Tag: CDS

Here, a young rider from Region 7 tells us how she adapted to her sensitive horse, and the importance of “less is more” when training.

This article received first place in the 2024 GMO Newsletter Awards for general interest articles for GMOs with 500+ members.

This article earned first place in the 2023 GMO Newsletter Awards. It appeared in the February 2023 California Dressage Society newsletter, Dressage Letters.

Region 7 competitor, Tami T. shares the Spanish horses who made her fall in love with dressage and who have helped her on her journey to her USDF Silver Medal!

Even the most diehard dressage enthusiasts enjoy a break from the sandbox routine. Here’s how some show organizers, dressage clubs, and others liven things up.

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.

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...

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...