Help For Dressage Instructors

Continuing Education for Dressage Instructors

This is for education of all who instruct or train. Founded by Maryal Barnett, the new program offers ten annual grants of $1,000 each, to USDF GMOs for Instructor education. Grants will be issued on a "first-come-first-served" basis each year, and as the Fund grows, additional sessions will be offered to groups and organizations beyond GMOs.

Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship

We are pleased to announce that the Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship will once again be available in 2010.  This scholarship is awarded annually to a Dressage instructor, especially those in the USDF Certified Pool, Training through Fourth Levels.  This award is meant to help with the expenses incurred as recipients study and train abroad to improve the Dressage teaching and training.

USDF Region 9 Annual Prize for Dressage Teaching Excellence

This new $5,000 award will recognize and honor excellence in the teaching of Dressage, to a USDF Region 9 Dressage Instructor. This annual award was presented for the first time at the Great American/USDF Region 9 Championships Dressage Show on Saturday, October 31, 2009, at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center, Katy, Texas. The 2009 recipient was Marie Morgan. Read the press release here.  The Dressage Foundation will administer this new $5,000 annual award.

The Trip Harting Fund

Provides funding assistance for a Pony Club rider to attend the United States Dressage Federation ‘L’ Education Program or Instructor Certification Program.  Applicants must be current or graduate Pony Club members with a B or A rating.  Applications are due no later than February 1st of each year, for that year's award.

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Cheryl Finke Developing Rider Fund for CenterLine Dressage (IL)

This fund awards scholarships to help provide educational training for riders who are members of CenterLine Dressage (IL) and are riding at Fourth Level and above.  The Dressage Foundation is pleased to provide stewardship services for this Fund.

The Michael Poulin Dressage Fund

Established at The Dressage Foundation by friends and supporters of Olympian Michael Poulin, the purpose of this Fund is to provide funding support for programs and projects that enhance the quality of Dressage in the United States, through any and all of its component disciplines - riding, competing, training, instructing, and judging.  Grant applications should contain bold, creative, innovative ideas for the improvement and strengthening of Dressage.