Leading Edge Dressage

06/18/2025

Keeping an eye on these conversations.

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Recent photographs of elite-level horses with gaping mouths and blue tongues have thrust the sport of dressage—already besieged by abuse scandals involving high-profile riders—further into an intensifying debate about horse welfare in equestrian sports. But even though the Fédération Equestre ...

06/15/2025

I love this mare! It has been work, like seriously hard work. She pushes me every day to find a better way. We learned so much today; her confidence, while still not 100%, was so much better. It's the little things: we walked past the judges' booth with no drama! That is progress. We have been on a journey, this mare and I. She was injured, then I was injured, and it set us back a year plus. That time has changed our path in a really good way. I had to spend time just 'being' with her, and I saw the change in her eyes. She looks to me now instead of looking at everything else that makes her worry. The fact that at home she is a dancing queen (yes, one day a MFS to ABBA will happen) is not helpful if we cannot go and show the world our dance moves. Every test we ride is learning, where she has grown, where we can focus, what I need to keep in my mind, what we have conquered. So very much!

Thank you By Chance for the opportunity to test our progress. Always such a great venue.

06/08/2025

Making friends! I love this. The boys will be running and playing before long. Today was the first free time turnout for all 4 of them.

06/07/2025

Sometimes the simple exercises create the best results. I use this every ride on every horse at every level.

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06/06/2025

✨ $1,800 Equestrian Scholarship Opportunity✨

In honor of 15-year-old equestrian Hannah Serfass, the Hannah M. Serfass Foundation is offering a $1,800 scholarship to support junior riders preparing to compete.

Eligibility: Riders must be 18 years old or younger.

To apply, please submit the following:

🟣 Your full name, age, and contact information
🟣 Your trainer’s name
🟣 A one-page essay that includes:
- Which hunter, equitation, or jumper show you plan to attend
- A description of your daily or weekly interaction with your horse(s)
- How you have been preparing—and continue to prepare—for competition
- How you would use the scholarship funds if selected

Submit applications to: [email protected]
The winner will be announced on Hannah’s birthday, August 3.

05/30/2025

Yikes!!

05/20/2025