Tag: Para Dressage

By Patti Schofler: How coaches and athletes tend to the training and management needs of the para-dressage horse. Reprinted from USDF Connection Nov/Dec '25.

A para rider shares how a twist of fate put an injured Lusitano in her path after a riding accident resulted in a catastrophic injury to her foot.

An adult amateur who is managing chronic illness shares how she balances and accommodates the bad days while embracing the good times with her horse!

By Amber Heintzberger: Meet three para-dressage athletes who may help shape the future of the sport. Reprinted from the September/October 2025 issue of USDF Connection

Read this reprinted article from the May/June 2025 issue of USDF Connection to learn more about the committee that made our para-affiliation possible.

Unicorn Therapeutic Riding was the ninth institution, and the only one in New Jersey, to be recognized as a COE, in the spring of 2024.

In this new series, we highlight the USEF's Para-Equestrian Dressage Centers of Excellence. Today we look at Carlisle Academy!

By L.A. Sokolowski: A macro look at where diversity, equity, and inclusion stand in the horse world right now; reprinted from USDF Connection, May/June 2024.

US athletes win two more golds and a bronze on the final triumphant day of the 2024 Paris Paralympics

Team USA wins historic first gold Paralympic Games para-dressage medal at Paris 2024