The WDAGA Rookie of the Year Awards Program was created to honor WDAGA members in their first year showing Western Dressage EVER. We recognize a Rookie Youth and a Rookie Amateur at our Year End Awards Banquet. This award is to encourage new people to participate in our sport. The rules are simple, and there…
WDAA announced two new awards that are being given at the World Show this year. The “Silver Spur Award” was suggested to WDAA by WDAGA High Point Chairperson Kim Depp. It’s an award given to the oldest combined team of horse and rider (horse’s age plus rider’s age). Imagine a 65-year-old rider with a 20-year-old…
We are excited to offer this Ride-A-Test event in honor of our Georgia girl “Calico,” an impressive horse owned and shown by Nancy Conley who was the first WDAA Gold Medal Winner in the U.S. and has won countless other medals and awards including USEF Western Dressage Horse of the Year. We want this perpetual…
It’s time for a shindig! The 2022 Western Dressage Association of Georgia Shindig will be held on January 7-9, 2022, at Brandreth Farms in Talking Rock, GA, at their wonderful enclosed facility. What is a Shindig? It’s a fantastic weekend of folks enjoying their horses, each other, and their mutual love of Western Dressage. This is not a formal…
Cheryl Pritchard is a Western Dressage Association of America Train the Trainer graduate. She is also co-founded the Western Dressage Association of Georgia. Below is a question and answer session with Cheryl about her Western Dressage journey. Where do you give lessons or provide training? I own and operate Simply Dun Farm in Conyers Georgia. I train horses…
Many thanks to Lynn Palm of Palm Partnership and Marie-Frances Davis of Western Dressage Association of Florida for an amazing clinic on Friday, May 6. We had a wonderful turnout of 15 members who asked great questions and gave a big thumbs-up to the evening of education. Congratulations to Claire Morales on winning the $75…