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The Chief Rider of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna influences U.S. riders with his reward-based training system.

Daphne Soares and her 6-year-old OTTB, Anakin, are schooling Preliminary level in eventing. Daphne and six of her friends, including her son, traveled to Windurra for the day, spending the morning working on dressage with Silva Martin and the afternoon schooling cross country with Boyd Martin.

Seven lucky riders won a day of training at Windurra—home of Silva and Boyd Martin.

Credit: Amber Heintzberger After two years of dealing with a mysterious lameness, Urbanus successfully returned to the ring with Vera Kessels-Barisone.

Horse Illnesses & Injuries

Rehabbing competitive dressage horses

Credit: Amy K. Dragoo U.S. dressage chef d’equipe Robert Dover with USEF developing dressage coach Debbie McDonald on his arm, leads the Stillpoint Farm Nations Cup gold-medal team into the ring for the awards ceremony at the 2015 Adequan Global Dressage Festival.

The Dressage Owners Task Force seeks to create depth of ownership in dressage

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The top riders prove the strength of working together.

Credit: Amber Heintzberger Silva (fourth from right), poses with her family and members of the syndicate that owns Boyd’s event horse Shamwari 4 at this year’s 2014 Luhmuhlen CCI**** in Germany. From left: Fernanda Kellogg; Gloria Callen; Laura Wintersteen; Gretchen Wintersteen (kneeling); Silva’s brother, Julian Stigler; Silva; Silva’s mom, Christa Stigler; Stephen Blauner and George Wintersteen.

Faye Woolf, sponsor of Silva and Boyd Martin, explains the elements of a successful syndication.