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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Horses and Animals

Specialty Focus:

Horse Behavior, Equine Behavior, Horse Accidents, Horseback Riding Accidents, Horse Management, Horse Camp, Horse Riding Instruction, Western Horse Riding, English Horse Riding, Horse Jumping, Trail Riding, Horse Training, Carriage Driving, Horse Driving, Horse Racing

Education:

BS Animal Science, UC Davis; BA Anthropology, UC Davis; MA Educational Administration, Cal State Northridge

Years in Practice:

12

Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:

5

Additional Information

EXPERIENCE Horseman since 1964 Professional Horseman since 1974 Experience with western riding; equitation, pleasure, trail, gymkhana, roping, working cowboy, and pack horses Experience with driving; harness racing, carriage, and wagon Experience with breeding horses Experience trimming and shoeing horses Extensive experience with English riding; eventing, dressage, cross country jumping, and show jumping Extensive experience training young horses and retraining problem horses. Given tens of thousands of riding lessons; some western, mostly English; eventing, dressage, jumping Schooled horses and riders through hundreds of thousands of jumping efforts Given hundreds of "first time on a horse" lessons Trained hundreds of horses and riders to high levels of achievement Trained dozens of horses from first handling through high performance Coached hundreds of riders in competitions Ridden in hundreds of competitions across the United States Managed and operated different sized equestrian centers, riding schools, and summer camps Trained youngsters through all classic certifications in the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. Was a Fence Judge for the 1984 Olympic Games Three Day Event Trained and coached the 1985 United States Eventing Association's Reserve National Champion Young Rider (Fritz Cup) Regularly train and coach riders and horses to the highest levels of the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. Taught college level horse management courses Member United States Equestrian Federation, United States Eventing Association, United States Hunter Jumper Association, United States Dressage Federation, United States Pony Clubs Inc. Past District Commissioner and currently Regional Supervisor United States Pony Clubs Inc. expert witness Expert Witness in Ventura LEGAL EXPERIENCE Greg Coulson is experienced with the litigation process for both plaintiff and defendant. He has provided consultation, analysis, written reports, depositions, and testimony since 2010