Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athletes selected to participate in the 2026 USEF Dressage Training Series. The East Coast clinic, presented by Zen Elite Equestrian Center, will be held at the Wellington International home of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Fla., from January 2-4, 2026. The West Coast clinic will take place at the HITS Del Mar Horsepark in Del Mar, Calif., from February 19-22, 2026.  

The Dressage Training Series is designed to identify and develop the next generation of top U.S. Dressage team athletes and includes mounted and unmounted sessions with top professionals on topics related to riding, competing, and horse care. Instructors for the mounted sessions for the East Coast clinic are Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, George Williams, and TBD. George Williams, Sabine Schut-Kery, and Guenter Seidel will instruct athletes on the West Coast during their mounted sessions.  

Athletes were automatically invited to participate in the 2026 USEF Dressage Training Series based on their results at various high-level competitions or through the application process. Athletes include individual and freestyle gold medalists of the FEI North American Youth Championships, gold and silver medalists from the USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals, top three overall in both the USEF Junior Dressage National Championship and the USEF Young Rider Dressage National Championship, and Champion and Reserve Champion in both the USEF Children Dressage National Championship and the USEF Pony Rider Dressage National Championship.   

The following athletes have been selected for the 2026 USEF Dressage Training Series – East Coast, presented by Zen Elite Equestrian Center. 

• Katherine Bright (Auburn, Ala.) 

• Grace Christianson (Nobelsville, Ind.) 

• McKenzie Dicks (Gorham, Maine) 

• Laila Edwards (Annapolis, Md.) 

• Eila Fisk (Aiken, S.C.) 

• Gianna Foley (Ocala, Fla.) 

• Lark Heckman (Ocala, Fla.) 

• Ava Hobbs (Lake City, Fla.) 

• Harper Kane (Wellington, Fla.) 

• Hayden Kane (Wellington, Fla.)  

• Bennett McWhorter (Baton Rouge, La.) 

• Elena Moffitt (Atlanta, Ga.) 

• Ava Noone (Gibsonia, Pa.) 

• Alexis Troutman (Gainesville, Ga.) 

• Virginia Woodcock (Atlanta, Ga.) 

 

The following athletes have been selected for the 2026 USEF Dressage Training Series – West Coast. 

• Josh Albrecht (Oroville, Calif.) 

• Ellanor Boehning (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) 

• Sage Chacon (Riverside, Calif.) 

• Emme Chisholm (Ramona, Calif.) 

• Tayla Damyanovich (Hibbing, Minn.) 

• Tiggy Gates (Encintas, Calif.) 

• Samantha MacDonald (Phoenix, Ariz.) 

• McKenzie Milburn (San Diego, Calif.) 

• Gwenyth Miller (Carlsbad, Calif.) 

• Emma Schneider (Sunland, Calif.) 

• Haley Smith (San Diego, Calif.) 

• Claire Tucker (Lincoln, Neb.) 

• Nicola Valentine (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 

• Maverick Wright (Milton-Freewater, Ore.) 

• Miki Yang (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) 

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