For a limited time WDAA Ride a Tests are free of charge!
Beginning May 4th the first 20 submissions will be free. The judges for this session are Sharron Sarchet and Joanne Coy, both USEF Western Dressage Large R judges. They will score your ride plus give lot’s of extra guidance on how to make your ride more successful. On April 11th we launched this fun member benefit with Cindy Butler (R) as the first judge and we hope it will become an asset to your training. All you need to do is submit a video of a ridden test following the guidelines within this link: https://wdaa.memberclicks.net/wdaa-online-ride-a-test-program These videos will be evaluated by USEF WD licensed judges on a rotating basis so you will be able to get plenty of very valuable feed back and guidance from the most thoroughly educated Western Dressage Judges in the World!
WDAA NOW RECOGNIZES ONLINE SHOWS!
In response to the Covid 19 crisis the WDAA Board of Directors decided to recognize online shows for 1/2 WHLPAP points. All criteria can be found on the new WDAA Show Recognition page, https://westerndressageassociation.org/show-recognition-information/ This will be a permanent program it will not go away after the crisis has passed. Please visit the WDAA calendar for online shows, https://westerndressageassociation.org/event-calendar/
New Ohio Western Dressage Affiliate
WDAA extends a warm welcome to our newest affiliate Ohio. They are known as Ohio Western Dressage Association (OWDA), headed by Samantha Terry of Urbana, OH. They have a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/OWDArider/) and hope to have more people from Ohio and nearby states join the affiliate to participate in events and projects now and when the country begins to open up. Welcome OWDA!