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CLINICS AND COURSES SPONSORED BY THE AACCP IN WHICH WE CONTRIBUTED ASSISTANCE FROM OUR BREEDERS “Break-In Riders” Polito Ulloa and Jango Salgado On July 11, 12 and 13 the 1st. Break-In; Rein and Training Clinic took place in Lincoln, in the Province of Buenos Aires under the denomination of “Break-In Riders” and conducted by expert tamer Carlos “Polito” Ulloa and by the multiple world Rein champion, American Jango Salgado. The clinic is organized by Bien Montados and sponsored by the AAP; the AACCP and the National Ministrty of Agro-Industry. “Masters among Masters” In order to hold this clinic, organizers came up with the idea of joining two key pieces (“Polito” Ulloa and Jango Salgado), and invite them to be a part of something unique in the world, with the aim of putting into practice all that which all those devoted life and soul to horses yearn for. Both “masters” had the huge satisfaction and generosity of transmitting all their experiences; their learning; their experimenting; their achievements in years spent at corrals; exercising tracks; schooling arenas; studying every gesture and getting to know the horses’ thoughts as no one else might. We wish to highlight Polito’s ability not only to display his skills, but also of incorporating new concepts regarding other break-in systems and put them into practice. The following are different opinions by tamers and participants at the course who said: achieve objectives. I hope there are many more so that we may continue to learn. Many of us started with farm break-in, and started going towards more rational systems, mostly driven by Polito Ulloa, and the results he obtained. It was very useful as far as learning; maturing and opening our minds”. Gabriel Ponsone: “We are all on the same track, but watching Jango and Polito, you see that they are in to every detail which determines excellence; greater improvement. We have learned techniques that were new to us and to the horse, with better results”. Patricio Digilio: “The fact that those participating in this clinic are those who actually do the work, i.e. the tamers, indicates that we are on the right track, and from the Ministry of Agro-Industry and our Mario Bruzzone: “I’m very impressed by this clinic; we were shown the quickest roads to 275