Tag: Adult Amateur

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...