Coach a Winning Intercollegiate Dressage Team

…these challenges, it is possible to adapt and formulate ways to compensate and build successful riders. Lisa Moosmueller-Terry, IDA coach and Assistant Director of Equine Studies at Virginia Intermont College,…

Rider Makeovers Add Style, Polish

…Collections, the equestrian internet superstore, to put together some dream makeovers on real riders. Several riders from a Northern Virginia barn enthusiastically participated, with great results. “The riders all asked…

Dressage Associations

…events. Virginia Dressage Association VADA offers educational opportunities in the forms of scholarships, clinics, recognized shows, and schooling shows for its members andrecognizes rider achievements through Year End Awards Program….

Four Win Individual Gold at NAYRC

…July 31 at the 2005 CN North American Young Riders’ Championships (NAYRC) presented by Adequan at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Va., the Championships’ first appearance in the mid-Atlantic…

Swimming Made Simple for Your Horse

…new. Numerous professional horse-training facilities swim horses for fitness and rehabilitation from injuries. The Chincoteague ponies are world famous for their annual supervised swim across the bay in Virginia. In…

The Wise Surfer

The Internet can swiftly spread information — and misinformation. The “Whisper Syndrome” is a perfect example. Whisper was a horse in Virginia that, along with four herd mates, was fed…