The College Preparatory Invitational Horse Show (CPI) is pleased to announce the affiliation of CPI with the Junior Equestrian Festival (JEF). The affiliation will bring additional sophistication to the representation of collegiate education opportunities through equestrian sports not only in Wellington, FL, but throughout the country. CPI President and Manager Lindsay K. Martin and JEF Program Director Jane DaCosta are very excited to combine the talents of CPI and JEF. This affiliation will combine the experience of two of the nation's strongest collegiate education programs to not only collegiate style horse shows, but through College Fair mounted clinics as well.
Lindsay Martin of Miami, Florida was named President and Manager of the College Preparatory Invitational Horse Show (CPI) in July 2014.Lindsayhas worked for Karen Flynn of Tally Ho Farm for the past 15 years. She has been extremely involved with the Barton S. Goldberg University of Miami Equestrian Team which is based out of Tally Ho Farm and the Tally Ho IEA Equestrian Team.
Jane DaCosta of North Bellmore, NY Jane is a graduate of St. Leo University (B.A., 2006), is currently enrolled in the College Counseling Program @ UCLA, and an Electronic Warfare Technician Third Class Veteran of the United States Navy. As a competitor, Jane was an undergraduate rider for Long Island University/C.W. Post IHSA Equestrian Team. Jane was also an undergraduate and alumni rider for St. John's University IHSA Equestrian Team. She has competed and shown successfully in United States Equestrian Federation Horse Shows ranging from "C" to "AA" rated shows for 25 years in Equitation, Hunters and Jumpers, and she was the CPI Alumni Challenge Champion in 2011. Jane's education as a trainer also includes the United States Hunter Jumper Association Trainer Certification Program where she took part of the USHJA Trainer Certification Clinic with the renowned Olympian George Morris in September 2011, and passed the USHJA Trainer Certification Exam in 2012. Jane is the Training Coordinator for Jamaica Bay Riding Academy in Brooklyn, NY. Jane was the Coach of the Columbia University IHSA Team in Spring 2004. Jane is the Founder, Executive Director, and Head Coach of the Metropolitan Equestrian Team which is a NYS 501c3 Not for Profit Organization for Middle School and High School students to compete locally and nationally in the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA). Jane served as the IEA Zone 2 Co-Chairman from 2012-2014, and she served as an IEA Rules and Ethics Committee Appointee. Currently, Jane is currently the IEA Zone 2 Region 4 Chairman.
In addition, both organizations have the support and guidance of IHSA Vice President and the Chairman of the IHSA National Horse Show Committee Peter Cashman on their team. Peter has held numerous positions in the IHSA, from regional president to zone chair. Peter was awarded the IHSA Coach of the Year in 2008. Peter grew up in the harness racing industry where he began his career as a groom and quickly rose to second trainer for some of the major racing stables in the country. Soon after, he opened his own public stable. In the mid-eighties, he made a career change and took on the position of Director of Riding at the United States Military Academy at West Point where he oversees a 50 stall barn, a lesson program, the USMA Cadet Equestrian Team and the Army Mules. Along with his wife Sherry Cashman, co-coach of the USMA teams, the Cashman's have built the program into a highly competitive unit and have sent seven American Quarter Horse Association riders to Nationals as well as individuals in Western and English. They have also had three riders at the National Cacchione Cup. To Peter and Sherry, the USMA team has become an extension of their own family. Their daughter Randi graduated from Centenary College and rode on their equestrian team for four years. Randi is currently an equestrian professional and coaches an Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) team in Zone 2. Their younger daughter, Shelby, rode in the IEA and is currently a college junior at Centenary College.
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