Qualifying Not Required! September 28th – October 1st, 2017 Lazy E Arena Guthrie, Oklahoma www.wdaaworldshow.org Featuring USEF Recognized Local Show (#334526) (no USEF memberships or registrations needed – Exception: USEF amateur card required if showing in Amateur classes) WDAA Lifetime Points and Awards Program (#17-100) Competitor’s Party and Silent Auction $250 Freestyle Stake $250 Costume […]
Tale of Two Hats-East Meets West By Kristal Homoki
This is the link you need to complete your western dressage outfit to look sharp and be safe!! Don’t hesitate to try your creative hand at making this! If you need help, you can contact Kristal at mtntopmorgans@yahoo.com Click on link below. Tale of Two Hats You are going to love this!!!
Western Dressage “On Fire” in Michigan By Joanne Coy
Western Dressage “On Fire” in Michigan!! By Joanne Coy I just wanted to let you know that western dressage is “on fire” here in southwest Michigan! My USDF GMO (Glass-Ed) just put on a western dressage clinic (I was the clinician) and we had around 45 people in attendance on a cold, snowy/rainy day, who […]
Meet new WDAMI Board member Joanne Coy
I am a long term member of USEF, USDF, AQHA, GLDRA, UMECRA (distance riding groups, endurance and competitive trail), am the Secretary for Glass-Ed (a GMO of USDF), and belong to two local riding clubs, Yankee Springs Trail Riders and Allegan County Pleasure Riders. I have owned horses all of my adult life, and my […]
Meet new WDAMI Board member Kristal Homoki
I am the owner/breeder and trainer of MtnTop Morgans in Brooklyn MI. I am blessed to be a third-generation Morgan owner/breeder and trainer as well. My Great Aunt and my mother have been some of my greatest mentors and they have instilled a strong sense in me that the Morgan Horse should be a versatile […]
Meet our Members-Mary Lynne Zylstra
After a 27-year hiatus from the horse world, I met a sporty little black Quarter Horse named Poco Blu Bar, 10 years ago, when I turned 50. I fell in love with his personality, size and looks and leased him for a year, then bought him. Blu is a jack-of-all-trade, master-of-none so to speak. He […]
Saddle Up February 2017
Saddle Up Association News Art for February 2017
Michigan Celebrates WDAMI’s 2015 Year End Award Winners
February 27, 2016 WDAMI hosted it’s 2015 Year End Award program! Complete with a fabulous luncheon menu, silent auction items and door prizes, Michigan members and their guests enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of comradery and presentations. Our speakers for the program were Joanne Coy and Jessica Shier. Joanne is participating in the WDAA Judges Program […]
An “Old” Dressage Rider finds Western Dressage
By Cynthia Morcott Two short years ago, I happily discovered western dressage. As an aging dressage rider I was at the point in my life where I knew I had to quit riding the powerful and sometimes unpredictable warmbloods I had been riding for the last 30 years. While I had experienced owning and riding […]
Meet our Members – Elise Rich
Elise Rich and Jazz Jazz is an amazing example of how dressage can truly transform a horse and cultivate potential in any discipline. He is a very sweet and quiet 9-year-old American Paint gelding who came to me as a trail horse for additional training in the spring of 2014. Two trainers had previously told […]