CVDA's January Winter Webinar speaker: Jen Vanover, owner, Maplewood Warmbloods
Jen Vanover, owner and founder of Maplewood Warmbloods, an elite Oldenburg breeding farm in NY, will share her perspective on breeding decisions and development of the young dressage horse. She will touch on stallion selection, breed standards, assessing your mare, care of the mare and needs of the foal. Jen will draw on her two decades-plus of personal experience to help attendees better understand the breeding process. She looks forward to sharing her knowledge with CVDA and hopes that we bring our curiosity and questions to her webinar.
Speaker Bio
Born and raised in Grant, MI, Jen was a high school and college All-American softball player. She has two engineering degrees, a minor in math, and part of business master's and worked for a Fortune 500 auto company. She started Maplewood in 2004 with two horses and has developed it into a profitable entity, an accomplishment in the industry! Jen has her USDF bronze, silver, and partial gold medals and all the rider performance awards. Maplewood has between 40-50 horses at any time and a full-time head trainer, Charell Garcia. The farm breeds four-six horses every year, with a focus on movement, type, and temperament, from the foundation of a proven pedigree. It has a carefully established pipeline of top-class horses for the future and has had many Devon wins, Lamplight successes and national championships from 4yo-Grand Prix. Maplewood Warmbloods is also host to world-class symposiums and clinics and two prestigious USDF-USEF-recognized breed and dressage competitions. Maplewood is focused on the horse. There is a reason Jen didn't name it JVDressage, as it was important to her that the horses are celebrated and the center of the business and media.
Born and raised in Grant, MI, Jen was a high school and college All-American softball player. She has two engineering degrees, a minor in math, and part of business master's and worked for a Fortune 500 auto company. She started Maplewood in 2004 with two horses and has developed it into a profitable entity, an accomplishment in the industry!
Jen has her USDF bronze, silver, and partial gold medals and all the rider performance awards. Maplewood has between 40-50 horses at any time and a full-time head trainer, Charell Garcia. The farm breeds four-six horses every year, with a focus on movement, type, and temperament, from the foundation of a proven pedigree. It has a carefully established pipeline of top-class horses for the future and has had many Devon wins, Lamplight successes and national championships from 4yo-Grand Prix. Maplewood Warmbloods is also host to world-class symposiums and clinics and two prestigious USDF-USEF-recognized breed and dressage competitions.
Maplewood is focused on the horse. There is a reason Jen didn't name it JVDressage, as it was important to her that the horses are celebrated and the center of the business and media.
CVDA's March Winter Webinar will feature USEF 'r' Technical Delegate Jennifer Koch
Back by popular demand, Jenn Koch will review several recent rule changes for sanctioned ("recognized") dressage shows that have generated a lot of discussion and some confusion. Ms. Koch will address these and other changes, as well as give guidance on do's and don'ts for those new to showing at recognized shows.
Ms. Koch presented to CVDA last winter and was clear, concise, very approachable - and funny!
If you have particular questions for Ms. Koch, please email them to CVDA by March 15 so that she has time to research her answers. We look forward to an educational and informative session!
Jennifer Koch is a USEF 'r' Technical Delegate from Eastern Pennsylvania. She also has experience serving in multiple GMO leadership roles and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the local horse park. She is the President of the Youth Dressage FUNdation, which runs the Region 1 Youth Dressage Team Challenge held annually in Virginia. Jen has deep interest in promoting dressage among youth and has worked with several organizations to increase youth engagement, including serving on the USDF National Youth Programs Committee. She enjoys helping all competitors navigate the rules to allow riders to have a positive show experience.
Personal trainer and long- time riding/vaulting instructor Joyce Kramer will present key points of her first book in the Stable Core Training series. Come dressed comfortably, bring a water bottle and be ready to try some of the exercises. Joyce has worked extensively with some CVDA members.
Joyce will explain her system of combining stability and suppleness to achieve a riding position that will enhance your horse’s movements. She will set aside time in this workshop to address some specific riding challenges that participants would like to hear about. She will reference specific pages of her book.
For those who bring a copy of Joyce’s book Stable Core Training, which was released in 2025 by Trafalgar Square Publishers, Joyce has offered to do a book signing!
Jump start your riding season with Joyce’s unique exercises and learn to use them as part of your warm-up routine. You will love the results!
Joyce Kramer earned a BS in Animal Science from Cornell and a master’s degree in Agricultural Education from the University of New Hampshire. She has completed extensive coursework in Education and Special Education at the University of Vermont. Her educational background has informed her professional career teaching horseback riding, which now spans over 50 years and includes the direction of numerous learn-to-ride programs and summer camps throughout the Northeast. Kramer has also been a personal trainer certified through the American Council on Exercise for over a decade. She continues to passionately study the fields of movement, posture, biomechanics, somatics, and mind-body techniques to further inform her innovative Stable Core Training program. Kramer regularly teaches her approach to students, including Grand Prix dressage riders and top-level eventers, in regions near her home base in Wilder, Vermont.
