It’s About The Journey
Why do I love dressage? For me, riding horses isn’t a means to an end. It isn’t all about competing or being in the spotlight. Don’t get me wrong- I like to do well and win prizes just like everyone else. But the real reason I love dressage are those...
Just Another Day….
The last few months have been so busy. My family moved from Richmond, VA to Lexington, KY. No small feat for a family of 6! We started new jobs, new schools and of course we moved horses. Needless to say I haven’t had a whole lot of extra time to blog. It seems like...
Thank you, Bo
I recently have had the extreme honor of leasing Amy’s Prix St. Georges gelding, Bo. I have known Amy and Bo for several years and have seen Amy retrain him after he had spent some time in a program that didn’t work well for him. I have ridden Bo a handful of...
Why I Ride Dressage
I have done most English disciplines with my horse, Echo, including eventing up to the Novice level, hunter/jumpers to 3 foot, and pleasure classes. Now we are schooling 3rd Level dressage and hopefully making our 3rd Level debut in August! A lot of my friends are...
Guest Blogger – Flying Changes
Guest Blogger Mari Monda Zdunic joins us again! “Doubt caused indecision. Indecision causes inaction. Inaction causes us to put the important back there where the unimportant things reside. Inaction cause idleness and additional doubt. It builds a wall between...
Micromanaging
Recently I have been riding three very different horses but a theme has come to light during my lessons which is my bad habit of micromanaging. I think dressage riders have an especially tough task in avoiding micromanaging their horses during rides. Dressage attracts...
Looking on the Bright Side
This year started out amazing. I have two really nice horses to show. Both just keep getting better. My plan was to qualify Saltira for the USDF Regional Championship at first and possibly second level. This would be my first season competing Belle and I would...
Horse Shows! The thrill of victory and the agony…..
Horse shows!!! They can be amazingly fun and devastating. Why do we place so much emphasis on something we do for fun? Why do we let one persons opinion matter so much? Well obviously we want the justification that all the hours of hard work, not to mention the...
Straightness!!!
So have you ever thought you knew something only to realize later how clueless you were? I have taken many lessons from fabulous trainers who would tell me how important straightness is. Every day we would work on my position being straight and my horse...
Mares – Gotta Love Them!
Since I started to ride at the age of 9, I've been fortunate to ride many different breeds of horses including Arabians, Anglo-Arabs, Morgans, Thoroughbreds, Quarter Horses, Paints, Lipizzaners, and various breed of warmbloods. Each breed brings with it certain...
About Dahlgren Dressage
Amy Dahlgren of Dahlgren Dressage is a USDF Bronze and Silver medalist offering quality dressage instruction in central Virginia.