The Dressage Foundation

When American Dressage rider, trainer and breeder Elisabeth Austin won the prestigious Anne Barlow Ramsay Grant in 2011 she knew exactly how she wanted to use the $25,000. The grant established by Dr. Ramsay was established in 2008 to showcase...

March 5, 2013 - The Dressage Foundation announced today that a new fund has been established to provide financial assistance to North American, non-professional riders to attend the Spanish Riding School’s (SRS) Training Center in Heldenberg,...

December 27, 2012 – Beginning January 1, 2013, The Dressage Foundation’s Sally Swift Fund grants will be available to any non-profit equestrian organization.  Previously, the grants to host a Centered Riding® clinic were only available for...

September 27, 2012 – The Dressage Foundation is pleased to announce two major funding opportunities available this fall for High Performance Dressage athletes. The Anne L. Barlow Ramsay $25,000 Grant was established to showcase talented...

It was a day to remember in Benton, Louisiana, as Alma Perkins became the 100th member of The Dressage Foundation's Century Club on May 5, 2012.  The journey to this special milestone began in 1996, when noted dressage judge and instructor...

Within the past month, The Dressage Foundation awarded a total of $3,800 in grants to provide support to young riders. A grant of $1,800 was given to young rider Arianna Barzman-Grennan (CA) and $2,000 was provided to Dressage4kids, for the...

The Dressage Foundation has announced that a total of $10,000 has been awarded to U.S. dressage instructors through the Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship program.  Due to the recent restructuring of the scholarship guidelines, to provide up...

When Lowell Boomer was recently asked what it was like to reach 100 years, "Well I don't have a lot of peer pressure." was his response with his well known humor still very much intact. G. Lowell Boomer of Lincoln, Nebraska, died Sunday,...

Lincoln, NE – Olympian Carol Lavell says: “For most riders, financial support becomes the ultimate hurdle.” John Boomer, newly-retired President and CEO of The Dressage Foundation adds: “Fundraising – it’s needed by most equestrians in all...