A Region 3 General Membership Organization of the United States Dressage Federation

Dressage on the First Coast - April 5-6, 2008

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2008 Volunteer Handbook

2007 Volunteer Hall of Fame!

2008 Membership Form

NFDA members

2008 Membership Form

The Northeast Florida Dressage Association

July 19, 2008 - Summer Membership Event and Spring Series Awards Luncheon

From 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Oakleaf Farm in Hastings, FL. Molly Tatham is very graciously making her beautiful farm available for our party! Come and enjoy socializing with all the club members you didn't get a chance to catch up with at the shows! Enjoy a fabulous fish fry for lunch while hanging out under the fans in the beautiful cool barn. And don't forget to bring along the tack and other barn/horsey items that you're not using right now for a tack swap/sale!

NFDA Store News:

Vanity license plates with the NFDA Logo are now available for purchase. Price is $20.00. They will be available at the March show. If you would like to reserve one, please call 904-272-8317. I will be selling them at the pavilion between the rings during the lunch break.

See you at the show,
Denise Dale

A Horse’s View of the World

Arena: Place where humans can take the fun out of forward motion.

Bit: Means by which a rider’s every motion is transmitted to the sensitive tissues of the mouth.

Bucking: Counter-irritant.

CrossTies: Gymnastic apparatus.

Dressage: Process by which some riders can eventually be taught to respect the bit.

Fence: Barrier that protects good grazing.

Grain: Sole virtue of domestication.

Hitching rail: Means by which to test one’s strength

Horse trailer: Mobile cave bear den.

Hotwalker: The lesser of two evils.

Jump: An opportunity for self-expression.

Latch: Type of puzzle.

Longeing: Procedure for keeping a prospective rider at bay.

Owner: Human assigned responsibility for one’s feeding.

Rider: Owner overstepping its bounds.

Farrier: Disposable surrogate owner; useful for acting out aggression without compromising food supply.

Trainer: Owner with mob connections.

Veterinarian: Flightless albino vulture.

2007 Regionals Pictures
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Debbie McNally - Londontowne

Molly Tatham - Sylvester


Suzanne Graham - Helga de Carolina


Above are just a few photos by Teri Rehkopf taken on the Sunday of the regionals at HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala.

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See the picture slideshow of one of our braiding clinics.

Updated 2008 Awards Critieria

NFDA Webmaster - Teri Rehkopf on Glenord's Rocket Dancer

Northeast Florida Dressage Association is now PAC approved!

The 2007 show schedule for NFDA has been approved by the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) for Paint Alternative Competition (PAC). PAC is a program to recognize paint horse owners and their horses who compete at events that are outside the category of an “APHA-approved show.”

Recognizing that many paint horse owners compete in a variety of events, PAC is a way to recognize your efforts on your American Paint Horse.

PAC accomplishments are recorded on your registered horse’s official lifetime performance record. Points accumulate throughout the show year and national high point winners are recognized. To find out more information, go to www.APHA.com/PAC

Molly

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In The Press ~~~

DRESSAGE on the FIRST COAST slideshow by WNC photography

DRESSAGE on the FIRST COAST &
the 2005 USDF Region III Dressage Finals

SEE A GREAT SLIDESHOW of the 2005 REGIONALS prepared by
and listed in the FLORIDA TIMES-UNION

Suzanne
Suzanne Graham with her Prix St. George horse,
Helga de Carolina