Volunteer Opportunites!
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Upcoming Educational Opportunities – Don’t Miss Out!
Registration links are on the RMDS Calendar Page! SHOW MANAGEMENT TRAINING Thursday February 24, 20222:00 – 5:30 Zoom Meeting The top 3 reasons to attend: Understand how shows operate Yes you can – put on your own show How to make your shows run efficiently and be profitable Interested in learning about Dressage competition rules [more]
Great Learners Make Great Riders
By Sally O’Dwyer There is a process to becoming a skilled dressage rider. It is not the same for everyone, but there is a definite path. We lose the sight of the path when we do not truly understand our “why.” We are eager to jump on and ride so we can begin dancing. Unfortunately [more]
The Nervous System Game: Part Two
©Trudi Howley Exercises to engage your sensory awareness The following exercises are designed as introductory ways to connect with the senses. This type of skill building and practice can help you learn to regulate your nervous system very quickly. These small steps can help you learn to come into your body and be in the [more]
Get Your Mind Right
By Sally O’Dwyer This show season I have had some great rides and some lousy ones, with the variable being my mindset. Mental and physical abilities are interconnected, and by focusing on the “right things”, I can stay calm, and even enjoy my ride! “Mental steps are not necessarily hard to implement; it is just [more]
2021 RMDS Awards Banquet
Join us January 15th, 2022 at the Renaissance Denver Hotel, 3801 Quebec Street, Denver. 3 Great options for Dinner, Cash Bar, fun silent and live auction and cheering on your friends and family! Sign Up Now!
JENNIFER ROTH, CLASSICAL TRAINING WITH A COMPETITIVE EDGE
USDF/GVDS SPONSORED CLINIC, AUGUST 14-15, 2021 MONTROSE, CO By Cheri Isgreen With generous assistance from a USDF GMO Education Initiative grant and support from the Grand Valley Dressage Society, rural Colorado dressage members had the rare opportunity to train with USEF ’S’ Judge, Jennifer Roth. With over 35 years experience as an ’S’ dressage judge [more]
2021 RMDS Board of Governors Information
The RMDS Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting is being held November 20, 2021 at the Renaissance Hotel in Stapleton, Colorado. Below are the By-Law Changes and Standing Rule Changes up for consideration. Red text is text that is proposed to be deleted and Green text is text that is being proposed to be added. 2021 [more]
RMDS AA Clinic
USDF RMDS Adult Amateur Clinic with Bill McMullin April 17-18, 2021 Sponsored in part by United States Dressage Federation and Rocky Mountain Dressage Society, we are proud to offer a 2-day clinic with Bill McMullin for Adult Amateurs at Faith Farms in Castle Rock, Colorado. Bill is a USDF Bronze, Silver & Gold Medalist from [more]
RMDS Technical Delegate Training
March 20, 20211:00 pm – 4:30 pm Technical Delegate Training with Heather Petersen via a Zoom session. Excellent opportunity to learn current and new requirements for 2021! You don’t need to be a technical delegate to participate, there are so many things to learn for all interested in competing. For More Information, click here.