White Horse Dressage

8 month profile. WW! 3 more months to go.

We had fun with filming for the winter halter series virtual horse show and lessons last weekend at Meadowbrook Equestrian Center.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Rankin and Honeys Diva on winning the Youth Horsemanship High Score and first place in all three of her tests including Basic Level Test 1 at the WDAA 2020 Silver Holiday Western Dressage Show. Also in the ribbons were Abby Ring and Sashey La Fey placing second in Youth Intro Level tests 3 and 4, as well as Youth Horsemanship. Well done ladies!

We have really been enjoying these virtual horse shows. Even 31 y.o. Miss Winnie was able to participate in Halter classes and the moms are loving Parent Showmanship.

Had some lovely days for our first week here in Rescue, CA.

Thank you to my wonderful team for gifting me this gorgeous embroidered logo stall sign. I can't want to use it at AHANC in April!

It's Christmas time and the weather is great! Get out and ride.

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Fun weekend of lessons, virtual showing, and this cool kiddo's 9th birthday.

Congratulations to the Groninger family on the purchase of Eh Magic Aulrab! We are excited to have him join the WHD Shazaam show team.

Nice horse show morning for Liz and Honeys Diva and Abby and Sashey La Fey.

Here are some highlights from the Fear Factor game and the Water Relay.

Fabulous WHD Halloween Party today. Great kids, great horses, and great families! Here are some costume highlights.

WHD has space for one horse for training. Please contact me asap. You will need to move your horse in by Nov. 1st.WHD has space for one horse for training. Please contact me asap. You will need to move your horse in by Nov. 1st.

Test riding a Native Costume on Miss Shey. Can't wait to see the bridle and entire rider ensemble on her! I felt like a wizard in that robe. LOL

So proud of all our Nationals riders and horses.

This woman has been such a great friend and supporter of WHD. It was a pleasure sharing the Sport Horse Nationals experience with you, Nicole Tuscher.

Convoy of horse trailers on I-80 coming back from Idaho.

This beautiful young lady had a great time at Sport Horse Nationals showing off sweet Honeys Diva after only loping under saddle for 2 months. WHD is so very proud of these two with their positive attitudes. They are perfect for each other and we cannot wait to see what the future brings for them.

Congratulations to Tracy Browne and Payback Beacon. What a great accomplishment for this duo! AAOTR Training Level dressage National Top 10 after only 4 months in training with WHD. Tracy had been told that this horse would not be good for anything but a pasture pet or euthanasia. Now look at them and a sweepstakes winner too!

This. This is what the WHD training program is all about. Yes, winning is fun, but check out Honeys Diva at her first show ever with her youth rider. Train came up behind her and she did not even flinch!

National Top 10 STJ El Ragel and his 72 y.o. owner Carol Bloss. Well done!

Well done Lizzy and Honeys Diva on scoring over 60 in their first ever Western Dressage test at Arabian Sport Horse Nationals! We are so proud of you.

Congratulations Tracy Browne and Payback Beacon on completing their first Sport Horse Under Saddle class at Arabian Sport Horse Nationals! You guys looked fabulous.

Congratulations Elizabeth Rankin and Honeys Diva on some great runs in their Sport Horse in Hand classes today at Arabian Sport Horse Nationals!

Congratulations STJ El Ragel on finishing his 2020 Arabian Sport Horse Nationals experience with Reserve Champion and 3 National Top 10 honors! So proud of the work I have done with him in such a short amount of time.

National Top 10 Training Level and Reserve Champion SHIH, STJ El Ragel trained and ridden by Valerie Baker.

First day of competition starts bright and early tomorrow. Bella is ready for dressage! Good luck also to River and Raj in the Sport Horse in Hand classes tomorrow.

Great practice day for Diva, Bella, River, And Raj at Arabian Sport Horse Nationals.

Packed and ready for a 3 am departure! Idaho here we come.

So much fun with 3 of our horses and 5 kiddos at the El Dorado County Fair schooling show last Sunday. It was a little smokey, but we took it easy. Such a HUGE turnout was great to see!

Looking forward to seeing how Liz and Honeys Diva and Valerie and El Ragel did!!

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We had a great time at the MLAHA schooling show which presented lots of our newer riders with great opportunities to see what showing an Arabian is all about. Chloe and Rylee shared Hershey's Gold, Liz showed her young mare, Honeys Diva, Abby showed both her grandma's mare Moon Heiress and my leased mare TA Glitterngold, Allie and her mom showed their gelding SG Demitasse, and even Timothy hopped on for one class. Such a great day out with wonderful clients, families, and horses. We are ready to do it again next week for the El Dorado County Fairgrounds Schooling show.

We cannot wait for Sunday!

WHD is proud to welcome El Ragel to the training barn. "Raj" is with us to prepare for Arabian Sport Horse Nationals and we are thrilled to have this awesome gelding and his very nice owners, Carol and Chuck, on our team.

So fun! Let's do it!

I didn't get photos of everyone today but we had a great morning of lessons and training before the heat set in. Thank you Lindsey for the fabulous Flexifreeze vest!

It was amazing to be at a horse show again. So thankful for normalcy and stability. Thank you Nancy Harvey and Arabian Horse Association for recognizing our need to move forward. We finished with 3 Pacific Slope Regional Championships, 4 Reserve Championships, 6 Top Fives, and numerous firsts and second placings in the pre-show. Well done all, but mostly thank you for supporting WHD as we struggle to navigate through these difficult times.

Great first day at AHANC Murieta Equestrian Center with 3 Firsts and 3 Seconds from Margaret and CR Khieran, Dakota and Romanov Legacy, and Elizabeth and TA Glitterngold. Next up, tomorrow is Sport Horse including Abby and Moon Heiress, and Gabe and Goode Hearted Man.

Great practice rides lead to a great show. Happy to be showing!

I can't believe we are really here!!! So happy for stability and normalcy. Murieta Equestrian Center

Well done Lizzy and TA Glitterngold with First Place in FFA Showmanship!

WHD welcomes Payback Beacon, aka River, into full training. River was bred by Al-Marah Arabians and has been on the endurance circuit for several years. It is now time to start his new career as a Sport Horse. We are excited to see this guy and his family of riders progress through dressage.

Awesome morning rides before the heat.

We love our western dressage riders on three amazing purebred Arabians!

Gotta ride early when it is this hot! WHD riders are careful with their horses in the heat, but these summer days make great spa days for the horses.

AHA Town Hall with Nancy Harvey regarding the Mid Summer National Championship Horse Show

Enjoy the Spring rain today!

This will be the fairgrounds schooling show May 31st. LOL

Super excited for this goal for some of our riders!

So happy to have some stability and normalcy and to be back at the fairgrounds for Open Ride. Lovely footing, beautifully groomed this morning, and a shady covered arena. What a fun day for Sami and Shey to finally have a field trip!

Someone was all smiles this past weekend as he got to have a ride on his all time favorite mount, Kami. Thank you Nichole Tuscher for making this teenager smile so big!

So happy to be able to provide healthy physically distant outdoor activity for kids! Hershey is super happy too.