Tag: California Dressage Society
From Budapest to the US
How Horses Saved and Influenced a Century Club Member’s Life
This article is sponsored by The Dressage Foundation.
Peter Kalman, born in Budapest on August 14,...
A Founding Club: California Dressage Society
The GMO giant—with its 35 chapters, a busy central office, and thousands of members throughout California and spilling into Las Vegas and other surrounds—was...
Pint-Sized Equine Partner, Bryan the Cob
By Valerie Goodman
If someone would have told me the first horse I would ride at an FEI level would be a barely backed, 6-year-old...
Hospitals, Hips, and Horses
By Heidi Chote
2019 was markedly different from the last 31 years here at First Chance Farm in Wilton, CA. This winter was predicted to...
Meet the Committee Chair – Paula Langan, Membership Committee
What is your committee’s mission?
To strengthen and support the current USDF membership base, while promoting USDF membership to all dressage enthusiasts.
How long have...
5 fast facts about Group Member Organizations (GMOs)
USDF was founded in 1973, with the help of members of 25 dressage and eventing clubs. These groups are now recognized as USDF’s Charter...
California Dressage Society (CDS)
Group Member Organizations (GMOs) are the foundation of USDF and
integral in bringing dressage and dressage education to the masses.
Stay connected...
American Dressage Legends: Kyra Downton
Reprinted from the July/August 2015 USDF Connection magazine.
Especially in the early days of American dressage, the pioneers of our sport—a number of them immigrants—had...