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Our Fabulous March Madness Sponsors

Silver Sponsor - South & Wright, PLLC 

Silver  Sponsor - Expand Health Research - 

Bronze Sponsors - Gadarian & Cacy     Ann Damiano     Caroline Morse     Caroline Vandenberg

Hospitality - Annette Gaynes     Caterpillar

Class Sponsors -  Deborah Lindley    Beth Mulcahy    Dee Putty 

Feel Good Training, Nathalie Eikel Baughman      Melinda Olsen      Able Body Chiropractic     Stacey Lent    Cathy Schreiber

Willow Woods      Tania Radda     Ride-N-Rock Ranch, Wendy Riddell       Interiors in Design, Eva Murzaite 

Michele Mooney     Kendall Brookhart     KMD Equine, Katie Minter-Dykhouse

A Big THANK YOU to all the Volunteers who help make the shows happen!

Thank you all who joined us at our 50th anniversary celebration, Annual Meeting and Year End Award banquet!

We were able to reconnect with many who have given so much to Tucson Dressage Club throughout the years.

There were many new faces as well as we look forward to the next milestone anniversary.

~Please enjoy this Beautiful Slideshow Presentation created by Jennifer Parker.  Many of the people, horses and riders

who have formed our history have been remembered here.

~A Tucson Dressage Club History for our 50th anniversary was created by Stacey Lent. 

Read here about the founding and the people and events from the past! 

~A photo gallery of the 2024 Year End Award Recipients!

Region 5 March News

I hope everyone has been having a good winter.  The weather has been a bit all over in Colorado.  Florida has also been very temperate this year as well.  Show season is well underway or just around the corner for many of you and I hope you’re making strides with your training and/or showing goals! 

If you have an educational activity that your barn, group or organization is doing, please let me know so I can add it to the Region 5 educational activity calendar that is sent out with the monthly Regional updates by USDF. We would love to keep everyone as informed as possible. We can also post events on the Region 5 website and/or Facebook page. Please feel free to send me an email reminder for anything you’d like to see posted. 

Arizona Dressage Association reminds you that you should save the dates!

Our Core Transformation Series II is coming soon… Stay tuned for more details!

• August 15, 2025 - Bev Rogers
• September 27, 2025 - Jeremy Bridges & Patrick Raby II
• October 11-12, 2025 - Janet Foy & Steffen Peters
• December 6, 2025 - Janet Jones
• January 9-11, 2026 - Mike Osinski

If you intend to qualify for Region 5 teams to the North American Youth Championships (Now offering Junior, Young Rider and Childrens divisions!), then please make sure you take note of the application structure for 2025.  The application and fee should be turned in to the USDF office by March 11, 2025 in order to avoid stiffer fees. If you apply by March 11^th, the fee is only $50 per application.   Continuing Region 5 news

USDF Launches Book Club Featuring Top Authors and Professionals

Lexington, KY (July 1, 2024) - The United States Dressage Federation™ (USDF) is pleased to announce the launch of the new USDF Book Club. This exciting program is the newest in a long list of education initiatives and opportunities created and offered by USDF. By participating in the USDF Book Club, members will be introduced to the published works of the industry’s top authors and professionals, and engage them in firsthand discussions through webinars and on The Dressage Radio Show podcast.

Each year, USDF will host four webinars, one for each of the four books selected annually, where authors will be invited to participate to discuss their works from the writing process and content matter, to how their thoughts on the subject may have evolved since publication. Participants will also have the opportunity to participate in question and answer sessions, both in the webinars and when the authors are featured on The Dressage Radio Show podcast. Additionally, participants in the USDF Book Club will have opportunities to earn education credits, while their home USDF Regions and Group Member Organizations (GMOs) compete to earn awards based on participation.  For more info and 2025 books, click here

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US Equestrian Introduces Microchip Rule for Equine Health and Safety

by US Equestrian Communications Department | Sep 5, 2023, 10:11 AM EST

Lexington, Ky. – The US Equestrian Federation strives to consistently ensure the safety and welfare of both our human and equine athletes. One fundamental aspect of equine safety is microchipping. Microchips in horses allow for immediate onsite verification of horses for the purpose of safeguarding the health of each horse. This is vital, especially during times of disease outbreaks or natural disasters.

To this end, the US Equestrian Board of Directors approved a new microchipping rule during the 2023 Mid-Year Board meeting. Beginning December 1, 2025, under GR 1101.1, all horses competing in USEF-licensed or -endorsed competitions must be microchipped with a 15-digit ISO compliant 11784/11785 chip. 

More information

SAAHA- Southern Arizona Arabian Horse Association- is  sponsoring a High Point Award for Arabians, Half Arabians or Anglo Arabians at Tucson shows. 

For more infomation, click here

If you are wondering how you can  get more involved with TDC, we need help on committees! Do you like writing? We need help with newsletter submissions! Do you want to help with the recognized competitions? Join the Show Committee! Do you like putting together events? We can use help preparing for the clinics/symposiums, socials, & schooling shows! Are you craving more social activities for club members? We would love a small committee of people that organize social events! Do you like to be more on the tech side of things? Perhaps helping maintain the website would be of interest! Let us know how you would like to support dressage in our community through volunteering with Tucson Dressage Club.   Contact us with your enthusiasm at tucsondressagclub2@gmail.com or bobbi@amadoequine.com

GMO Volunteer Incentive Program

Members of the GMO now are able to participate in a new award program sponsored by the USDF.  GMO members log their hours on a form (link to more information and form below) and that is then validated by a GMO officer.  Once a milestone has been achieved, the member submits the GMO Volunteer Incentive Program tracking sheet to USDF. 

!https://yourdressage.org/2021/10/18/the-group-member-organization-gmo-volunteer-incentive-program-vip/Elib