USEF Awards Training Grants to Eight Dressage Participants
Support aims to enhance skills and performance in dressage
March 24, 2025 at 4:24 AMBy s.wilhelm
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and its High Performance Dressage Committee have granted training funds to eight participants in the 2013 USEF Developing Dressage Program.
This initiative is made possible thanks to a donation from Akiko Yamazaki and the Red Husky Foundation through the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation. Recipients were selected based on their performances during 2013 observation and training sessions, along with evaluations of their training and competition plans for 2013 and 2014. The coaching team, which includes Debbie McDonald and advisors Lendon Gray, Scott Hassler, Jeremy Steinberg, and Anne Gribbons, has chosen these eight combinations for the training grants.
The program also acknowledges other participants who show significant potential for the future of dressage in the United States. Further details on the USEF High Performance Dressage program can be found through related links.
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