Tag: Diamond Achievement

"Our journey over the last nine years has not been easy, but I do think all the lessons we learned together along the way have been worth it."

An adult amateur from Region 1 shares her journey to earning her Diamond Achievement Award, and the horses and humans who made up her village along the way.

In the fall of 2021, USDF launched a new way to celebrate excellence - the USDF Diamond Achievement Recognition! To be eligible, riders must...

As we built our partnership, we accumulated a number of accomplishments, but I would have to say our greatest accomplishment was obtaining all six USDF Rider Medals and USDF Freestyle Bars together - all before I turned 21. We are one of only a small number of US riders to accomplish this feat in general, let alone an even smaller group to do so at such a young age and all on one horse.