Lexington, KY – USEF Developing Dressage Clinics wrapped up for the Spring season last week in Loxahatchee, FL at Walter and Mary Anne McPhail’s High Meadow Farm. The clinic schedule began in Thousand Oaks, CA at Michael and Linda Fowler’s Epona Farms, January 7-8, and included clinics at High Meadow Farm, January 31 – February 1 and April 3-4 and an additional clinic at Epona Farms, March 16-17. Focusing on the development of dressage talent in the U.S., these clinics are led by USEF Developing Dressage Coach Debbie McDonald and have been made possible by a gift from USET Foundation Trustee Akiko Yamazaki/Red Husky Foundation.

The first clinic in Florida included seven athlete/horse combinations: Susan Dutta with Currency DC, Silva Martin with Aesthete, Sharon McCucker with Wrigley, Caroline Roffman with Pie, Tami Batts with Ranko, John Lee Amber with Shakespeare RSF and Whit Watkins with Cipriani. In March on the West coast, combinations included Olympian Leslie Morse with her up-and-coming horses Excalibur and Ruby, Carolyn Adams with Winterprinz, David Blake with Royal Prinz and Lord Albert, Rebecca Rigdon with Solei and Adje, Brian Hafner with Lombardo LHF and Mette Rosencrantz with Finally. Back in Florida in April, McDonald saw six riders with seven horses: Caroline Roffman with Pie and Her Highness, JJ Tate with Faberge, Olivia LaGoy-Weltz with Riffalino, Devon Kane with Destiny, Chris Schruefer with De Facto and Stacey Parvey-Larson with Bendietto.

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