The Golden Ticket
She first appeared in 2015 - a beautiful buckskin Trakehner filly for sale online. I fell in love. Two years later, I was still looking for buckskin warmbloods online when I found a buckskin Trakehner mare. It turned out to be the same mare I had seen two years earlier. Could this be fate?
There’s Something About Bymbeaux
At almost 58, it has been a long, windy road, and I don't think I'd have it any other way. With Quilla and Quinn, I should be able to compete until 70, and then we'll see. I will just keep on keeping on, doing the best I can with what I have.
From Colic Survivors to the National Stage
Someone once told me that riding “is all about the journey” and, from my experience, I can tell you that it’s the truth. The journey with my mare, Bright Design aka Piper, has had its ups and downs. To this day, I still have moments of wonder each time I get on her. How did we come this far?
By Alicia Stock
My Little Appy That Could
Jetta means so much to me - she’s my partner, my friend, my teacher, and literally everything I never knew I needed. She expects the best of me and holds me accountable, yet she literally wraps her neck around me and uses her chin to pull me in for hugs. I don’t know what I would do without her.
My Painted Dragon
We are celebrating Splash of Color month on YourDressage! Whether your horse is a registered Paint, Appaloosa, Knabstrupper, or Gypsy Horse, sports a patched or spotted coat, or wears lots of chrome, this month...
Fantom, The Golden Boy
By Jess Idol
We are celebrating Splash of Color month on YourDressage! Whether your horse is a Paint, Appaloosa, Knabstrupper, or Gypsy Horse, sports a patched or spotted coat, or wears lots of chrome, this...
Aloha Spirit
USDF Member of Distinction Martha McDaniel helped to put Hawaii on the dressage map
By Kim MacMillan
Reprinted from the September/October 2021 issue of USDF Connection magazine
On May 20, 2021, the Hawaii equestrian community and the...
Nothing I Wanted and Everything I Needed
The first time I saw Explosion In Gold, I leaned over to my trainer and whispered, “What is... that?” It took two weeks for me to decide to keep him.
Apollo: God of the Dance
By Annie Trice
RCL Apollo Hancock and I started our journey in a national women's training competition in Oklahoma in 2014. It was essentially a colt starting and progression competition where you had to feature liberty,...
Honoring Our Competitors and Their Horses
Learn about the New Perpetual Trophies of the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®
The 2021 US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® featured the establishment and presentation of two new perpetual trophies, the Top Hat...