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The seeds of our current dressage culture were planted in November of 1964 when Johanna Adolphi and her daughter, Eva Adolphi purchased horse property in Utah. They had accumulated four horses and decided that the only way they could afford to support them was to give riding lessons. Their riding school was called Oquirrh Riding School. Johanna had received dressage training in Germany, her home country. While she started out offering Western and English riding lessons, the students came asking only for dressage. Soon, Johanna focused exclusively on dressage. She taught lessons and held small shows for her students a couple of times each summer. At one of the small summer shows in 1969 or 1970, a paper was passed around asking if people would be interested in forming a Utah Dressage Society. Ten people signed the paper and our club was born. Dues were $3.00 per year. The Utah Dressage Society First Annual Horse Show was held on August 19, 1972. The show offered classes in a variety of English riding disciplines. There were 25 horses and 33 riders, so some horses were ridden more than once. By 1983. The Annual Show had 28 horses, 78 rides, and was exclusively a dressage show. It was the first show that lasted a full day. By the early 1980s, the UDS had 25 members which was enough to join the United States Dressage Federation as a GMO. At first, the club activities were mainly schooling shows but eventually the club offered shows which were recognized by the United States Equestrian Federation. While competition is still a big part of the UDS, we now offer much more to our members. Our mission is to educate, inspire and encourage dressage riders around the state of Utah, and to promote the sport of dressage in our community. We now offer educational opportunities on and off the horse, social events, information, and other support for our members. We are happy to have you as a UDS member and hope you enjoy what the UDS has to offer.

Congratulations to Genevieve Rohner on receiving the Ellen Walker Junior/ Young Rider Sportsmanship Award! The Ellen Walker Junior/ Young Rider Sportsmanship Award recognizes outstanding sportsmanship amongst USD JR/ YR members. Recipients are those who exhibit these characteristics that exemplify positive sportsmanship principles such as good judgement, integrity, kindness, perseverance, respect, responsibility, and self-discipline. Genevieve spent over 60 hours this year volunteering at a barn where horses and psychotherapy are combined. She cared for horses, goats, chickens and took care of barn chores. She also helped with the owner’s two young girls. She also competed at the 2020 U.S. Para Dressage Championships in Tryon, NC in October. She was the only child there, and rode two beautiful tests on a borrowed horse. She won both of her classes and received scores from 65-69% from three international judges, after only practicing on the borrowed horse for 3 hours total in the previous few days to competition. She exhibited wonderful behavior around all the elite riders, coaches and USEF staff. We are pretty proud of her! View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize

Congratulations to our UDS Year End Annual Award Winners! This year was certainly interesting and filled with challenges outside of the ring. Although we sadly wont be hosting a banquet this year we will be sending out your awards and wish you the best, congrats! Claire Gunther and Easy Breezy Prix St. Georges Jr/ YR Champion Ammie Lords and Her Royal Dutchess First Level Open Champion Claire Gunther and Tsjip fan North Ster Training Level Jr/ Yr Champion

We would like to thank and welcome our new Board Members; Birgit Pulli - Secretary, Nora Williams - Director of Education, Sandra Rivero - Director of Membership. Clarissa Taggart is a current Board Member but is now taking on the Vice President Position. Mary Smithing is also changing positions to the Director of Communications. Susan Heilner has been re-elected to serve another term as the Treasurer. Lindi Kopecko and Ammie Lords will continue to serve in their current Board Member positions. Emily Sagers will be finishing her term as Vice President of UDS and has been on the Board for many years. Jasmine Beckstead will also be finishing her term as Director of Communications after serving multiple terms. We thank them for there time and dedication to the sport and the community and will miss them in our meetings! We hope to see them around in the future and wish them the best!

************ Current UDS members should find an email to vote in the 2021 UDS board elections! If you do not receive an email to vote let us know. Thank you for your participation! Please note that we had no nominees for Vice President. If you are interested in serving please contact us! The current UDS Board would like to introduce the 2021 Board Member Nominees. We appreciate the willingness of these members to volunteer their time to help support the Utah Dressage Society and dressage community in Utah. If you have any questions please contact our VP Emily at vicepresident@utahdressagesociety.com. Election Ballots will be emailed to all current UDS members October 13th through Survey Monkey. Voting will close November 8th and the results will be announced at the November Annual Member Meeting and posted online. Mary Smithing Director of Communications Nominee Mary Smithing, the Director of Communications Nominee, currently serves on the UDS Board as the Education Director. Mary has been the current Communications Directors backup, and would like to take over the position as Jasmine ends her term on the Board. Mary enjoys being a part of the Dressage and horse community in Utah and would like to continue serving the UDS members as the Director of Communications. Birgit Pulli Secretary Nominee Birgit Pulli, the Secretary Nominee, would like to serve as the UDS Secretary on the 2021-2022 Board of Directors. Nora Williams Director of Education Nominee Nora Williams, the Director of Education Nominee: I intend to run for the Director of Education position. I feel I can fulfill the outlined responsibilities and contribute to the growth and development of UDS members in a positive way! I am excited to have this opportunity to run and will plan to attend the next board meeting October 14th. Susan Helier Treasurer Nominee Susan Helier, the Treasurer Nominee, currently serves as the UDS Treasurer and would like to continue her support of the club as the Treasurer for another term. Susan is an asset to the club and has done a great job managing the club finances as well as other club related business. Sandra Rivero Director of Membership Nominee Sandra Rivero, is the Director of Membership Nominee and is willing to serve as interim Membership Director for the reminder of 2021. Clarissa Taggart Vice President Clarissa Taggart, Clarissa decided to fill the roll of the Vice President of the UDS as there were no Nominees at the time when Ballots were sent out. Clarissa has served on the Board in the past year as the Co- Competition Director.

More info, including entry form, at the link below! Send inquiries to Mary Smithing education@utahdressagesociety.com

Closing date is Saturday September 26! Send in the your entries! Prize list is available at below:

PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING FOR A 2021 BOARD POSITION! Vice President: The Vice President shall exercise any power or duty of the President in his/her absence and shall carry out such other duties as the President may assign. Head of committees including nominations/elections, scholarship programs, volunteer of the year, and Jr/YR Sportsmanship award. Collect and maintain trophies Secure sponsors Secretary: Must demonstrate organizational aptitude The Secretary shall take accurate minutes of all meetings of the Board of Directors and of all meetings of the members The Secretary shall maintain the minutes and the permanent records of the UDS (via GOOGLE DRIVE) Treasurer: The Treasurer shall be responsible for the books of UDS and shall maintain UDS financial records. Communications Director: The Director of Communications shall inform UDS members concerning matters of interest to the members. (Newsletter, social media, website) Education Director: The Director of Education shall develop programming to meet the needs of the members. Organize clinics More details about each board position can be found in the UDS Policies & Procedures (Rules). Monthly meetings are held remotely; you do not need to travel for meetings! The members shall elect the officers per the process outlined in the Rules. Officers shall hold office for a term of two (2) years. . Candidates for office must be an ADULT MEMBER as set forth in the UDS By-Laws. Submit the form below - or - email a Nomination form to vicepresident@utahdressagesociety.com Name * First Name Last Name Email * Phone * (###) ### #### Please submit a brief letter of intent * You could include a brief bio, your connection to the Utah dressage community, applicable previous experience, how you could improve the UDS, etc. Thank you!

We are excited to add another recognized show to the calendar this year! *** Closing date is Wednesday August 12th *** Scoring requirements for year end awards with UDS have been changed for this year. USDF has adjusted the required scores to qualify for regional championships to two scores from one judge, with one score being from the highest test at that level. UDS is following this adjustment. Thus, for your year end UDS awards, the requirement will be two scores from one judge with one test being the highest test at that level. If you have questions, please contact a board member..

Congratulations to Spring Recipients! AA: Lindi Kopecko Jr/YR: Casey Raubenheimer Henderson The deadline to submit fall scholarship applications is September 15th! We give out three $250 scholarships, one for each division (JR, AA, and Open). Remember that preference will be given to those with volunteer hours. Contact us if you are looking for ways to help. We have projects of all sizes if you only have a spare hour or two here and there. UDS Educational Scholarship Application

We are excited to announce that we were able to reschedule the clinic with Stephanie for October 24th and 25th. As we get closer to that date we will open up registration for the clinic. If you have any questions about the clinic, please reach out to education@utahdressagesociety.com. UDS Bit Fitting Clinic w/ Stephanie Brown Beamer October 24th & 25th Click here to read reviews of Stephanie’s last clinic in Utah!

Announcement: Sage Creek & Millbrook Short Tour Shows Cancelled We are heartbroken over the cancellation of both the Sage Creek Equestrian (April 18th) & Millbrook Farms (May 30th) Short Tour Shows. We are still optimistic about holding the summer shows and fall events and will keep you updated as the situation evolves. Take care of yourselves and each other!