by Amy Dahlgren | Feb 18, 2021 | Uncategorized, Winter
Its been a crazy week for us and in honor of all the snow Im going to post a series of winter weather tips and tricks. Stay tuned and I hope now that I am posting these we will have Spring quickly arrive! Stay warm and stay safe. Amy
by Amy Dahlgren | Feb 6, 2018 | Amy, Tips, Uncategorized
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...
by Amy Dahlgren | Jul 18, 2017 | Samantha, Uncategorized
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...
by Amy Dahlgren | Jun 28, 2017 | Samantha, Tips, Training Tips, Uncategorized
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...
by Amy Dahlgren | May 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Amy Dahlgren | Feb 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Funny how things work out. It was about one year ago I went to Wellington, FL with my two friends, Samantha and Lindsey. We had gone down to watch the beautiful horses at Global Dressage Festival, visit friends, enjoy the weather and of course do some shopping. We had...
Amy Dahlgren of Dahlgren Dressage is a USDF Bronze and Silver medalist offering quality dressage instruction in central Virginia.