Paul D. Cronin
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Paul D. Cronin is an American
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, riding instructor, and author. He studied under
Vladimir Littauer Vladimir Stanislavovitch Littauer (January 10, 1892 – August 31, 1989) was an influential horseback riding master and the author of books and films on educated riding and the training of horses. As a riding instructor, Littauer was in great dema ...
for 30 years, and teaches Littauer's forward seat riding system. His book ''Schooling and Riding the Sport Horse'' (2004) was intended to be a modern and updated version of Littauer's ''Commonsense Horsemanship''. In it, Cronin detailed the history of the American forward seat riding system, gave advice on training young and green horses, and outlined a three-part system based on controls, position and schooling. Cronin was director of the riding program at
Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar College is a private women's college in Sweet Briar, Virginia. It was established in 1901 by Indiana Fletcher Williams in memory of her deceased daughter, Daisy. The college formally opened its doors in 1906 and granted the B.A. deg ...
from 1967–2002, and became
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and Director of Riding Emeritus in 2003. Among his students there was Olympic athlete
Lendon Gray Lendon Fentress Gray (born April 13, 1949), is an American dressage champion, author, and former rider of Seldom Seen. Gray was born in Old Town, Maine, and began riding horses and competing at a young age, originally in the Western riding, Weste ...
, rider of
Seldom Seen Seldom Seen (1970–1996) was a Connemara/Thoroughbred cross that competed at the highest levels of dressage with his rider, Lendon Gray. He was a gray. American-bred Seldom Seen was trained and competed by the Olympic dressage rider Lendon G ...
. Cronin has been involved with the
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, and was an "R" judge for hunt seat competitions from 1965 to 1987. In the state of Virginia, he was a member of the
equitation Equitation is the art or practice of horse riding or horsemanship. More specifically, equitation may refer to a rider's position while mounted, and encompasses a rider's ability to ride correctly and with effective aids. In horse show competitio ...
committee of the Virginia Horse Show Association from 1974 to 1980, was a director for the Virginia Horse Council in 1981–1982, and was on the riding committee of the
Old Dominion Athletic Conference The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) is an NCAA Division III athletic conference. Of its 15 member schools, all but one are located in Virginia; the other full member is in North Carolina. The conference also has an associate member in Nort ...
from 1985 until 2001. Beginning in 1999 Cronin was an advisory member at large for the Affiliated/American National Riding Council.


Publications

* ''Riding Standards. The Policies and Operating Procedures of the National Riding Committee 1973-1974''. Washington, DC: American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, 1973 (editor) * ''Schooling and Riding the Sport Horse: A Modern American Hunter Jumper System''. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004 (foreword by
Joe Fargis Joseph "Joe" Halpin Fargis IV (born April 2, 1948) is an American showjumper and Olympic champion. Fargis won showjumping individual gold and team gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He won showjumping team silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is ...
)


Awards

*1987 - Coach of the Year, Old Dominion Athletic Conference *1997 - Educator of the Year Award, Virginia Horse Council''Sweet Briar College Alumnae Magazine'', Winter 2009/2010.
p. 18.
*1997 - Hall of Fame Inductee, Southwest Virginia Hunter Jumper Association *2006 - One of 12 Affiliate Regional Awards of the
United States Hunter/Jumper Association The United States Hunter/Jumper Association, or USHJA, is the governing body for hunt seat and show jumping Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrianism, equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, Show hunter, ...
Affiliate Sportsmanship Award Archive: 2006 to 2014
United States Hunter/Jumper Association. Retrieved April 2015.
*2009 - Pegasus Award,
United States Equestrian Federation The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF or US Equestrian) is the national governing body for most equestrian sports in the United States. It began on January 20, 1917, as the Association of American Horse Shows, later changed to the Ameri ...


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