Tag: Overcoming Adversity
Get Courage and Achieve Your Dressage Dreams
By Sally O’Dwyer
Courage is a muscle that when flexed gets
stronger, allowing us to live our best lives, achieve our goals, compete in the
dressage arena,...
Dressage Therapy – How Dressage Has Helped My Daughter
By Jennie Pruden
I
grew up in the horse world- with my aunt and grandmother as mentors. We had a
family farm, and I showed English pleasure....
My New Life
By Mary Mulcahy
This article received an honorable mention in the 2018 GMO Newsletter Award in First-Person Experience for GMOs with fewer than 75 members....
Phone-a-Friend
When a beloved filly becomes critically ill, an owner’s support
network helps see her through
Reprinted from the December 2013/January 2014 Issue of USDF Connection
By...
A Lesson in Self-Help
Do you need a trainer? Perhaps—but as one amateur rider discovers, too much hand-holding can be counterproductive
Reprinted from the May 2014 Issue of USDF...
The Greatest Gift
A young rider learns important lessons from her schoolmaster horse
Reprinted from the February 2014 Issue of USDF Connection
By Amy L. Obritsch
In...
EPM: Not Just Playing Possum
This dreaded neurological disease has robbed many horses of their careers. Here’s the latest on diagnosis and treatment.
By Katie Navarra
Reprinted from the...
Gold for Mo
By Tillie Jones
I remember being in awe of those girls that
seemed to win all the awards. They were much older. Sophisticated. Refined.
They seemed to...
A Difficult Beau
By Andrea Lewis
They say you learn the most
from a difficult horse. In my opinion, this is so true.
In January of 2006, I purchased...
Hurricane on Her Parade
By Martie Healy
Entries were
in, the schedule was finished (and oh, so pretty), the stabling was done, and
all was posted online, with barely a query...
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10 Tips for Dressage Seat Equitation Riders
By Mike Osinski, USEF “S” and FEI Judge
With the popularity of Dressage Seat Equitation, the numbers are rising in these classes across the country. Here are a few tips for riders to understand what the judges are looking for in an Equitation class.
