High Performance Dressage

Back in 2019, Endel Ots and his horse, Lucky Strike were selected to represent the United States at the Pan American Games with dressage teammates Sarah Lockman and First Apple, Nora Batchelder and Faro SQF and Jennifer Baumert and Handsome.

Zen Elite Equestrian Center’s stunning black stallion, King’s Pleasure was born with the gaits of an “elite” super star. Not surprisingly, under the tutelage of trainer, Endel Ots his budding show career is already a string of successes.

Making the step from national to international- level competition is always exciting! Of course, participating in shows governed by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) comes with its own set of rules and paperwork.

The following athletes have been named to the U.S. Dressage Team Short List for the 2022 FEI Dressage World Championships and are listed in alphabetical order:

Week three of the 2022 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival in Wellington wrapped up on Sunday with the second qualifiers of the Lövsta Future Challenge Young Horse Grand Prix Series and the Summit Farm Future Challenge Young Horse Prix St. Georges Series.

Laura King is the founder of Summit Dynamics, LLC and a certified Hypnotist (CHt), Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner, and Life and Sports Coach. She is sought after by Olympic athletes, high-level CEO’s, award-winning trainers, public figures and prominent physicians, as well as the parents of young riders just starting out.

Canadian horsemen Tim Worden, PhD, and international show jumper Sean Jobin shared their evidence-based approach to horse management during a free webinar presented by Haygain and Ontario Equestrian in November.

After a year away due to the COVID-19 pandemic, horses and riders from across the country once again have descended upon the Kentucky Horse Park for the 2021 US Dressage Finals, a unique national head-to-head competition being held November 11-14 which offers a wealth of championship titles and over $120,000 in prize money.

Top dressage rider, Heidi Degele loves to give her working students a chance to prove their mettle by earning USDF medals. Last month Allie Riddell, who works for Heidi Dressage rode Degele’s gelding, to the win in both of the Third Level classes the...

US Equestrian is pleased to announce the selected athlete-and-horse combinations for the Aachen CDIO5* hosted as part of the prestigious CHIO Aachen from September 10-19, 2021, in Aachen, Germany.