Tag: Adult Amateur
Carol Lavell Reflects on the Gifted Memorial Fund
Learn more about The Dressage Foundation's Gifted Memorial Fund from Gifted's owner/rider, Carol Lavell.
Why I Love the US Dressage Finals Laura Maloney & Winsor...
By Jennifer M. Keeler
When Laura Maloney won the Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 7
Intermediate II Adult Amateur title in Burbank last September, the last...
Why I Love the US Dressage Finals Tricia Earley & San...
By Jennifer M. Keeler
When she came to last year’s
US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®, Tricia Earley of Region 9 was a
relative newcomer not only...
First Fix-A-Test Helps Fix My Problems
By Diann Landau
On June 1, 2019, I rode in my first-ever Fix-a-Test. I
have audited many FATs in my time, always learning something that...
Choosing the Right Horse: How Equine Personality Plays a Role
By Ingrid
Henry
This article won the 2018 GMO Newsletter Award in general-interest for GMOs with 175-499 members. It first appeared in the July 2018...
CLINICS: Why you should sign up for one now
By Taryn Young
As an adult amateur in the Dressage world, taking part in
a clinic can spur countless emotions. Initially, I’m elated that my horse...
Wrong!
By Carly Wolf
After finding him on Craigslist, I bought Remmbrandt – Remi
– for $700 as an un-started almost five-year-old, four years ago. I first...
Journey with a Gentle Giant
By Beth Ann Adams
After twenty memorable years together with my dressage partner Pendragon, we sadly had to say goodbye. What would the future hold...
A Second Horse of a Lifetime
An unlikely match proves auspicious for both horse and rider
By Diane Redlich
When my Dutch Warmblood/Toroughbred “horse of a lifetime,” Redson, sustained an injury in...
A Lesson in Self-Help
Do you need a trainer? Perhaps—but as one amateur rider discovers, too much hand-holding can be counterproductive
Reprinted from the May 2014 Issue of USDF...
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Sharing a Dressage Horse
This article received an honorable mention in the 2023 GMO Newsletter Awards for first person experience articles for GMOs with 75-174 members. It appeared in the October 2022 St. Louis Area Dressage Society newsletter, Hoofprints.
High-tailing It To Houston
We couldn’t be more excited to bring the 2024 Adequan®/USDF Annual Convention to Houston, in Region 9’s great state of Texas!
