US Dressage Finals

To the USDF Members and US Dressage Finals Competitors, Volunteers, Sponsors, Vendors, and Supporters, Once again, I find myself writing a letter to all of you that I had not anticipated writing. With much regret, yet with my full confidence in the...

Pairing Endel Ots with a dressage horse is like getting John Travolta for a dance partner: Whether it’s Uma Thurman or Olivia Newton John, he’ll have them moving like a million bucks on that dance floor. Which is exactly how Ots rode Sonnenberg’s...

The Dressage Foundation has announced that Jennifer Williams is the recipient of its 2020 Patsy Albers Award, established in 2012 in special remembrance of Patsy. The $2,500 award provides financial support for continuing education and training to a...

Olympic dressage rider Dr. Cesar Parra is heading towards the 2020 USEF National Young and Developing Dressage Horse Championships in Wayne, IL, as the number #2 ranked rider on two horses, Don Cesar and Sir Beckmann.

Adding to the excitement of the final day, the top-scoring riders in various divisions from each of the Great American/USDF Regional Championships competed on regional teams in the US Dressage Finals Regions Cup, vying with competitors from across...

Michael Bragdell Perseveres in Prix St. Georges Open Championship Despite battling the flu all week, Region 8 rider Michael Bragdell of Colora, Md. had already earned several top honors with various mounts over the course of this year’s Finals. But...

Donna Gatchell of Nokesville, Va. (Region 1) was already pleased with her 2019 Finals experience after winning Reserve honors in the previous day’s Second Level Open Freestyle division. But she was even more thrilled after returning to the ring on...

Music filled the air across the Kentucky Horse Park on the final day of competition as horses and riders danced their way to new national titles at the 2019 US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® held November 7-10 in Lexington, KY. Photo - Beth...

One of the most talked-about classes of the day came on Sunday afternoon in the Alltech Arena as 25 horses and riders fought it out in the First Level Open Freestyle Championship. Ultimately it would take a score of more than 70% to even make it into...

Martin Kuhn and Ronin Kicks Off First Championship of the Day at US Dressage Finals Martin Kuhn of New Berlin, IL. (Region 4) and the six-year-old Hanoverian gelding Ronin (Romanov Blue Hor x Something Royal by Sir Donnerhall I, bred in the U.S. by...