Laura King, Certified Hypnotherapist, Neuro-Linguistic Programmer and Life Coach, boasts 25 years of experience helping high-performance athletes excel, so when dressage superstar Robert Dover asked her to speak to the participants and auditors at the 2016 Robert Horsemastership Clinic (RDHC), she jumped at the chance. The clinic is designed to help identify and…
by Sue Weakley Cynthia Collins has been firmly entrenched in the world of traditional dressage. In fact, more than one freestyle champion at the November U.S. Dressage Finals in Lexington, Kentucky mentioned her name and the name of her freestyle design company, Luna Tunes Freestyles, as the winning freestyle designer. But recently, she’s gone…
Texans are tough. As Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters receded, the Houston Dressage Society (HDS) knew the show must go on and handily hosted the 2017 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional 9 Championships at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, Texas, just weeks after the storm left a path of destruction. Competitors passed around stories of survival just…
Diamante Farms owners Terri and Devon Kane are passionate about supporting up-and-coming dressage riders. Devon rose up through the ranks as a Young Rider and, in 2007, she was a NAJYRC Individual Gold Medalist and Team Bronze Medalist. Now, she is unstoppable in the show ring as an international Grand Prix rider and a USDF…
I’ve become a photo geek. After being thrust into snapping pics for my job, it was sink or swim. Or maybe it was extended trot or piaffe. I had to get some shots to go with news stories and, with the patient of help of photographer extraordinaire Susan J. Stickle, I was taking “pro photos.” I…
Terri Kane took an idea she imported from Europe to spread breast cancer awareness and ended up coloring the US Dressage Finals pink. Several years ago, horse show organizers in Odense, Denmark, chose to highlight breast cancer awareness month by providing pink polo wraps to the horses in the awards ceremonies at the dressage show….