Dressage4Kids

Mission of Dressage4Kids, Inc.
To encourage riders under 21 to become true horsemen with correct position, competitive skills, and knowledge of all aspects of riding and horse care; to offer scholarships to enable competitors to further their education; to have fun and develop good sportsmanship throughout.

2007

Youth Dressage Festival

The Ninth Annual Youth Dressage Festival will be held at the HITS Showgrounds in Saugerties, NY.

www.hitsshows.com

Due to scheduling conflicts we are trying a new date.
The show will be Monday to Wednesday August 20 - 22.

This is immediately after the Centerline USEF Dressage show and CDI (international show). They are also hosting the East Coast Pony Cup with divisions for adults and juniors at all levels.
This will make it easy for competitors to get two shows in one trip.

The format of our show will be basically the same, so you can check out last year's prizelist until the new one is posted at the end of January. Some of the fees have gone up slightly.

We are adding a second level of the very successful Dressage Trail Class.

I have had inquiries from competitors from Michigan, Kentucky, North Carolina, Colorado and Brazil about bringing teams.

Plan Ahead!

So plan your schooling shows for qualifying, get your ads to help pay your stabling fees, and organize your teams.

The Weekend Educational Program will take place in February. Please take a look at the details at that link.

The Dressage4Kids.com site will be updated within a few days to reflect 2007 information. Thank you for your suggestions, and please stay in touch through the Message Board at the site.

You can access the D4K Bookstore online for updates.

To be added to our mailing list, email your contact information to jlkurtz@reykurassociatesinc.com.

Happy New Year to you and to your horses!

Sincerely,

Lendon

Dressage 4 Kids

email: graydressage@optonline.net

phone: 914 234-4158

web: http://dressage4kids.com

"Testing your knowledge."

Once again our sponsors were so generous and they not only make it possible for us to give wonderful prizes, but help us to keep the expenses down and still be able to award scholarships. Click on Sponsorship to see a list of our terrific sponsors and note especially the list of those who have been with us for five or more years.

Any former Youth Dressage Festival competitor or participant in the Weekend Educational Program or the FEI Pony Clinic within the last two years may apply for the Lendon Gray Scholarship Awards to further their equestrian education. For more information and reports from previous award winners, click on Scholarship.

"Winners!"

Our volunteers are amazing, and we all have a great time. Get involved in putting on this unique and important event. Meet potential future Olympians, past Olympians, VIP's and other wonderful people. Did I mention the free food? To find out more, click on Volunteer.

Attention ARTISTS. Check out the art contest for the cover of our program. Details can be found by clicking on Prize List.

Meet Lendon Gray and the YDF Committee

The Braley Gray Award

The Corinne Gray Award

Please stay tuned for updates!

Dressage4Kids is now more than the festival!


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Watch for details on

Weekend Educational Program
Linked PHOTO Albums
FEI Pony Clinic
Summer Clinics
Scholarships.

The link on the right to the D4K Blog is to help us migrate away from the old message board.

Please send website and related questions to Jeff Kurtz: jlkurtz@reykurassociatesinc.com

Read about Chelsea Allen's "Secret"

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Leadership of Lendon F. Gray

Reading List coming soon.

Age Ruling

For the purposes of this competition, the FEI age rule applies. The rider's age is the age the rider reaches in the calendar year. The riders age on December 31 2007 is the age of the rider for the 2007 Youth Dressage Festival.

2005 Special Award Winners

We will be creating a new photo section shortly... Don't hesitate to send suggestions! 1/06/07

USDF Region 8 Junior/Young Rider Team Champions, Team Buns of Steel: Courtney Fanara, Christine Landry, Meghan Armstrong, and Amanda Bartels, trained by Sandi Every.