Dressagedaily reported that Courtney King-Dye is ready to clime back in the saddle of an FEI schoolmaster. Sharing the experiences on her website of her recovery from a brain injury
suffered last March when a horse she was riding tripped and fell on her, U.S. Olympic team member Courtney King Dye has recounted her therapies, travels, and now her search for a horse to get her back into the ring.
Back on a 22-year old therapy horse and in her own saddle which had been the one she rode in the Olympic Games, Courtney has been riding each Wednesday, and out on the trails. Training on a simulator has increased her balance and strength.
Her barn and horses in training have been efficiently maintained by her head trainer Jennifer Marchand. Like most east coast high performance Dressage riders, Courtney is headed to Florida with all intentions of riding again.
Courtney and her sponsor are looking for the horse she can do it with: ideally, an FEI schoolmaster, quiet and confirmed who will help her return to the show ring. Courtney knows she can ride again, but is realistic in her recovery regarding the partner who was to have been her premier World Equestrian Games and Olympic hopeful Hampton Green Farm’s PRE Stallion Grandioso.
by Mary Phelps-Hathaway
Read the entire article on Courtney's search for an FEI schoolmaster on Dressagedaily.com
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