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Belfair WA Attending Bill Richey De-Sensitizing Clinic

  • May 10, 2025
  • 9:00 AM
  • May 11, 2025
  • 5:00 PM
  • Orchard Equestrian Center, 8729 Orchard Ave SE, Olalla, WA

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Does your horse walk through fire?  How does your horse react to barking dogs, emergency lights and sirens, smoke bombs?  Will your horse keep you both safe at all times?  Come watch and learn how mounted police have trained their horses to handle crowds, riots, and be good citizens when out in public.

Bring your own chair, lunch, and beverages. Please wear 40SC Logo gear (shirts, hats, jackets) to represent our Chapter and be prepared to share our fun group information with other clinic attendees.

From https://mountedpolice.org/ :

Bill Richey, the founder and CEO of National Mounted Police Services is a POST certified mounted police instructor. He was instrumental in creating the mounted units for the city of Duluth, also in Forsyth and Gilmer Counties (Georgia) and training their officers and horses. He worked with Atlanta Police Mounted Unit in preparation for the 1996 Olympics and was also involved in reorganizing the unit. He was the chief instructor for Mobile Mounted Police Mardi Gras School. Mr. Richey has participated in and won or placed in every national mounted police competition he has entered. He has over 40 years experience as a mounted police officer or mounted police trainer, and almost as many as civilian  trainer/ instructor. He has spent countless hours training officers and civilians from all over North America, the Middle east and South America, as well as their mounts, to perform safely and professionally, from the trail, to the movies, to the show ring and to Mardi Gras.



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