US Dressage Finals

Music filled the air across the Kentucky Horse Park as freestyle competition was a highlight of the third day of the 2021 US Dressage Finals held November 11-14 in Lexington, Ky. From Juniors and Young Riders to U.S. High Performance veterans, huge fields of competitors from across the country pursued top honors from Training to Grand Prix.

As a regular competitor to the US Dressage Finals, Bonnie Canter has grown relatively used to the 1000-plus mile drive to Kentucky from her home in Hockley, Texas (Region 9). But the trip always feels easier when going home with fancy awards, and once again Canter will carry a championship sash home.

Across eight rings of championship competition at the Kentucky Horse Park, horses and riders from across the country shared the excitement and camaraderie of coming together in one incredible venue to vie for national titles on the second day of the 2021 US Dressage Finals.

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.

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...