California Western Dressage Association

California Western Dressage Association The official State affiliate of the Western Dressage Association of America. Western horse and rider they will be shown in Western tack and clothing.
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Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/officialcawda?igsh=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Western Dressage is defined as training and developing the Western rider and horse to improve themselves as individuals and as partners through the use and discipline of Dressage. A Western Dressage horse is encouraged to work and school on lighter contact than the typical dressage horses. While both want t

o see balance, cadence and carriage, the Western Dressage horse will be evaluated with the conformation and movement of today’s western horses in mind. A Western Dressage horse will have a shorter stride than a Dressage horse and the Western Dressage horse will be asked to walk, jog and lope as opposed to walk, trot and canter. The description of the gaits is virtually identical but the Western Dressage horse must maintain “ridability” for the rider in a Western saddle. The rider’s position will also be somewhat different from that of a regular Dressage rider because of the Western saddle. The use of hands will appear somewhat different because of the Western bit; the Western Dressage horse should be “working on and accepting the bit”.

11/15/2024

Congratulations Danielle Miller for earning her Bronze Medal 🤠🥉

11/15/2024

Show us your gaited horses! 🤠🐴

11/13/2024

⚠️ ATTENTION QUALIFIED 2024 YEAR END HIGH POINT RIDERS, if you haven't done so already please email your favorite photo of you and the horse you are competing on for CAWDA High Point to [email protected] ASAP! 📸

Please include riders first and last name & horse's show name. If you are sending pictures of more than one horse please include description ex: Horse name #1 is bay with green rider shirt and Horse name #2 is bay with blue rider shirt. Be as descriptive as possible please! Thank you 🤠🤞🏼

⚠️ ATTENTION this is your friendly reminder to submit your LIVE SHOW scores and make any corrections BY NOVEMBER 27, 2024 to Qualify for Year End High Point Awards! 🤠🎉 email scores and corrections to [email protected]

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11/13/2024

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🤠 CAWDA RULEBOOK-CAWDA RIDER SCHOLARSHIP.....Page 20-21

CAWDA Website:
Home - California Western Dressage Association
CAWDA RULEBOOK:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/429393/documents/Rulebook-v1-9-062424-PDF_1242657342.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6MYUE6DNNJ6ROIH3&Expires=1727829435&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DRulebook-v1-9-062424-PDF.pdf&Signature=aGPhSEu1USlc7tbDZQnIvkMNvcM%3D

🤠 WDAA USEF WD RULES-CHAPTER WD WESTERN DRESSAGE SUBCHAPTER WD 7 COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS....Pages WD 18-23

Western Dressage Association Website:
Western Dressage Rules & Guidelines

Link to USEF Western Dressage Rules:
https://www.usef.org/forms-pubs/NpmAWxkXY6M/wd-western-dressage

11/13/2024

Congratulations Zoe Moyer on earning her Bronze Medal 🤠🥉

11/12/2024

To develop the horse symmetrically in body and limbs you can use gymnastic exercises.

*** CORNERSTONES ***

The core of the gymnastic exercises consists of the circle, shoulder-in and haunches-in. All the other exercises are derived from these cornerstones.

🐴 The circle is used to develop the Lateral bending of the body and spine, the Forward down tendency of the head and neck and the Stepping under the center of mass of the inside hind leg (LFS).

🐴 Once the inside hind leg can step under, this hind leg can also start to take weight. To do so we use the shoulder-in and counter-shoulder-in. These exercises are designed to school the hind leg in function of the inside hind leg. As a result of taking the weight, the horse will bend the inside hind leg more and free the outside shoulder.

🐴 Once the horse can bend the hind leg as an inside hind leg, we can also start to school the hind leg as an outside hind leg. To do so we use first the haunches-in (travers) and later on the renvers. In the renvers the horse can lean less against the wall/fence with his shoulder, so it's a bit more difficult than the travers, but as a result he really supports himself with his hind legs.

*** ALL EXERCISES ARE RELATED ***

All exercises relate to one another and differ slightly:

🐎 The only difference between shoulder-in and counter-shoulder in is the position of the fence/wall. The same applies to the haunches-in (travers) and the renvers, also there the only difference is the position of the wall.

🐎 The difference between shoulder-in and renvers is the bending in the spine, which is the opposite. In these exercises the same hind leg has the opposite function ('inside' in shoulder-in, 'outside' in renvers). The same applies to counter shoulder-in and the haunches in.

🐎 The half pass is 'just' a haunches-in over the diagonal, and the pirouette is 'just' a haunches-in on a small circle. Both half-pass and pirouette require support of both the inside as the outside hind leg. Therefore in both exercises the shoulders must lead to be able to keep the center of mass in front of the direction of the hind legs, only then both hind legs can support the weight. So both the half pass and pirouette also relate to the shoulder-in.

*** NUMBER OF TRACKS AND DEGREE OF BENDING ***

Now all exercises can be done on 3 or 4 tracks, or 2,5 tracks or 3,75 or 3,99 ;) and your horse can have more or less bend in his spine. Now there is no 'perfect' number and the exact degree doesn't matter. What matters in ST is that you choose the number of tracks and degree of bending where your horse can support his body and center of mass best with both hind legs. And that depends on the conformation of your horse: if he has a long back or a shorter one, if he has long legs, or shorter ones, if he has a long neck or a short one. So choose the degree of bending and number of tracks where your horse can move in optimal balance and with most quality.

*** HOW TO DEVELOP THESE EXERCISES? ***

First start the circle, then after a few training sessions add the shoulder-in, and the moment the the horse can do this exercise for 66,6% of quality, add the haunches-in. From there you can start practising the variations.

**** HOW TO DEVELOP THE HORSE EQUALLY? ***

To develop a horse equally in body and limbs all exercises need to be done to the right and to the left (or as they say in English: on the right rein and on the left rein).

When doing these exercises there will always be an 'easy' side and a difficult side. To develop the horse equally, do the 'difficult' side a bit more often and it's also an idea to start with the 'difficult' side and to end with the 'difficult side'.

The moment the horse starts to feel more equal, switch to train the exercises 50-50.

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Click here for more information:

Circle:
www.straightnesstraining.com/straightness-training-exercises/circle

Shoulder-in:
www.straightnesstraining.com/straightness-training-exercises/shoulder-in

Haunches-in:
www.straightnesstraining.com/straightness-training-exercises/haunches-in

Renvers:
www.straightnesstraining.com/straightness-training-exercises/renvers

Half pass:
www.straightnesstraining.com/straightness-training-exercises/half-pass

Pirouette:
www.straightnesstraining.com/straightness-training-exercises/pirouette

Lateral movements:
www.straightnesstraining.com/straightness-training-exercises/lateral-movements

Ladder of exercises:
www.straightnesstraining.com/straightness-training-exercises/a-logical-system-of-ever-increasing-exercises

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Thank you to all our Military Veterans 🤠🇺🇸
11/12/2024

Thank you to all our Military Veterans 🤠🇺🇸

11/11/2024

We still have some 2024 Award sponsorship opportunities available! Our champion in each sponsored level or breed award will receive a silver buckle and our sponsors will be entered in the drawing for our Sponsor buckle! We must have sponsorships no later than December 10 to be sure the buckles arrive for our Award Ceremonies. To sponsor, go to https://cawda.org/2024-sponsorship.

Level Sponsorships needed:

Live Shows Level 1 Open
Live Shows Level 3 Open
Live Shows Level 3 Youth 13 & Under
Live Shows Level 4 Open
Live Shows Level 5 Open
Live Shows Freestyle Open

Virtual Shows Introductory Level Open
Virtual Shows Introductory Level Amateur
Virtual Shows Basic Level Open
Virtual Shows Basic Level Amateur
Virtual Shows Level 1 Open
Virtual Shows Level 1 Amateur
Virtual Shows Level 2 Open
Virtual Shows Level 3 Open
Virtual Shows Level 3 Amateur
Virtual Shows Freestyle Open

Breed Awards needed:

Appaloosa
Arabian/Arabian Cross
Draft/Draft Cross
Friesian
Grade/Unregistered/Unknown
Lipizzaner/Lipizzaner Cross
Oldenburg
Paint
Pony of the Americas/POA

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Deadline for registration is 21 days before the week begins, great opportunities 🤠👍🏼
11/11/2024

Deadline for registration is 21 days before the week begins, great opportunities 🤠👍🏼

🔆 It's Sponsor Sunday! 🔆 All of us at CAWDA truly appreciate the support and generosity from our Sponsor - Bishops Benga...
11/10/2024

🔆 It's Sponsor Sunday! 🔆

All of us at CAWDA truly appreciate the support and generosity from our Sponsor - Bishops Bengals
https://www.facebook.com/BishopsBengals/
Please consider becoming a 2024 CAWDA Year Ends Award Division, Level, Breed and/or Educational Sponsor!

This year, our Division sponsors will receive a half-page ad in our 2024 Awards magazine and our Level, Breed and Education sponsors will receive a 1/6 page ad. Business card advertisers receive a business card in our 2024 Awards & Recognitions Magazine.
In addition, our Division, Level, Breed and Education sponsors will be listed in our eNewsletter, on our High Point web pages, and recognized prominently at our Awards Ceremony.
AND AGAIN -- This year we are raffling a Silver Buckle from Gist Silversmiths! This special raffle is only open to our sponsors donating $135 or more.

For more information about becoming a sponsor please visit https://www.cawda.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=429393&module_id=565601

11/10/2024

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11/09/2024

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〰️ The CAWDA Weekly update! 〰️

Woohoo we currently have 2,178 Facebook Followers, 1,980 Facebook Likes, 100 Instagram followers and 194 Active Members 🎉

Spread the word about Western Dressage with CAWDA and let's keep growing! We have and accept riders from all over the country, you don't have to live in California to join! 🤠

Let's also welcome our new FB followers/likes Janiche Betonghäxan Leifsdotter Fagerström, Sara Katicich & Kelley Bitter Mental Performance
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11/08/2024

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🤠 CAWDA RULEBOOK-CAWDA JUDGES SCHOLARSHIP.....Page 18-19

CAWDA Website:
Home - California Western Dressage Association
CAWDA RULEBOOK:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/429393/documents/Rulebook-v1-9-062424-PDF_1242657342.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6MYUE6DNNJ6ROIH3&Expires=1727829435&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DRulebook-v1-9-062424-PDF.pdf&Signature=aGPhSEu1USlc7tbDZQnIvkMNvcM%3D

🤠 WDAA USEF WD RULES-CHAPTER WD WESTERN DRESSAGE SUBCHAPTER WD-6 OFFICIALS....Pages WD 17-18

Western Dressage Association Website:
Western Dressage Rules & Guidelines

Link to USEF Western Dressage Rules:
https://www.usef.org/forms-pubs/NpmAWxkXY6M/wd-western-dressage

11/06/2024

11/05/2024

Congratulations Tonya Skinner on earning her Silver Medal 🤠🥈

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11/04/2024

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