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BACKGROUND |
| 1973-1983 |
Professional Horseman |
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Owner: Martin Cohen Training Stable
Daily activities included: Riding, training
and showing. Instruction of all ages and riding
levels, sales, clinics, horse van driving, stable
management and veterinary care. Responsibilities
included the care, custody and control of up
to 50 horses, and the individual ownership of
up to 15 horses. Experiences include the maintenance
and training of horses from the delivery of
newborn foals, to their first saddling, to the
care and passing of aging animals. |
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| 1976 - Present |
Professional Horse Show Official / MDC
Corporation |
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| FEI/USEF JUDGE, Course Designer, Steward, Horse
Show Manager and Teaching Clinician in the areas
of hunters, jumpers, and hunter seat equitation
in the United States and Canada. MDC Corporation
manufactures and distributes it’s products
on a world-wide basis from offices in Seaside,
California. The MDC Corporation also provides
equine related expert witness services nation-wide.
Owner / Manager of Wine Country Classic Horse
Show, Santa Rosa, California. |
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| 1984 & 1996 |
Olympic Games Judge |
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1984 Olympic Games, Modern Pentathlon, Los
Angeles, California
1996 Olympic Games, Show Jumping Team Competition,
Atlanta, Georgia
1996 Olympic Games, Show Jumping Individual
Competition, Atlanta, Georgia
1996 Olympic Games, Three Day Event Team Competition,
Atlanta, Georgia
1996 Olympic Games, Three Day Event Individual
Competition, Atlanta, Georgia
1996 Olympic Games, Modern Pentathlon, Atlanta,
Georgia
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| 1985-Present |
Horse Show Manager |
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Arthritis Foundation Grand Prix, 1985-1986
The Oaks Classic, 1986-1990
The Wine Country Classic Horse Show 1996 to
Present.
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| 1993-1996 |
Seminars Conducted |
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1993 - Course Design Clinic - Calgary, Alberta,
Canada
1994 - Course Design Clinic - Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada
1995 - Course Design Clinic - Sacramento, California,
USA
1996 - Judges Clinic - Los Angeles, California,
USA
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LICENSES
& AFFILIATIONS |
Federation Equestre Internationale Jumper
Judge 1986
Federation Equestre Internationale Course Designer
1995
Federation Equestre Internationale Chief Steward
1995
US Equestrians Hunter, Jumper, Hunter Seat
Equitation Judge 1979
US Equestrians Course Designer 1985
US Equestrians Steward 1986
US Equestrians Life Member
Canadian Equestrian Federation Senior Course
Designer 1995
Canadian Equestrian Federation Life Member
American Grand Prix Association - Organizers
Committee
Pacific Coast Horse Shows Association Life Member
Pacific Coast Horse Shows Association Equitation
Committee 1984-1990
Pacific Coast Horse Shows Association Officials
Committee 1984-1988
California Professional Horseman's Association
- Chapter I Director 1986
California Professional Horseman's Association
- Scholarship Committee President 1986
NorCal Hunter Jumper Association Life Member
West Coast Equestrians Charity - Board of Directors
1985-1994
Interscholastic Equestrian League - Board of
Directors 1982-1990
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PATENTS
& TRADEMARKS
MDCUltimate Stirrup® / MDC Comfort Stirrup®
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Utility and Design Patents registered in the
United States, England, Germany, France, Sweden,
Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Australia.
Trademarks: MDC Intelligent Stirrups®,
MDCUltimate Stirrup® and MDC Comfort Stirrup®
are registered in the U.S.A. Stirrup of Champions™ |
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