Tall Grass Equestrian

Tall Grass Equestrian She enjoys working with students with goals both inside and outside the show arena.

Diane Macdonald specializes in Dressage but takes her knowledge of multiple disciplines and creates a safe, fun, productive environment for beginner to advance riders.

Becky, Sundance, Doc and I had a fantastic time at the Saint James Hunt!!! It had been 14 years since the hounds had bee...
11/17/2025

Becky, Sundance, Doc and I had a fantastic time at the Saint James Hunt!!! It had been 14 years since the hounds had been to Saint James. Watching the hounds work the scent and then tear across the rolling fields was surreal. It was very hard to believe that I was in Illinois and not in Ireland or England. All the members of theWayne-DuPage Huntt were very welcoming and supportive. We had a lovely time chatting about our ride at the potluck afterwards. The four of us are definitely looking forward to the next time we get a chance to ride with the hunt.

11/17/2025

I've been thinking about all the skills a rider needs to have. What am I missing? When I look at this list of skills, its no wonder that our sport is challenging. Maybe we love the sport because it IS challenging

Christopher Taylor will be back at the Silver Spur Ranch in Maple Park Illinois for another dressage clinic. As always a...
11/15/2025

Christopher Taylor will be back at the Silver Spur Ranch in Maple Park Illinois for another dressage clinic. As always auditing is free.

11/07/2025

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CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR DRESSAGE CLINIC Sunday December 7thTall Grass Equestrian and Silver Spur Ranch are ...
11/04/2025

CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR DRESSAGE CLINIC
Sunday December 7th

Tall Grass Equestrian and Silver Spur Ranch are excited to share that they will be hosting esteemed dressage instructor Christopher Taylor for a 1 day clinic Sunday December 7th at the Silver Spur Ranch in Maple Park IL.

Quality in performance, dedication, achievement, and excellence-the tenets of Christopher Taylor’s riding and training philosophy resulted from his studies with some of the worlds most prominent American and European to Dressage experts.

Chris is passionately committed to classical training always striving for lightness balance and harmony with unique in structural style for both horse and rider- “Ask a little at a time, praise often”. The result has been happy, highly motivated horses and riders who can focus, as partners, and learning their art

He stresses “Basics, basics basics...and small incremental steps.” Chris has observed that when horses derail in the Dressage-even at the highest levels-it is usually because the basic foundation has been ignored. He strongly believes that regardless of discipline any horse and rider will reap benefits from Dressage.

This philosophy has proven its value for both Chris and his students. Chris has completed internationally at the FEI Grand Prix levels, and has been FEI champion in the Prix St. Georges and was selected to represent Bermuda at the 1999 Pan American Games.

We are thrilled to be hosting Christopher. If you are interested in riding with him please message us. We do intend to make it an auditor friendly. In the event you are unable to ride but would still like to learn there will be no charge for auditing.

Happy cats in pumpkin bed day!🎃👻🦇
10/31/2025

Happy cats in pumpkin bed day!🎃👻🦇

Team All for fun finished up the Wayne DuPage Hunt Hunter Pace series with a win at St. James Forest Preserve. The fall ...
10/28/2025

Team All for fun finished up the Wayne DuPage Hunt Hunter Pace series with a win at St. James Forest Preserve. The fall colors provided a beautiful backdrop for a challenging course that encompassed crossing two bridges and going through a tunnel under a road. This was also one of the busier locations we have ridden at with many dog walkers, bicyclist, and photographers, lurking in the bushes, taking advantage of the fantastic fall colors for their family portraits. Team All for fun ended up Reserve Champions of the overall hunter pace series. Over the course of the series many riders joined our team. At this event, some of those team members branched out into their own teams, spreading the fun. Everyone who rode with us throughout the season was awarded a Reserve Champion ribbon for the overall series. It was a little bittersweet not being able to ride with all of my friends, but I’m happy that there is growing interest in events like this. A huge, thank you the Wayne Dupage Hunt, all the volunteers and everyone that organizes these events!!! Doc and I can’t wait until next season!!!

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