Achievement

Honoring Michael Poulin and Ravel (Part 2 of 2 Parts. To read Part 1 about Michael Poulin, click here) By Kim Sodt Reprinted from the December 2012/January 2013 USDF Connection magazine Michael Poulin and Ravel need little introduction...

G. Lowell Boomer, Lincoln, NE, founding organizer of the USDF, was born on October 12, 1911. He died November 20, 2011, less than six weeks after his 100th birthday. A Nebraska native, Boomer ran Boomer’s...

Reprinted from the July/August 2016 USDF Connection magazine. Written by Kim Sodt Born in the Philippines in 1913, Robert Borg started life on a plantation. His father, the plantation manager, served in the Spanish cavalry. When...

Gifted and Keen were the first two horses to be inducted into the Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame. They were inducted in 1997. Gifted, 1980-1997, a 17.1 hand Hanoverian ridden by Carol Lavell, rose through...

Evans’ involvement in the equestrian world extended well beyond her own riding. As she recounted to the equestrian-lifestyle magazine Untacked in 2017, over the years she owned horses for Flettrich as well as for top eventing riders Marcia Kulak and Phillip Dutton. One of Kulak’s upper-level event horses, Chagall, eventually became Evans' dressage mount.

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.

Reprinted from the July/August 2014 USDF Connection magazine. Not all members of the Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame are Americans. Several foreign individuals have been inducted in recognition of their extraordinary efforts to further the...

Peter’s new job is to help me regain my fitness and get back into the competition ring.  I’m back up to riding four or five days a week most weeks, and even if I need to take frequent breaks, he is right there with me, with his wonderful attitude and work ethic.

Reprinted from the September 2015 USDF Connection magazine. Reflecting our sport’s European roots and the influence of many foreign trainers in American dressage, several Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame inductees were not born in...

Superstar US dressage horse Verdades made dreams come true By Jennifer O. Bryant Even Cinderella couldn’t have made it to the ball without the proper escort. A lot of talented dressage riders are like Cinderella: unable to...