The Dressage Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of this year's $1,000 Evie Tumlin Memorial Fund Grant for Region 9 Adult Amateurs as Kathleen VanBeber (LA). The purpose of the Evie Tumlin Memorial Fund is to provide grants to adult amateur riders who currently reside in USDF Region 9, to aid in their development in dressage and/or eventing.
Kathleen is a member of the Southern Eventing and Dressage Association and is the owner of a 15-year-old off-the-track Thoroughbred, Winny. Kathleen has mostly developed Winny on her own and would like to use the grant funding for more professional help. With her funding, she will take two additional lessons per week, one with Winny and one on a schoolmaster owned by her trainer, Kalie Beckers. She will also use the funding to attend a clinic with Linda Strine. Katheen's goal is to "tackle" Second Level this fall and eventually earn her bronze medal.
Kathleen said, “I am honored to have been chosen as the 2026 recipient of the Evie Tumlin Memorial Training Grant from The Dressage Foundation. The funding from this grant will help me further my education and improve my ability to produce my mare, Wing it Winny, through the levels of dressage and ultimately earn a USDF bronze medal together. I am looking forward to taking this opportunity to focus on my own biomechanics and position to be a more effective rider for Winny. Thank you so much to TDF donors and the selection committee for granting me this opportunity!”
Donations to support Region 9 Adult Amateurs through the Evie Tumlin Memorial Fund are welcome. Information and online giving are available at www.dressagefoundation.org.
For more information about the Evie Tumlin Fund for Region 9 Adult Amateurs or The Dressage Foundation, please contact Sara Weiss, TDF’s Director of Grants and Programs, at (402) 434-8585 or visit www.dressagefoundation.org.
The Dressage Foundation
The Dressage Foundation is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, tax-exempt, donor-driven organization that is dedicated to educating, supporting, and advancing the sport of dressage. The organization solicits contributions, appropriately allocates the donations, and awards grants to dressage riders, judges, instructors, breeders, high performance teams, nonprofit equestrian organizations, and more. For more information, please visit www.dressagefoundation.org.
Photo by Marie Cobb.
