Tag: USDF Connection
Past Knabstrupper All-Breed Winners
It’s easy to pick a Knabstrupper out of the crowd. The Danish breed is an instant head-turner, featuring beautiful and unique coloring from solid...
Online Learning
Like everybody else, the USDF has vastly expanded its virtual educational offerings. Read this to make sure you’re taking full advantage.
By Jennifer O. Bryant
Online...
What Makes a Good Para-Dressage Horse?
Para-dressage runs parallel to “able-bodied” dressage in almost every aspect. When it comes to selecting a horse, is there any difference between the two disciplines?
By Elizabeth Moyer
Reprinted from the January/February 2020 issue of USDF Connection magazine
Systematic Thinking and Riding with Johann Hinnemann
At the New England Dressage Association’s Fall Symposium, the renowned German trainer shared his wealth of knowledge.
By Beth Baumert; Photographs by Carole MacDonald
Reprinted from the January/February 2022 issue of USDF Connection magazine
Past Trakehner All-Breed Winners
Renowned for its floating trot, the Trakehner is one of the lightest & most refined warmbloods. We are celebrating this breed as our March...
A Headshaker of a Problem
Research has uncovered clues to the mystery of headshaking, but for some horse owners the condition remains frustratingly difficult to manage
Conversations on Training
Lendon Gray and D4K—aka Dressage for KIDS
Story and Photographs by Beth Baumert
Reprinted from the November/December 2021 issue of USDF Connection magazine
By now, almost everyone...
The “Closed” Horse
Modern master Charles de Kunffy explains the biomechanics of collection
Dressage Principles Illuminated is one of modern classical master and prolific author Charles de Kunffy’s...
Conversations on Training
Her trademark consistency, encouraging attitude, and attention to detail are on full display when Olympian Allison Brock teaches. We play railbird for a morning...
20 Years Later
On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, USDF Connection editor Jennifer Bryant revisits the column she wrote after the tragedy
By Jennifer O. Bryant
The 20th anniversary...














