Tag: Adult Amateur
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...
Still in the Saddle
Senior dressage riders share their strategies for success
By Penny Hawes and Anne Gribbons
Reprinted from the March 2018 USDF Connection
When the pioneering feminist Gloria Steinem...
The Image of Success
By Kate Rawlinson
Editor's Note: This article won first place in 2016 for a GMO newsletter award for first-person experience for GMOs with 75-174 members....
Mother, Wife, and Dressage Rider
By Ashley N. Burnett
My core! Where did it GO? What HAPPENED?! Why are my stirrups suddenly too long, and why can’t I put my...
Moving Forward Again
By Jody Simonton
Editor’s Note: Last year, STRIDE member Jody Simonton won the Gifted Scholarship Fund from The Dressage Foundation for a week’s training with...
Fun in Kentucky
By Carol Alonso
Last April, to celebrate the 24th birthday of my PRE gelding, El Gavilan (“Julio”), I choreographed a “Happy Birthday” freestyle. After all,...
Road to the Finals: The Joy of Being a Spectator
Patricia McVary & Aureo, Springfield, Illinois (Region 4)
By Jennifer Keeler
Conversely to Anderson, one-tenth of a percentage point was all that stood in the way...
The Relationship That “Reins”
By Cathy Alwine and Elizabeth Grainger
Five years ago, Michiana Dressage Club President Elizabeth Grainger approached Reins of Life about hosting a dressage show at...
The Final Chapter: Nervous Nellies UNITE!
Lysa Hodgson and The Usual SuspectRegion 1
By Jennifer Keeler
Of the three amazing riders profiled in this inaugural Road to the Finals series for YourDressage,...
The Final Chapter: Ride of Redemption
Amy Paterson and Wies V/D KlumpertRegion 4
By Jennifer Keeler
After riding the equestrian roller coaster of being crowned 2014 Intermediate B Adult Amateur Champion at...
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