Tag: Youth

Here, a young rider from Region 7 tells us how she adapted to her sensitive horse, and the importance of “less is more” when training.

We recently asked our youth community to share a photo with their favorite dancing partner and let us know what they love about the sport of dressage.

Here, we learn about a participant of the USDF Youth Dressage Rider Recognition Pin Program, and how the program helped enhance her enthusiasm for the sport.

USDF Youth Convention Scholarships are awarded to young dressage enthusiasts to help defray expenses associated with attending a convention. 

Members were eager to reunite with old friends, vote on important matters affecting our sport, partake in a full slate of education sessions, and meet folks from all across the US who share their passion for dressage at the 2024 Adequan®/USDF Annual Convention December 4 – 7, 2024. Here are some of this year’s trending topics and takeaways.

A Region 6 Young Rider shares her experience at the FEI Youth Clinic with Sabine Schut-Kery, and how it changed her approach to training.

A Region 6 youth rider shares her four year long horse hunt, & how it ended with a horse who was the opposite of what she wanted, but was everything she needed!

Each edition of the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® features new and spellbinding performances as the top competitors in the nation dance their way down centerline. From horses and riders overcoming the most unlikely odds to claim Finals crowns, unique breeds that had everyone on the showgrounds gawking, to such dramatic and close finishes that one class ended in a dead heat, here are ten moments from the 2024 Finals that we are sure to be talking about for years to come.

A junior rider pieced together her horse's unknown history & found out a lot about him & reminding us that, when it comes to horses, it is what it is today!

Grace C. shares about her weekend at the Region 2 FEI Youth Clinic with Lilo Fore, hoping her passion for the sport will spur more young riders to try dressage!