Capony and Kimba, just returned for Europe where they trained and competed at the FEI World Driving Championships for Ponies in Kisber, Hungary in the Pony Pair Division. They won the Gold Medal in the Cones Phase for the Pony Pairs, and finished 12th over all among the best ponies and pony drivers in the world.

Combined Driving was modeled after the sport of Eventing by Prince Philip while he served as President of the FEI from 1964-1986. With three phases, Dressage, The Marathon, and Cones th sport offers levels Training through Advances for Single, Pair, and Four-In-Hand Ponies and horses. At the Ocala Jockey Club International Three Day Event, Mary and her “Flying Gangsters” will do a demonstration Saturday, November 16 at 1:30 demonstration the different facets of thesport.

Mary Phelps, a long time member of the Equestrian Media began driving just 10 years ago, and elevated to the Advanced level with her ponies just two years ago. Many eventers remember Mary’s photography and video work at The Kentucky Three Day Event, Radnor, and Chesterland. A long time member of the International Alliance of Equestrian Journalists, Mary covers events such as Aachen, The FEI World Equestrian Games and The US National Dressage Championships for her popular website horsesdaily.com. Established in 1997, horsesdaily is longest running website in equestrian sport. Mary is also a long time equine insurance specialist for Markel Corp, equineinsurancedaily.com.

Mary Phelps and and her Classic American Shetlands ponies Markel’s Al Capony and Kimba