Tag: OTTB

A rider & trainer shares her experience navigating the horse world as a plus-size rider, from equipment & apparel fit, to how it affects her teaching program.

A rider from Region 1 shares how a change in community completely changed her experience in the horse world, helping her find her love of the sport again!

By Christina Westfall: A Region 2 plus size rider shares her riding journey and the people (and horses!) that have impacted her life along the way!

By Kassie Reed: Here, a Region 1 rider from western New York shares the story of her first young horse, Mozzie!

Although I had gotten Starfoot as a companion horse, when I began to ride him, I learned he was far more talented than I could have expected. By Kelli Wilkinson.

We found my older gelding, Toby, down in his stall. He was in obvious distress and pain, but still scrambled to his feet when I asked him to stand. Stacey had already administered banamine and my vet had been called, but Toby was still seriously struggling. He let me clip his lead rope to his halter and followed me, staggering, out of his stall.

August is Youth Month on YourDressage! From stories about remarkable young dressage enthusiasts across the country, to articles about some of the opportunities USDF...

Salute to the Thoroughbred!  This month on YourDressage, we are saluting the versatile Thoroughbred and Thoroughbred crosses of all kinds. Dressage riders who choose Thoroughbreds as...

Salute to the Thoroughbred!  This month on YourDressage, we are saluting the versatile Thoroughbred and Thoroughbred crosses of all kinds. Dressage riders who choose Thoroughbreds as...

My life would not have been the same without my Thoroughbreds - my heart breed. At some point the edges have become blurred, and I cannot see where their spirits end and mine begins. We have become inextricably bound together.