By Beatrice Marienau During the show season of 2011, my former trainer and I realized that my wonderful schoolmaster, Reve de Neige, was growing old,...

The time-tested “training scale” has some wording changes. Here’s what’s new in the 2019 update. By Marilyn Heath Reprinted from the December 2018/January 2019 USDF Connection...

By Tari Winkle Attending the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) was an experience of a lifetime for me, in many ways.  My daughter, Lillian, and...

A friend had encouraged me to give eventing a try, and I knew in order to be competitive, one needed a strong dressage score. I had dabbled in hunter shows and am an avid foxhunter, so the jumping and cross country wasn't an issue—it was starting from scratch with dressage. 

The What, When, Where, Why, How, and Who of the 2022 US Dressage Finals!

By Jill Graf I am a Nurse Practitioner (NP) hospitalist and have been working, at times, 24/7 through Covid. I had a wonderful horse, Titan,...

A dressage trainer reflects on her fifth journey to the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® By Angelia Bean My fifth trip to the Kentucky Horse...

Eye Candy (Escudo II x Goldstern by Grenadier), a 1999 Hanoverian bred by Hans Hosp of Ottendorf Germany, began his classical dressage training in Vechta, Germany, with Catherine Haddad Staller in early 2003.  Eye Candy was purchased by Robin Mattson in October of that year.  Eye Candy remained in Germany in training with Staller until the fall of 2005, when Robin  imported him to the United States.  Over the next 17 years, Robin and Eye Candy progressed through the levels to Intermediate I, earning their USDF Bronze and Silver Medals.

Under a dusting of wintry snow, the Kentucky Horse Park played host to the fourth and final day of action in the 2022 US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® on Sunday, November 13. By Alice Collins for Jump Media 

A staggering 13 championship titles were presented on Saturday, November 12, the third day of the 2022 US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® at the Kentucky Horse Park. By Alice Collins for Jump Media