Tag: USDF Region 8

Throughout this year, USDF offered a number of USEF/USDF Judges’ Mini Clinics.  Held over two days, these clinics are required as maintenance for all Licensed Dressage Judges. The instructors...

By Dawn Bruneau My adventures with horses began 40 years ago as a working student at Ironstone Farm in Andover, MA.  I mucked stalls, groomed,...

By Chelsey Burris Every fall, each of the nine USDF Regions hosts a Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championship, presented by SmartPak.  These championships...

At the end of 2020, I did something I only dreamed of. I donned my first ever shadbelly and rode down centerline for my first ever FEI test. *Cue more happy tears.*

Having recently graduated from law school and with limited funds for a purchase, I found myself browsing PetFinder, hoping to maybe find an Off the Track Thoroughbred. The first profile I clicked on was of a 5-year-old, 13 hand pony mare, named Dixie.

This article won the 2021 GMO Newsletter Award for a general interest article for GMOs with 500 or more members. It originally appeared in...

For about 15 years, we showed all over New York with our Morgans. Then, in 2014, we attended a small dressage clinic. This clinic sparked our interest in dressage and we never looked back! 

Growing up, I always wanted a Kennebec Morgan. My mom had worked out at the Kennebec Morgan Farm in the 70s, and told me stories of her happy memories with all the different horses. I was obsessed.

https://vimeo.com/716911482/3424fc9f33 Through the USDF Regional Schooling Show Awards Program, opportunities for yearly awards and regional rankings abound for USDF Group Members who compete in non-USEF-licensed/non-USDF-recognized...

He lives on in our hearts, but my sorrow runs deep for the loss of this great Morgan, He’s the Ticket. By Sharon Ortepio