Tag: California Dressage Society

From ages 13 to 18, I endured six brain surgeries, followed by two spinal surgeries, each necessary to save my life. With extensive physical therapy at a rehabilitation center, I started the road to recovery and continued to improve myself through emotional therapy with my personal horses, and physical therapy riding with RideOn, a Therapeutic Riding Center in Chatsworth, CA. The motivation to get back on my personal horses, honestly, is what saved my life and kept me going.

Jouelle Kimura’s mother forbade her to ride. Later she saw a dearth of dressage opportunities for youth. She persisted, and in 2021, she became...

Educational Event held by the Palos Verdes Chapter of the California Dressage Society By Lynda Palmer and Nancy Michalski PVCDS Co-Chairs This article is a reprint...

Tiffany Silverman is a USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist, and USDF L Graduate with Distinction. She owns and operates Unbridled Dressage, in San...

Learn why riders clamor to attend this California Dressage Society chapter’s dressage camp Story and photos by Patti Schofler Fifteen years ago, people thought the Sacramento...

Alicia Cross has been riding and judging dressage for many years and enjoys the physics of horse and rider. She was an original member...

I work at a local aerospace firm full time in Information Technology – going on 36 years. I grew up in Wisconsin. I have...

I've been riding on and off since I was a kid, but I didn't discover dressage until my adult life. I hadn't had much formal...

By Chelsey Burris The dressage world recently lost a kind soul in the passing of Lila Kommerstad, at age 94.  She and her husband Bob...

Meet the Youngest U.S. Classified Para Equestrian - Genevieve Rohner. She is a Grade IV Para Equestrian based in Park City, UT. "To say my daughter’s life in the equestrian world ‘has been’ a journey is not correct, as that implies something has ended. In fact, the journey is still unfolding."