Mounted search and rescue

["T'mi Fi" <tfinkle@erols.com>]

Scot Hansen is coming to the Washington DC area to present his 
Self-Defense for Trail Riders Clinics, on October 4th and 5th 2008. The 
TROTSAR Search & Rescue Mounted Team Inc. is hosting this event. Scot is 
a nationally known equine practitioner and has developed his clinic for 
trail riders who wanted to know how they could use their horse to defend 
against a human predator on the trail. It is a well-known fact that 
crime against persons have skyrocketed in local, state and federal parks 
throughout the country. Horseback riders need to be aware of the 
criminal element that prowls our bridle paths and riding trails. You as 
a trail rider need to be prepared to safely avoid or deal with such an 
encounter.

Each clinic is a three-hour session that teaches riders how to recognize 
predator behavior, how to avoid an attack, how to stay safely in the 
saddle if you are approached or assaulted, and how to teach your horse 
how to help you escape safely. The clinic is an amazing experience and a 
great way to learn some of the same techniques that mounted police 
officers use for crowd control. Scot [himself] presents the techniques 
in a non-threatening way that helps both people and horses learn 
progressively. This clinic also provides the riders with some real-life 
experience in a safe and friendly environment to see just how they would 
react and more importantly how their horse might react. The clinic is 
recommended for persons who are trail riders, members of mounted search 
and rescue teams or volunteer mounted patrol units.

Each clinic is limited to only 10 horse and riders per clinic, at a cost 
of $100 dollars per clinic. There will also be 10 slots available for 
those who wish the audit (without horse) at the cost of $25.00 dollars 
per clinic. Morning clinics begin at 9:00am and afternoon clinics begin 
at 1:30pm on both Saturday and Sunday. The clinics will be held in an 
indoor arena near Bryans Road Maryland (zip code 20616), which is 
approximately 30 minutes from (Old Town) Alexandria Virginia, via the 
Capital Beltway (exit 3 south) onto Indian Head Highway. Additional 
details and directions will be provided once payment is received. To 
request an online registration packet please email: <officers@trotsar.org>

Tmi
www.trotsar.org