by Cheryl Erpelding When Rebecca Rigdon-Blake found Jagger, as a 4 year old, he was 16.1 hands high. He eventually grew to an impressive 17.3 hands and has been living up to the huge potential
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Category: Dressage
2022 – A YEAR IN REVIEW – California Dressage Society Members Earn Notoriety Nationally and Internationally
by Regina Antonioli • photos: ©www.TerriMiller.com Following the Olympics in 2021, where three out of the four horse/rider combinations on the Team were from California, it was hard to imagine what would follow. But CDS
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Cum Laude’s First North American Crop Crowned First Premium
provided by Iron Spring Farm The Approved KWPN stallion Cum Laude landed in North America in the summer of 2021, just in time to breed to a few mares. The resulting foals were born late
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Ashlyn Dodge & Maebria DG – First Level CDS Horse of the Year
by Cheryl Erpelding In September, last year Ashlyn Dodge rode DG Bar Ranch’s KWPN 5 year old mare to win the California Dressage Society Horse of the Year title for First Level with a score
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Genay Vaughn and Gino – 2022 Calif. Dressage Society Horse of the Year – Grand Prix
by Cheryl Erpelding • photo: Susan J. Stickle Genay Vaughn, of Elk Grove, CA is currently showing and training in Wellington, FL, with her 2022 CDS HOY Grand Prix horse Gino, as she is working
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There’s No Better Place For Your Breeding Program to Call Home Than the Westfalen Verband NA
by Ann Daum Westfalen horses and ponies are well known all over the world, with famous stallions such as Florestan I, Pilot and Cornet Obolensky, and superstars in sport like Damon Hill and Comme il
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KWPN – Modern Sport Horses Performing at the Top Level of International Equestrian Sports
Dutch Warmbloods, or as the registry in the Netherlands is known, Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (KWPN), boast high performance in dressage, show jumping, eventing, hunters, combined driving and fine harness. Riders looking to make it
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CAWDA’s High Point Journey
by Jackie Hills, Past CAWDA President & Advisor “It’s all about the journey,” Western Dressage enthusiasts like to say. And the California Western Dressage Association, or CAWDA, is beginning its journey toward its 10th year
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Congratulations to our Rosette Award Winners
submitted by Lynne Sherman, SBC CDS Communications Chair The Santa Barbara Chapter of the California Dressage Society is proud to present twenty-five chapter members who qualified to earn a California Dressage Society Year End Award
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Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper Repeat History in FEI World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle
by Tori Bilas • photos: Terri Miller Not even one month ago, Steffen Peters (USA) took the FEI World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle win during Desert Dressage II, saying he believed three wins would be
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