Western Dressage… What does that mean?

There were some western riders wondering what this was… we started searching on Google to get some answers and found the Western Dressage Association® of America. It was a new discipline, which encouraged riders to have a partnership with their horses. Working at lightness and the ability to harmonize with the horse, principles that the cowboys use with ranch horses and English learn as they explore Dressage principles.

Several members went to their GMO and did demos of Western Dressage tests at their shows. Deborah Herbert contacted WDAA to find out if there was an affiliation for Florida. To her surprise there was not, then by contacting several WDAA members in Florida a meeting was organized in Ocala. The amazing Lynn Palm and her husband Cyril Pittion-Rossillon hosted our kick off organizers event at Palm Partnership Training at Fox Grove Farm and Marie-Frances Davis, the Palm Partnership Clinic Manager was extremely helpful throughout our meeting and subsequent
fund-raiser event at Lynn Palm’s clinic that summer.

A small group decided to look into forming an affiliation to be able to encourage education, training riders, and showing the progression of our partnership with our horses. We come from the Panhandle, Central, East and West coasts of Florida working together!