Tag: Cross Training

There were no shortcuts & no excuses. Just showing up & doing the work. We qualified. We made it to Regional Championships. We finished fifth out of 34 horses.

Here, a Region 1 rider tells us about the extra “luggage” she brought back from vacation - a draft horse dressage partner with a heart of gold!

After finding herself without a dressage partner, a rider loosely considered bringing home a mustang, until she went to the corral and made it a reality.

Here, an eventer from Region 6 tells us about her first mustang, who ignited her passion for gentling and taming wild horses.

A Region 1 rider tells us about the draft cross who stole her heart from the beginning, and how her goals have shaped their dressage - and eventing! - careers.

Here, we follow up with a team from Region 6, and learn how they accomplished the goals they set out for themselves the first time we heard from them!

In this read, a rider from Region 1 shares the story of her accomplishments with her highly decorated Arabian, appropriately named King.

Here, a rider from Region 9 tells us about Quinn, the special Arabian who stole her heart and led her to a passion… dressage!

Avid Saddlebred enthusiast Rebecca S. from Region 9, shares how her daughter’s saddleseat horse became her star dressage partner.

"There’s a quiet pride in the way he moves, like he knows he’s found his place." A Region 9 AA shares her mission to show that Saddlebreds belong in dressage!