KwaZulu Natal Dressage Info

11/12/2023

Hi everyone in my dressage circle! We have a stunning venue at La Belle Ferme and I want to raise funds to buy arena surrounds and new dressage letters, so that we can host shows. This Friday we are hosting a training jumping show, is there anyone out there that wants to contribute towards boerewors, hamburger Pattie’s rolls etc. please contact me privately on 0824944939🙏🏻we will be selling them at the show and all proceeds to go to new arena surrounds🙏🏻 any other ideas for fund raising would be much appreciated🥰💜

08/12/2023

This is the show dates for next year.
The new tests are available on DSA website.
I’m looking for to a fabulous year with you folks !
See you all at the shows !!
Homework this festive season - get your horses truely in front of the leg while maintaining throughness through the back into a light contact.
(This is a common thing the overseas judge worked with most riders on the clinic)

04/12/2023

30/11/2023

KZN have had the honour of having Malgorzata Pawlowska (an FEI judge and trainer from Poland) here for a judges clinic , followed by a riders clinic. Her emphasis on ‘way of going’ has inspired us all!!
More Energy ! More passion!! 😜 (Calet)
She is quite a character- we had lots of laughs along the way and learnt a great deal !

27/11/2023

Close of entry has been extended till 30 November for the 3 Judges Show.

07/11/2023

I have emailed a blank A4 page to everyone on our list for you to use to help remember your test. Please email me on [email protected] if you don’t receive the email with in the next day or so (my internet at home is down -aaarggghhhh)

01/11/2023

Not sure if the same as our test but she has great advice about what to be aware of/ride each movement.
(She speaks fluent Stupid that’s why I love her😜)

15/10/2023

Webinar for the new tests 18 October 2023
At 19h30.
You need to register (link below)
Have your DSA number handy

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03/10/2023

Hi all please make sure you are on our WhatsApp and mailing lists.

We need to let you know when the webinar re the new tests is going to happen (and send a report on the webinar should you miss it)
Please email me on [email protected]

26/09/2023

I need this poster the size of a billboard next to my arena !

25/09/2023

Important Notice for Out of Province Competitors: 2023 SA Championships

Please note that Mistico Equestrian Centre have very kindly offered to refund entries (less 10% administration fee) to all those out of province horses which have entered and border closures happen after entries close.

Refund will be done on presentation of proof of refusal of travel permit.

The Western Cape Dressage Council look forward to welcoming you to their beautiful province.

25/09/2023

We should be able to download the new tests soon. Remember if you are wanting to go to a higher level (ie. Novice to Elementary) you will need to apply for the upgrade on the DSA sight.
We have our DSA Challenge early in the year and riders often forget to upgrade to the higher level they enter. Make a note for yourself.

22/09/2023

The judges had a webinar recently re the new tests. A few tweaks have been done to the tests to suit South African terminology (eg. They say gaits-we say paces).
In October the new tests will be released to the Show Holding Bodies and they will be encouraged to use them this year to start familiarisation. They will officially be implemented in January 2024. There will be webinar for the Show Holding Bodies next, then the riders and coaches. It will be explained why we are changing to the USA tests.

16/09/2023

Fun Fact: If you enter a show and decide not to attend please be courteous and delete your entry PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE as thereafter the Showholding Body is obligated to pay DSA the levies and the additional costs incurred for running the show cannot be reduced.
This is why the SHB may ask you to pay your entries even though you have decided not to compete (for whatever reason)

10/09/2023

Entries are now open on line for the Centreline Dressage show on the 29 October at Galloping Winds.

07/09/2023

The on line entries for the show on the 16th have been re-opened for a bit. Still time to enter

08/08/2023

REMINDER !!!

Entries for Sunday 27th August are open online on the DSA site.

Entries close 11th August!

08/08/2023

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HJMuVqkJ1VWlG4SnVN3iJxViDf7uQWYv

07/08/2023

A lovely photo of Sarah Burger and her instructor Leanne Cutting

07/08/2023

Here we have Bailey BAGG
Riding Two Bits
Pony Ride Elementary
And Pont Rider VL

07/08/2023

Some lovely images from Mila and Leane Erkland from the weekend.
I particularly love the friends pic in the photo frame !

06/08/2023

Some pics from today. Final day of KZN Dressage Champs 2023.
I’m going to open the Official KZN WhatsApp group.
Please send photos for me to upload onto FB

05/08/2023

Prize Giving tomorrow from 3/3:30pm

31/07/2023

31/07/2023

To correctly channel and manage your horse’s energy flow from his active hind leg to the front without resistance …

Imagine you’re going to ride him through a narrow tunnel and need to form both sides of his body to fit through safely. Think of sending his energy through the corridor with your legs, weight, sitting bones and hands on either side. This will allow you to put his body in whatever shape you want—long and low, shorter and rounder, flexed and bent, etc.—Karen Adams

Karen Adams is a USEF “R” dressage judge, instructor and coach. She was the head instructor at Linda Zang’s Idlewilde Farm and competed through the Prix St. Georges level. Her horse Aleutian was the 1980 USEF Zone III Fourth Level Horse of the Year.

🎨: Sandy Rabinowitz

16/07/2023

The KZN Dressage community is just awesome. We ‘innit’ together 😘🍿

04/07/2023

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ameliasdressageclub/permalink/1325098878355497/?mibextid=W9rl1R

04/07/2023

Congratulations to our Novice team placed third 3rd in the Championship.
And little Kourton Singh a team placed 2nd.
She was only 2% behind the winner. A talented little rider.

02/07/2023

Look at our talented riders!! Pony riders/children’s novice team!
Future Adult Open Team riders!

02/07/2023

Novice entry for sale for the Equistar Show next weekend Please contact Belinda Hammond
27 71 685 5264

01/07/2023

Gwen Farland riding Royal Enclosure won the Championship today with Mona-Lisa Dinwayo riding Lezar Light Fandango reserve Champion

01/07/2023

Our talented riders representing the Pony Rider/Children’s Novice Team placed tie second!
Gwen Farland riding Royal Enclosure and Mona-Lisa Dinwayo riding Lezar Light Fandango.