—EQuine AMerica Winter 2020 Issue Hunter phenom, Kat Fuqua, the three-time USEF Pony Finals Champion and rising Junior Hunter 3.6 foot jumping star, just imported her new horse, “Dream Girl,” from Holland—but she’s not a hunter horse. Kat’s adding dressage ...

Top U.S. show jumper, Georgina Bloomberg, sponsors U.S. Paralympic rider, Sydney Collier. Georgina has been supporting her in her bid to represent the United States at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. One way she showed her support was by procuring ...

EQuine AMerica had a conversation with FEI dressage rider Olivia Lagoy-Weltz in the lead up to the World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018. Olivia was selected as the Traveling Alternate for the US Dressage Team. We asked her about herself, her ...

—Lisa Hellmer Often the hardest part about dressage is staying in the 20 x 60-meter arena day-in and day-out. Both horses and riders can get a little stuck repeating the same exercises over and over again. They continuously ride on ...

—Lisa Hellmer Riding alone can be tough! It’s difficult finding the motivation after a long day and figuring out what to work on, like coming up with new exercises to keep you and your horses interested. I am here to ...

—Lisa Hellmer Dressage is a sport of constant repetition in the movements, but also in the environment we ride in. Dressage riders often confine themselves to the 20×60 meter arena, or as I often refer to it: “The Sandbox.” A ...

—Lisa Hellmer Fly changes are sometimes one of the more challenging movements we teach our horses. Changes often create some anxiety and can disrupt the lovely canter we worked so hard to develop—but that’s ok! There are ways to improve ...