From www.okstate.com Waco, Texas. - he No. 3 Oklahoma State equestrian team won the Big 12 Championship for the third-straight year after defeating No. 6 Baylor, 10-9, at Willis Family Equestrian Center in Waco, Texas. It is the fourth conference title for the Cowgirls. Two judges score the events during the Big 12 Championships and the scores are combined for the rider’s official score. In the covered arena, the equitation over fences team picked up a big three points for the Cowgirls....

from www.okstate.com/ Stillwater, Okla. - For the third-straight season, the third-ranked Oklahoma State equestrian team will be the top seed at the 2014 Big 12 Equestrian Championship, the league announced today. OSU (7-3), the two-time defending Big 12 champions, finished conference play with a 3-3 record. The Cowgirls lead the league with three titles, taking the crown in 2009, 2012 and 2013. All four Big 12 teams finished this season with a 3-3 record, but the Cowgirls claimed the...

from www.okstate.com . Stillwater, Okla. - The No. 4 Oklahoma State equestrian team defeated No. 5 Baylor, 11-7, Saturday at Animal Science Arena. The Cowgirls (6-3) have won six out of the last seven matches and finish with a 3-3 conference record. Three riders from the equitation over fences team scored in the 90s for OSU Saturday. Senior Andrea Robbins earned her second Most Outstanding Performer award this season for her 93-84 win over Paige Parker. Senior Samantha Harrison defeated Alicia...

from https://www.gobulldogs.com/ Fresno, Calif . - The Fresno State equestrian team upset No. 2 Baylor with a nail-biting 8-7 victory on day one of the Bulldog-hosted tournament against SMU and Baylor. "More than excited is the best way to put it right now," interim head coach Eric Hubbard said. "We've been riding really well, so we knew we could do it at home, and the girls proved it today." Both teams competed neck-and-neck throughout the entire competition. Tied 7-7, the last ride...

Reprinted with permission from Cowboy Dressage Newsletter: August 2-4, 2013 “Build It and They Will Come” “Cowboy Dressage Competition debuted at Rancho Murieta Gold N Grand Horse Show Aug 2-4. Gold N Grand is known on the west coast for being the premier open horse show at one of the west’s top equine facilities. A record number of 183 entries for one discipline made history. It was Cowboy Dressage. This does not happen by accident. It happens because of hard work, a...

July 31 through August 4 Murieta Equestrian Center in Rancho Murieta California will be the site for the 2013 “Gold N Grand Cowboy Dressage Show.” The show sports 42 classes with competitive divisions for open, amateur and youth riders who will be riding walk/jog and walk/jog/lope and Cowboy Challenge tests. As of this writing, there were 165 rides scheduled in three days! Such a fabulous turnout for Cowboy Dressage in Northern California. Show official Michele Dodge will oversee 3...

As you know I occasionally receive a story from a Western Dressage rider and this week I would like to share with you the story behind a beautiful magazine cover photo that appeared recently in Paint Horse Journal and which featured coverage of Western Dressage. The photo was of Katrina Sanders and her Paint horse Pirate. Here is what Katrina shares with western dressage enthusiasts this week: “Thank you so much for offering to feature my photo in your blog! I am honored and so grateful...

Kristi Nunnink & R-Star after winning the Event at Rebecca Farm CIC3* (USEA) Kalispel, MT - R-Star has done it again. For the second consecutive year, this grey Holsteiner mare by Riverman, has won the CIC3* at The Event at Rebecca Farm rising from fifth after cross-country to first with an accurately ridden round over the Marc Donovan designed show jumping course. Katie Ruppel and Houdini took down just one rail to move up to second ahead of Katie Groesbeck and Oz The Tin Man who moved...

Show season keeps moving forward and the scores keep coming in. At the last WSH show, the high score rider, Linda Coates-Markle, received a whopping 76% on NAWD Level 3 Test 1 (that is the western equivalent of USDF First Level) riding her Quarter Horse mare. Once again, this last weekend, shows featuring Western Dressage classes were held all over the country and WD riders on both sides of the nation received the highest Phyllis Ray and Starr in the warm-up (Darcia Drapeau) scores recorded at...

Thanks to everyone who took the time to send emails to USEF and for sharing your thoughts and feelings about the direction Western Dressage should take. It is so important to hear and listen to different ideas from all directions as the discipline develops. At this point all there is to do is continue to ride and train and show, and most important, to have fun with our horses. With another show coming up this weekend for us, I have put a lot of thought into the questions the last show brought...