Tag: Thoroughbred

By Jennifer M. Keeler When Kristin Werner accepted a part-time data entry job to make extra cash for college, she never dreamed that 20 years...

By Lynn Stevens Can an off-track Thoroughbred make it to the upper levels of dressage? Dressage trainer Emily O’Neill thinks so, and her off-track Thoroughbred (“OTTB”) Honestly Tru has...

By Sara Webb I have loved horses my whole life. My dad played the coach horn for my uncle’s four-in-hand while we were growing up, and the...

By Ariel Christy A enter working trot, X halt salute. It’s the start of nearly all dressage tests for competitive dressage riders. However, for more than 100...

"The best dressage horse for you is one you can ride”  By Sally O’Dwyer, Dressage Passionista I overheard someone at a horse show say, “I can’t win...

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...

Training an OTTB to canter in "the other direction" leads to riding discoveries Reprinted from the November 2017 issue of USDF Connection By Victoria Bellino Receiving the...

By Anne Zaharias It was with a bit of apprehension that I decided to participate in the 2018 Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) Makeover. It was...

Gifted and Keen were the first two horses to be inducted into the Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame. They were inducted in 1997. Gifted, 1980-1997,...

By Victoria Bellino Central Tennessee Dressage Association (CTDA) member Lynne Lavers grew up riding ponies in the southwest. As a fourth generation horseman, her experiences...