Education
1979 B.S., animal science. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH magna cum laude
1985 -1993 TTEAM®, Trainings (Tellington-Jones Equine Awareness Method) Small and Large animals
1986 M.S., equine reproductive physiology. University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
1986 Centered Riding® Instructor Ft. Collins, CO
1988 TTEAM Practitioner II/Clinician
1990—present. Dr. Joyce Harman, Holistic Veterinarian, Flint Hill, VA
1992 Apprenticeship with Sally Swift Senior Centered Riding Instructor Brattleboro, VT
1992—present. Bettina Drummond, Authorized representative of the Nuno Oliveira School of Classical Dressage, Newtown, CT
1993-1994 Jean Luc Cornille Dressage trainer
1993—2002 Centered Riding Gatherings and Symposiums, Brattleboro, VT
1993—present Andy Foster, Master Saddler, Walsall, England
1996—2002 Blake Kral, Master Saddler, Ocala, FL
1999 Equiken®, Zahourek Systems Anatomy Course, East Lansing, MI
2000 Soundfest Natural Balance Feet (Gene Ovenik) Dayton, WA
2001 Anne Rawle, Dressage trainer and Judge, Watermark Farm, Oxford, PA
2001–2005 Feldenkrais Method®Practitioner Training, David Zemach-Bersin, Director, Baltimore, MD
2003 Certified Feldenkrais Method Awareness Through Movement® Teacher
2003 Equiken® Zahourek Systems Equine Anatomy Course, Leesburg, VA
2004 Advanced Equiken™ Zahourek Systems Equine Anatomy Course, Leesburg, VA
2004 Equine Anatomy, Conformation and Biomechanics Workshop, Dr. Hilary Clayton MSU, Lansing, MI
2004 Maniken® Zahourek Systems Anatomy Course, Leesburg, VA
2004 Global Dressage Forum, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2005 Comparative Anatomy Zahourek Systems Anatomy Course Leesburg, VA
2005 “Dynamic Horse” Seminar Dr. Hilary Clayton MSU, Lansing, MI
2005 Certified Feldenkrais Method Practitioner®
2005 Pain-Free Back and Saddle Fitting Clinic Dr. Joyce Harman, Leesburg, VA
2005 Global Dressage Forum, Tilburg, Netherlands
2006 “Eye for a Horse” Susan & Nancy Harris, Leesburg, VA
2006 Post Graduate Courses Feldenkrais Method® with Mia Segal
2007 Post Graduate Courses Feldenkrais Method with Mia Segal
2007 Bones For Life® 1-3 Professional Training Ruthy Alon
2008 Post Graduate Courses Feldenkrais Method with Mia Segal
2008 Explain Pain Course David Butler
2008 Lymph Drainage 1 Upledger Institute
2009 – 2011 MBS Academy Master Practitioner Training
2009 Post Graduate Courses Feldenkrais Method with Mia Segal
2009 Feldenkrais Method Advanced Training David Zemach-Bersin
2010 Post Graduate Courses Feldenkrais Method with Mia Segal
2010 MBS Academy Trainer’s Training Bad Tolz, Germany
2011 MBS Academy Master Practitioner Graduate
2011 Post Graduate Courses Feldenkrais Method with Mia Segal
2012 CranioSacral Therapy 1 Upledger Institute
2012 Bob King Roping Clinic
2013 Bob King Roping Clinic
2011-2014 MBS Academy Foundation Training, Bad Tolz, Germany
2014 MBS Academy Foundation Training Graduate
2014 Evidence-Based Horsemanship Seminar
2017 APAHA Workshop, Bettina Drummond & Colonel Patrick Teisserenc
2019 Robert Bowker, PhD Hoof Workshop
2019 Ida Hammer, Mapping the Hoof
Professional Activities:
1987, 1980 Connecticut Chaperone Eastern States Exposition 4-H project
1987 NH Combined Training Event Communications coordinator
1988 7:30 Report ABC-TV Sydney, Australia TTEAM® techniques
1988 Australia Today Television Program Sydney, Australia TTEAM® Techniques
1991 USA East International Endurance Team North American Championships Carson City, NV Crew member
1991 TTEAM for Cats & Dogs Allison Park, PA Demonstration
1992 Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, VA Theory of Horse Behavior and Training Speaker
1992 United States Pony Club USPC National Rally and Festival Lexington, KY Command Center Volunteer
1992, 1995 USPC Festival Lexington, KY TTEAM Clinician
1992 Television Interview UPSC Festival TTEAM Techniques
1992 Whole Horse/Whole Rider Morven Park International Equestrian Institute, Leesburg, VA Speaker
1992—1997 Wilton Pony Club Rally Team Coach
1992, 1993 Wiz Kid Dog Camp Morgantown, PA TTEAM Clinician for Dogs
1993 Wilton Pony Club Event Wilton, CT Ring Steward
1993 USDF All Breed Award 3rd Place Training & First Level American Connemara Pony Society Silver Medallion in Dressage Tower Hill’s McShane Rider
1993—1994 Horizons Program for Inner City Kids New Canaan, CT Weaving Demonstration
1993—1999 Board of Directors Centered Riding, Inc. Executive Committee Member
1993—1996 Wilton Pony Club Drill Team Wilton, CT Co-Director
1994—1997 Metro Region Pony Clubs D Level Examiner
1995—1996 Reluctant Recording, Inc. Recital by John Carpenter Greenwich & Wilton, CT Producer
1995—1997 Centered Riding News Hillsboro, NH Editor in Chief
1995 Northeast Horseman’s Conference Poughkeepsie, NY Centered Riding, Presenter
1995 Centered Riding Symposium Brattleboro, VT Program Organizer
1995 Toy Dog Club New York, NY TTEAM for Dogs Speaker
1996 Reluctant Recording, Inc. CD Recording John Carpenter Wilton, CT Producer
1996 Stargazer Farm Southbury, CT TTEAM Demonstration
1996 Equitana Louisville, KY Assistant Centered Riding Presenter
1997 TTEAM Training Loxahatchee, FL Assistant Teacher
1997 Teiko-Post University Southbury, CT Centered Riding Demonstration
1997 Missouri Equine Celebration Columbia, MO Keynote speaker—Centered Riding
1997 Centered Riding Symposium Brattleboro, VT Presenter
1998 Garbaneata Riding Academy Milano, Italy Centered Riding Demonstration
1998 Foothills Dressage & Combined Training Association “On the Bit” Lecture
1998 Teiko-Post University Quinnipiac, CT Saddle Fitting Lecture
1998 European Natural Horse Days Ermelo, Holland, Featured Clinician
1998 Centered Riding Safari organized by Horsin’ Around International, African Horseback Safaris, Botswana
1999 Equiken, Course East Lansing, MI Co-organizer
1999 Mounted Centered Riding Demonstration Bozeman, MT
1999 Mounted Centered Riding Demonstration Franklin, TN
1999 International Centered Riding Symposium Newark, DE Featured Clinician
1999 Centered Riding Safari organized by Horsin’ Around International, African Horseback Safaris, Botswana
2000 Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, VA Theory of Horse Behavior and Training Speaker
2000 International Centered Riding Symposium Newark, DE Presenter and Demonstration rider
2002 NARHA Annual Conference Leesburg, VA Presenter and Panelist
2003 SWVADA Educational Sunday Blacksburg, VA Speaker
2004 USDF Learner Judge’s ProgramLibertyville, MD, Equine Biomechanics – Speaker
2004 Helsinki, Finland Equine/Rider Biomechanics – Speaker
2005 HoofFest Arkansas Festival of Horses, Benton, AR, Main Speaker
2006 Equine Affaire, Columbus, OH, Presenter
2007 Maryland Horse World Expo, Presenter
2007 Equine Affaire, Pomona, CA, Presenter
2008 Equine Anatomy Course, Instructor
2008 USPC Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Presenter
2008 Pain-Free Back and Saddle Fitting Course with Dr. Joyce Harman, Instructor
2008 PNHA/WHA Expo, Presenter
2008 Africa Saddle Safari, Masai Mara, Kenya,
2009 Holistic Horse Affair, Loveland, CO,Keynote Speaker
2010 Africa Saddle Safari, Masai Mara, Kenya
2011 USPC Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Presenter
2011 Africa Saddle Safari, Masai Mara, Kenya
2012 Equine Anatomy Course, Instructor
2013 Africa Saddle Safari, Masai Mara, Kenya
2014 USPC Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, Presenter
2014 Africa Saddle Safari, Masai Mara, Kenya
2014 Equine Affaire, Springfield, MA, Presenter
2015 MD Horse World Expo, Timonium, MD, Speaker
2015 PA Horse World Expo, Harrisburg, PA, Speaker
2015 USPC Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, Speaker
2015 Equitana, Essen, Germany, Speaker, Innovation Award Nomination
2015 Iowa Horse Fair, De Moines, IA Keynote Speaker
2015 Horse Camp, Alaska, Keynote Speaker, Clinician
2015 Africa Saddle Safari, Masai Mara, Kenya
2016 USPC Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL Speaker
2016 USEA Convention, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Speaker
2017 Horse World Expo Maryland, Presenter
2017 Equitana Essen, Germany, Presenter, Innovation Award Nomination
2017 Equitana, Nominated for the Innovation Award for the SURE FOOT Equine Stability Pads
2017 IVRAP Annual Meeting, Newmarket UK, Educational Program Presenter
2017 Equine Affaire Ohio, Presenter
2017 Ride TV Television Interview
2017 HAI Horseback Safari, Masai Mara, Kenya
2017 Equine Affaire MA, Presenter
2018 Effortless Rider® Retreat, Costa Rica
2019 Hoof Summit, booth
2019 Effortless Rider Retreats, Costa Rica
2019 TTouch Cellebration, Santa Fe, NM, Presenter
2019 Equitana Essen, Germany, Presenter, Innovation Award Nomination
2019 Equidays, Hamilton, NZ, Presenter
Subsidiaries:
Horsing Around International
SURE FOOT Equine Stability Program
Effortless Rider®
Ride Like A Natural®
The Murdoch Method, LLC
Wendy Murdoch, LLC
Books and DVDs:
40 Five-Minute Fixes Jumping to Improve Your Riding, Trafalgar Square Publishing, 2013.
Horseman’s Gazette Wendy Murdoch Compilation DVD, Eclectic Horseman Communications, Inc. 2012
50 Five-Minute Fixes to Improve Your Riding, Trafalgar Square Publishing, 2010.
Simplify Your Riding, Carriage House Publishing, 2004
Simplify Your Riding, Echo Point Books & Media, LLC 2018
Simplify Your Riding- Ride like a Natural! Parts 1-3, Trafalgar Square Publishing, 2006.
40 Five-Minute Fixes Jumping to Improve Your Riding DVD Trafalgar Square Publishing, 2014
50 Five-Minute Fixes to Improve Your Riding, DVD Trafalgar Square Publishing, 2014
SURE FOOT Equine Stability Program DVD, Murdoch Method, LLC, 2014
Ride Like a Natural Readers: Effortless Rider, Lateral Work, Anatomy of a Good Seat, Murdoch Method, LLC, 2005
On Line Courses:
Effortless Rider® Course, CRK Training Producer 2017
Effortless Rider Jumping Course, CRK Training Producer, 2018
ABC’s of on the Aids, CRK Training Producer 2017
Articles on Print:
As author and/or consultant articles have appear in numerous magazines including:
Eclectic Horseman
Horseman’s Gazette
Holistic Horse
Practical Horseman
Horse Illustrated
USDF Connections
Dressage & CTR Magazine
VADA-CH Extensions
The Trail Less Traveled
Virginia Horse Journal
Horse Digest
FOSH (Friends of Sound Horses)
Horse & Pony News
Gaited Morgan Horse Organization
Salt Block Gazette
Yankee Pedlar
Midsouth Horse Review
Pony Club News
Horse’s Mouth
Horse Talk
Hoof Beats
Equus
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