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.
