Tag: USDF Connection
5 Things to Love about the USDF Connection magazine
USDF’s flagship publication, USDF Connection, has been delighting and educating members for over 20 years. Currently publishing six issues per year, it...
Grooms to the Stars
Not for the slacker, a job grooming top dressage horses is demanding but rewarding. Here, some behind-the-scenes heroes share their secrets to...
Nailing It! Riding with Success Through the Levels – Part 6
Based on USDF’s On the Levels videos. Part 6: Fourth Level.
Story and Photographs by Beth Baumert
Quarantine Top 5 – In Case You Missed It!
This list contains the five most popular YourDressage articles from the 2020 Coronavirus quarantine (approximately March-August). What were some of your favorites?...
Ellin Dixon Miller – 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award winner
Then USDF president Ellin Dixon Miller and dressage historian and judge Dr. Max Gahwyler in the 1990s
Ellin...
Do Stereotypies Affect Dressage Performance?
Equine “vices” are annoying. Can they also affect soundness or other aspects of performance? Here’s what we learned.
By...
5 Benefits of Becoming a USDF Certified Instructor
By Megan McIsaac
Hello! My name is Megan McIsaac and I am a USDF Certified Instructor through Fourth Level...
Nailing It! Riding with Success Through the Levels – Part 5
Based on USDF’s On the Levels videos. Part 5: Third Level.
By Beth Baumert
Reprinted from...
The Dressage Expansionist
USDF’s 2019 Youth Volunteer of the Year has big plans—for her career, for her riding, and for the sport of dressage
Nailing It! Riding with Success Through the Levels – Part 3
Based on USDF’s On the Levels videos. Part 3: First Level.
By Beth Baumert
Reprinted...