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The World Equestrian Center and Equestrian Management Agency featured a Master Class with US Dressage Olympian Sabine Schut-Kery, in Ocala, Florida April 15. Held on Saturday during and action packed CDI 3* and National Dressage Show, auditors were lined up early to get their seats in Arena 1 for a full day of focused learning. Sabine is a German-American Dressage rider who represented the USA during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Together with the stunning stallion, Sanceo, helped bring the USA into team Silver Medal. Classically trained in Germany, she started her riding career in the USA as an exhibition rider primarily working with Friesians. Her talent and training quickly elevated into competitive dressage, first bringing her own stallion Jorrit to the Grand Prix level, then the opportunities continued pour in. Sabine is a well-respected member and competitor of the dressage world, as well as a highly respected clinician and a “Master of the Master Class”. For this event she had reviewed submitted videos, and met the riders the day before, but until they entered the arena in front of the audience on the day of the event, Sabine had not seen any of the horse and rider combinations that would be in front of her experienced eye that day. “Sabine is an awesome clinician,” said auditor, dressage rider and trainer Louise Levesque. “I loved her precision of the basics. She made a difference in every horse.” Exercises That Work and Why A huge piece of the symposium that was greatly appreciated were the many exercises Sabine gave for riders to take home and utilize. As an example, she spent time explaining to the spectators the importance of turn on the forehand. Sabine Schut-Kery spent time explaining to the spectators the importance of turn on the forehand, and so many other tips riders and auditors could take home. While this movement in any of the US national dressage tests, they are in the German tests.

Lexington, KY (May 2, 2023) – The United States Dressage Federation™ (USDF) has announced the selected dates and locations for the 2024 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championships, presented by SmartPak. Dates and Locations Region 1 – (October 10-13) at the Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, VARegion 2 – (September 12-15) at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KYRegion 3 – (September 19-22) at the World Equestrian Center, Ocala, FLRegion 4 – (October 10-13) at the National Equestrian Center, Lake St. Louis, MORegion 5 – (September 19-22) at the Colorado Horse Park, Parker, CORegion 6 – (October 3-6) at DevonWood Equestrian Centre, Sherwood, ORRegion 7 – (September 26-29) at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, Burbank, CARegion 8 – (September 19-22) at HITS on the Hudson, Saugerties, NYRegion 9 – (October 3-6) at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center, Katy, TX These championships recognize the outstanding efforts of riders in each USDF region and provide an excellent opportunity for spectators to view the top competitors in their respective regions.  Additionally, the top junior/young rider, amateur, and open riders at each of the championships, who have submitted a declaration of intent and completed all other requirements, will receive an invitation to compete at the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®.  Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’j3w_uhL-Q99L_gwI5-lbxQ’,sig:’83QFY7ipsBQlOiNInLk7sfi4Yeci0KZkKDR_OxQr7x0=’,w:’594px’,h:’393px’,items:’663332414′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Read in Magazine

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