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Children with autism and second-chance horses make magic together at the Square Peg Foundation in California.

Credit: Terri Miller U.S. Olympian Steffen Peters and his wife, Shannon, an international dressage competitor (shown with Steffen’s rising star, Rosamunde), operate their training business out of their home, Arroyo Del Mar, in San Diego, California. Every night the couple walks down to the barn to visit the horses and give them cookies.

The 2015 Pan American Games double gold winner opens the doors to his California-base.

Credit: Special Olympics USA (from left) Benjamin Stevick, Jennifer Maddox and Jeremiah Schedlock are three of 7,000 athletes competing at the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles, California.

A behind-the-scenes look at the team members, coaches and the dream behind Special Olympics USA.

Credit: Dana Rasmussen Karen Rohlf rides her Holsteiner/Paint gelding, Ovation, in a simple side-pull-type bridle.

The drive to allow bitless bridles in dressage picks up steam—and controversy.

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What you need to know about caring for your horse's tack

Credit: Sean Smith Actresses from the award-winning daytime drama “The Young and the Restless”—(from left) Beth Maitland, Tracey Bregman and Amelia Heinle—have each developed a love for dressage. Here they are with Bregman’s 15-year-old Friesian gelding, Standing Ovation (nicknamed Ovi).

Three actresses fill their off-camera hours with horses and a passion for dressage.

Credit: Cazenovia College Jessica Berman, a junior at Cazenovia College used knowledge from her course work to help design her family’s barn.

A look at collegiate programs that allow students to combine a passion for horses with academics

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Trainers Shannon and Steffen Peters explore the benefits of barefoot dressage with high-performance horses.

In the last installment of this series, U.S. riders look back at the 2008 Games in Hong Kong.

U.S. dressage riders and Canadian dressage riders look back at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games and Olympic dressage history.

German native Gerhard Politz is also a longtime USDF supporter. Here he teaches Bruce Keeler. | Photo courtesy Gerhard Politz

The challenge of attracting more male dressage riders to a sport dominated by female dressage riders.