Riders Announced on Updated Dressage Development Program List

Dressage

U.S.A.

US Equestrian (USEF) has announced the updated member lists to the Dressage Development Program.

The aim of the Dressage Development Program is to provide strategic guidance and resources to selected athletes with the perceived ability to make the podium or contribute to podium scores. This program is overseen by the USEF Development Coach with the assistance of the USEF Dressage Youth and Young Horse Coaches, as well as the USEF Dressage Technical Advisor.

The Program is supported by Akiko Yamazaki and her family’s foundation, The Red Husky Foundation.

The athlete/horse combinations that have met the criteria for Dressage Development Program membership are:

Lauren Asher (Littleton, Colo.) with West Side, Select Equine International’s 16-year-old KPWN gelding
Jennifer Baumert (Wellington, Fla.) with Handsome, Betsy Juliano LLC’s 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding
Patti Becker (Wadsworth, Ill.) with Freedom, Anne Ramsay’s 12-year-old Oldenburg stallion
Heather Blitz (Wellington, Fla.) with Praestemarkens Quatero, her 10-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding
Michael Bragdell (Colora, Md.) with Qredit Hilltop, Hilltop Farm Inc’s 11-year-old Oldenburg stallion
Michael Bragdell with Sternlicht Hilltop, Hilltop Farm Inc’s nine-year-old Hanoverian stallion
Niki Clarke (Temecula, Calif.) with Coral Reef Scoobidooh, Coral Reef Ranch’s 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding
Lehua Custer (North Hollywood, Calif.) with F.J. Ramzes, Wendy Sasser’s nine-year-old KWPN gelding
Claire Darnell (Moorpark, Calif.) with Harrold S, her seven-year-old KWPN gelding
Susie Dutta (Wellington, Fla.) with Dimacci DC, her and Tim Dutta’s 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding
Shawna Harding (Aiken, S.C.) with Regent, her nine-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding
Kristina Harrison (Burbank, Calif.) with Finley, her nine-year-old KWPN gelding
Chris Hickey (Wellington, Fla.) with Straight Horse Zackonik, Cecelia Stewart’s nine-year-old Danish Warmblood mare
Aaron Janicki (Mount Vernon, Wash.) with Heron, his seven-year-old KWPN gelding
Jodie Kelly-Baxley (Destin, Fla.) with Caymus, Beth Godwin’s 12-year-old KWPN gelding
Jami Kment (Palmyra, Neb.) with Gatino Van Hof Olympia, her and Elaine Vandeventer’s eight-year-old KWPN gelding
Sarah Lockman (Wildomar, Calif.) with Balia, Gerry Ibanez’s seven-year-old Westphalian mare
Amy Miller (Fullerton, Calif.) with Encore, her 10-year-old KWPN gelding
Jennifer Schrader-Williams (Olympia, Wash.) with Millione, Millione Partners, LLC’s 16-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding
Melissa Taylor (Wellington, Fla.) with Dixie WRF, her and Marcia Pepper’s 11-year-old KWPN mare
Alice Tarjan (Oldwick, N.J.) with Harvest, her seven-year-old KWPN stallion
Carly Taylor-Smith (Malibu, Calif.) with Rosalut NHF, Nikki Taylor-Smith’s nine-year-old Oldenburg gelding
Dawn White-O’Connor (San Diego, Calif.) with Bailarino, Four Winds Farm’s 11-year-old Oldenburg gelding