I’d like to welcome you to the newest member of my team and family: El Paso!! El Paso arrived this weekend all the way from Holland. We got to pick him up from quarantine a few days ago and he has settled in nicely. It’s such a change in environment and weather for him, but he’s adjusted like a pro! He really loves his new horse friends and all the love and attention he’s getting. He took to my wheelchair no problem. I've ridden him a few times and he's been super! He really

The Adequan Global Dressage Festival 2 CPEDI3* was a great show as I saw improvement of scores from day to day! Sparklez (aka, Captain Moonlight TG) and I had one more week of training between this show and the first CPEDI3* of the season and we used that time to really improve our walk and trot work and make some adjustments to our equipment. It really paid off. Again, Sparklez and I had really only been training together since December, but he transitioned into his para lif

Sparklez and I competed in our first CPEDI*** show at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, FL this past weekend. It was the biggest and most electrifying show ring I've been in yet. The weather was cold, windy, and rainy. The first day of warm up nothing was tied down so things were flapping in the fierce winds throughout the arena, people were working all around with men on ladders and people using staple guns. This continued through the week when on the secon

Hey Everyone! Here's another great way you can support my trip to National Championships in Tryon coming up next month. Check out this online auction with so many awesome goods donated by amazing people and companies such as Dressage Extensions, People On Horses, G-Train Fitness Center, Sabine Schut-Kery, Angels MedSpa, Los Angeles, Riding Warehouse, Equipe Saddles - USA, Entrigue, Santa Anita Hot Yoga Studio, Flax Pen to Paper, Frilly Fillies Horse Bonnets, and more! Please

Through dedication and persistence, Royal and I have earned our qualifying scores for the US Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships in Tryon, NC in September! Through passion and resilience, we are a successful National and International competition pair with a bright future. To show at Nationals is quite expensive as I will have to fly Royal out to North Carolina, pay for show fees, board, training, and even require assistance to tack up my horse, groom my horse, an

After working so hard this season, Royal and I are now qualified for the USEF Para Equestrian Dressage National Championship in Tryon, NC in September! It's such an honor and privilege to qualify after dedicating so much time and effort to training and showing over the last few months. This is also a big trip. Stay tuned for a silent auction to support our trip there and in the meantime check out my gofundme at www.gofundme.com/paradresse. If there's anything else you'd like

I’m finally home and rested! What a fantastic week at our first international show at the CPEDI3* at Rancho Murieta! It was a very brutal show with the incredibly hot weather, but it was a fun week with all the other talented para riders, families, and grooms that were incredibly supportive. I was so proud of Royal for being so calm and relaxed throughout the entire show. He got off the long trailer ride like a pro and settled in easily as he got acclimated to the main ring l

Earlier this week I was honored to be awarded a grant by a wonderful organization called Ralph's Riders. Ralph's Riders was founded by Mayra Fornos in honor of her late husband Ralph who suffered a spinal cord injury soon after they were married. Undeterred by his injury and facing enormous obstacles, Ralph was determined to conquer his injury and make the world a better place. Ralph and Mayra even obtained their law degrees together and opened the law offices of Fornos & As