Join your CTDA friends for this fantastic Frist Friday event. The CTDA will demonstrate dressage and perform a quadrille on stick horses! We’ll introduce our audience to the movements and beauty of our sport as part of The Frist’s “Across the Pond” exhibition. This is guaranteed to be fun and entertaining for everyone. Buy your tickets here: https://fristartmuseum.org/calendar/detail/frist-friday
We are all looking forward to our first CTDA show of the year! Weather is calling for possible storms, and since safety is always our first priority, the Board of Directors will be monitoring the forecast and post any schedule changes as we get closer. We will alert competitors of changes via email. Alerts will also be posted on this website and on our CTDA Facebook page.
The CTDA Walnut Trace Schooling Show on March 30th is full and a waiting list has been started. If you entered the show, please check your email to make sure you received confirmation. If you did not receive a confirmation, contact our show secretary, Sherry Pride, at sp4horses@gmail.com. See you at the show!
Get a “leg-up” on the new 2019 tests with USEF “S” Judge and “L” Faculty, Kathy Rowse. The event begins Friday night with Kathy to discuss the new tests and training pyramid. Dinner will be served. On Saturday and Sunday, each participant will ride a test of their choice with comments, scores and discussion to follow before a re-ride. Cost for the clinic is TBA, but estimated to be $120-$150 for a 45-minute session. Contact kgprawn26@gmail.com to sign up.. Continuing Education credit has been APPROVED for “L” Graduates.
The CTDA Dressage Education Scholarship program supports individual members who seek to deepen their skills and understanding of our sport. Find out moreon this link.
Each year we honor certain members who have gone above and beyond in their participation, volunteerism and promotion of our sport. We all know it takes a lot of dedication to be involved in Dressage, or really any type of equestrian sport. But some members take it to the next level (Dressage pun intended). Here are the people from 2018 who deserve a little extra love:
Volunteer of the Year: Kaye Simmons (pictured with Nan Holland)
Participation Award: Beth Huff (with Nan Holland)
The Dee Minault Award: Jen Thompson (with Nan Holland). The Dee Minault Horsemanship Award recognizing the true spirit of horse(wo)manship. The CTDA Dee Minault Horse(wo)man is someone with a comprehensive tool box for the many aspects of horse riding/care/competing, and who spreads the word and shares their knowledge with others. Nominations for this annual award are taken by the membership and voted on by the CTDA board.