Tag: Cross Training

This Region 3 rider realized her Quarter Pony was ready to retire from eventing, so they shifted their focus to the dressage ring and achieving new goals.

A rider from Region 1 shares how she came to own one of the famous Chincoteague ponies and how that pony helped heal her world after she lost her heart horse.

What do you do when you can’t find a horse that checks all the boxes? Breed your own!

A Region 8 rider shares how the Connemara X once described as a “handful” blossomed into a show horse, a kind, patient lesson pony, & priceless therapy pony.

A rider from Region 1 shares the Connemara cross who stepped up to deliver quick success & a bright future after retiring her previous competition partner.

A Young Rider from Region 2 tells how she fell in love with a Holsteiner, & discovered a love for fancy flatwork, earning them spots at the American Eventing Championships and GAIG/USDF Regional Dressage Championships.

Collegiate competitor Emma T. shares the transition from hunters to dressage that she made with her Holsteiner, Pumpkin!

A Region 5 Vintage Cup rider shares the story of purchasing a Lusitano sight unseen, & how he has turned into her perfect partner for dancing & working equitation!

It begins with readiness, then power coming from behind while lifting the thoracic sling, and finishing with balance - repeated again and again in a beautiful dance.

A lifelong equestrian shares about her “COVID pony”, the dream horse that she got when her job went remote, and what makes Fjord horses such great partners.