Tag: ESDCTA

This article received first place in the 2025 GMO Newsletter Awards. It appeared in the ESDCTA newsletter, Collective Remarks, May 2025.

This article received an honorable mention in the 2025 GMO Newsletter Awards for first person experience articles for GMOs with 175-499 members.

Here, a rider tells us about the three-year-old she picked up for free on Craigslist, and how he turned into a priceless partner.

Meet Pennsylvania-based Participating Member (PM) Delegate for Region 1, Paige Zimmerman! She became a PM Delegate in 2023.

By Marley McCourt: I am incredibly grateful, once again, to be a recipient of the USDF Youth Convention Scholarship.

That piece of my heart I thought would never be mended when Diablo left this world has healed, but not without scars. Gold had huge hoof prints to fill, and that he has.

I met Hank (Orchid’s Tamino) through Sara Schmitt, who imported him from Holland.  I was lucky enough to be the first person who tried him when he came to her barn.   He was full of personality, and was super willing , especially for only being three years old.   As soon as I rode him I knew I had to have him, so I called my vet to set up a pre-purchase exam.  A week later we did his exam and he passed with flying colors!  I was thrilled to finally have a horse after a long year of saving and searching.