Another rider reaping the benefits of switching their focus to dressage came to the fore in the First Level Freestyle Open at the US Dressage Finals. USDF Silver medalist Jenna Butler, formerly a jumping rider and competitor on the Arabian circuit, topped the class with 74.769% bolstered by a high [...]

It was by the slimmest of margins — just 0.036% — but last year’s Grand Prix AA champion Anartz Chanca successfully defended his title on his loyal partner Dazzle, an 11-year-old Oldenburg gelding by Danone I x Londonderry at the the 10th anniversary edition of the US Dressage Finals. The [...]

On day two of the 10th anniversary edition of the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® on Friday, November 10, 2023, newly minted champions were made from the more than 330 horses at the Kentucky Horse Park. The marquee show offers a wealth of championship titles and more than $120,000 [...]

Heather Mason’s accomplished training methods came to the fore front once again in the Third Level Open Championship at the 10th anniversary edition of the US Dressage Finals. She led the class on Shmoky Quartz with 71.75% and finished third with her other six-year-old, Manuskript SCF, on 70.083% — sandwiching [...]

Adult Amateur (AA) Rebecca Lord and the 14-year-old Hanoverian Demetrius, by De Niro, were the penultimate combination down the center line in the Intermediate II AA Championship at the 10th anniversary edition of the US Dressage Finals, and their 67.304% proved unbeatable. Photo - Adult Amateur Rebecca Lord and the [...]

The Prix St. Georges Championship ran for almost five hours in the Walnut Arena at the 10th anniversary edition of the US Dressage Finals. It was the final competitor in the class, Lauren Chumley, who swept in and produced the only plus-70% score riding Leeloo Dallas to capture the winner’s [...]

Competitors flocked to the Kentucky Horse Park for the 10th anniversary edition of the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® for the opening day of the show on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The marquee national show — which competitors qualify for via the Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation [...]

The US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® has become the preeminent national dressage competition that brings together youth, adult amateur, and open riders at all levels in order to give them the experience of riding head-to-head against their peers. The US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® on November 9-12, 2023, [...]

Penelope Sachs and Frisbee 55 (Photo: Susan J Stickle) Riders are packing and preparing for this week’s US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®, which runs November 9-12, 2023, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Traveling from across the United States, horses and riders from Training Level [...]