Upcoming events not to miss at the
National Sporting Library & Museum 

Robert L. Banner, Jr., President of Great Meadow
on June 19th 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

“Moving to the Next Level”
presentation on the future of equestrian sports at Great Meadow

6:00 p.m. Reception | 7:00 p.m.  Presentation & discussion 

Free Admission for NSLM members | $10 Admission for non-members

For 30 years, Great Meadow has been the permanent home of the prestigious Virginia Gold Cup.  On July 26-27, Great Meadow will host one of the most significant events for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team: the final preparation trials for the top horses and rider combinations who will represent the U.S. at the upcoming Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France.

Recently, Great Meadow’s 200-acre park was nearly doubled in size to develop a world-class facility that can host a variety of USET high performance sport horse disciplines.

Together with this newly purchased parcel, Great Meadow will feature a large, all-weather arena, CIC3* cross-country course with irrigated footing, and ample space for sponsor, patron, and spectator ac­tivities.
As a kick-off to this next prestigious chapter of Great Meadow, Olympian David O’Connor, U.S. Eventing Team Coach, has named Great Meadow as the site of the WEG preparation trials.

John H. Daniels Fellow Andrew McLean, Australian Equine Behavior Centre Director
on June 25th 7:00 p.m.

Join us for a fascinating discussion and Q&A session with one of our John H. Daniels Fellows Andrew McLean for insights on Equitation Science and his research at the National Sporting Library & Museum.

This is a free public event and we encourage you to come and participate as we are excited to host this discussion with one of the leading Equine Behavioral Scientists in the world. 

Andrew McLean

PhD (Equine cognition and learning), BSc (Zoology), Dip Ed 

Winner of the highest Australian Science award, the Eureka Prize for Science, Andrew McLean developed and manages the Australian Equine Behaviour Centre, the most internationally recognised horse training and behaviour modification centre in Australia. 

Andrew McLean holds a PhD in equine cognition and learning, has been an accredited horse riding coach for over 30 years and has written 5 books (including an International Best Seller) and authored 35 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Andrew has lectured at The University of Tasmania for 11 years in Animal Behaviour, Cell biology, Genetics, Anatomy, Ecology and Tasmanian fauna. In 1977 he wrote 5 distance-education books on Cell biology and Genetics.   

A past winner of the Advanced section of the famous Gawler Three-Day-Event, he has also represented Australia in Horse Trials, been short-listed for World Championships and competed at State and National events in FEI level dressage and eventing, has show-jumped to Grand Prix level and held a Racehorse owner-trainer’s licence and raced bareback in Australia and New Zealand in the 1970 and 80’s.