Tag: Para Equestrian
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Refining the Para-Dressage Classification System
Results of the FEI study to establish a research-backed system of evaluating riders for para-dressage competition; Reprinted from USDF Connection Nov/Dec '25
Preserving the Rarest Gems
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.
Protego Santana, My Own Holy Protector
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.
Riding Forward
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
Inside USDF: New Committee Lays the Groundwork for Para-Dressage
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.
A Unique Opportunity: Unicorn Therapeutic Riding
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.
Carlisle Academy: A Leader in Inclusion
In this new series, we highlight the USEF's Para-Equestrian Dressage Centers of Excellence. Today we look at Carlisle Academy!
DEI: New Letters, New Tests
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.
Para-Dressage Freestyle Day Rocks Versailles
US athletes win two more golds and a bronze on the final triumphant day of the 2024 Paris Paralympics

















