Anyone ever been to one? To audit? Or ride?
Just wondering. I have read some of his articles and really like them.
He is awesome ! Ride if you get the chance!
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Thanks!
100% go for it. I’ve ridden with him three times, and I always get a lot out of it. The highest we’ve ever jumped in a clinic of his was about 2’ (we do the 3’), so he’s not about the fence height but he focuses on the technicality and your mentality; improving your confidence. He’s extremely positive and makes it fun for everyone.
He has a few different routines - I audited one and rode in another. Very educational and very different than your usual riding clinic. he doesn’t focus at all on the riding, really, like whether your leg is correct or your horse is jumping well, but more about thinking quickly while you ride.
Excellent confidence builder and he is very positive. And loud. He was our speaker for the Area 1 annual meeting and he doesn’t have an indoor voice. 
He has a few different routines - I audited one and rode in another. Very educational and very different than your usual riding clinic. he doesn’t focus at all on the riding, really, like whether your leg is correct or your horse is jumping well, but more about thinking quickly while you ride.
Excellent confidence builder and he is very positive. And loud. He was our speaker for the Area 1 annual meeting and he doesn’t have an indoor voice.
Actually he does biomechanics and psychology so you can work on your position if you do the biomechanics clinic.
I’ve also heard good things!! I would love to audit his clinic at Holly Hill in Dec., but I’m visiting family during the holidays and can’t justify it :o.
Thanks! I plan to audit one then try to get signed up to ride.
Doesn’t he do rider fitness too?
I’ve heard he makes you do pushups if you mess up? Is that right? I’ve been intrigued by what little I’ve heard of him, but that doesn’t sound like much fun!
TBFAN - its sit-ups! Its part of riding under pressure.
I really, really enjoyed his sports psychology talk. He actually has really helped me in a number of ways, and I feel like a lot of what I learned can cross over into other things, not just horses. I was only able to do the pressure proof clinic and sit for the sports psychology. He also has a ride right clinic where you are videoed and then its broken down piece by piece after, and the rider fitness seminar.
If you can’t ride I highly recommend his seminars, and I have his book too.
I can’t say enough good things about his clinics, though I have a hard time describing exactly what you get out of them because it’s rather intangible. We’ve had him out here three years in a row and I’ve ridden every time. We wouldn’t keep having him out if we didn’t like him
His clinics have changed a bit each year, so his current format may not still be in effect whenever your chance to attend may be. However, what seems to stay the same is people ride, then he gives a seminar (sports psychology or rider fitness). This year it was three groups of four riders on Saturday, where he makes your brain work while on your horse. Yes, sit-ups may be involved for you, but they’re his special sit-ups for riders. Some people get through the weekend not doing even one sit-up. Saturday after the riding is done he does his Sports Psychology/Confidence seminar.
We’ve done the Video clinic on Sunday, which most of my riders have found extremely helpful. On Saturday he videos you, then Sunday morning you all review it together. Why it’s interesting is that he looks at your whole position and figures out what positional fault is screwing things up. For example, one of my riders likes to ride with her hands down, no bend in the elbows to speak of. This was making her shoulders come forward, and her head to look down. All she needed to do was get her hands up and everything else fixed itself. Trainers over the years telling her to look up didn’t work, because the cause of why she was looking down wasn’t addressed. Then, he has had us do the exercise from Saturday again, but with the additional pressure of having to use our new knowledge of our positions. Finishing off Sunday has been the Rider Fitness, which he’s really evolved in the last three years. Basically, you end up with a 12 minute workout designed for riders, and designed for riders to do where we spend the most time: in the barn.
We joke that a clinic with Daniel is a weekend of being tortured while wearing a big grin on your face 
Here’s some pics of our clinic this year We did his dressage/flat clinic this time instead of jumping.
Absolutely go!
I have taken away so much from those clinics (auditing, not riding) that I try to attend every year. He does very much cater to the auditors and makes you a part of the clinic if you wish, fitness training and all.
It has definitely help me become a better rider (if you do the homework of course.)
I rode in one of his clinics years ago, and loved it. I have also audited. As someone already mentioned, he has a variety of different clinic formats, the one I rode in our group was videotaped, then went into the lounge while he went over the tape with us, then we went back out immediately to ride and put into use his comments and criticisms, it was excellent. I don’t remember any sit-ups though, glad I missed that!
I audited and a friend rode with him at equine affaire ohio a few years ago. Fantastic! I learned things that still help me when I get scared today.
so, everyone seems to have good feedback on Daniel Stewart, he’ll be in my area in feb, i’ll take one of my mares, but what about kids? since he’s big on the psychology stuff, I figured that he could be good for timex jr, who needs help thinking on his feet, but he’s not quite 12 yet, would you guys say DS would be good for a kid rider as well? tx!
I’m pretty sure I’ve had younger than 12s riding when we’ve had him and they’ve all loved him too.
