United States Dressage Federation

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Sport Horse Committee

Mission

To promote the development of quality dressage stock in the United States.

Goals

1. Promote breeding goals for sport horses.
2. Educate breeders, buyers, trainers, and judges of the desired ideals of a sport horse.
3. Provide competition guidelines.
4. Maintain stallion performance records.
5. Promote tracking of competition records and horse recording for all horses.

Objectives

1. Continue to grow the series finals during times of slow economic growth.
2. Finalized a Host Site application for Series Finals along with revising the Sport Horse rules for breeder series finals as needed per the applications.
3. Create a Master score sheet for the Amateur Handler class.
4. Increase education to Sport Horse Series Finals managers, judges and TDs.
5. Incorporate clear policy as to USDF's responsibilities (i.e. advertising) to host farms for the USDF Sport Horse Seminars.
6. Revise USDF Sport Horse Handler Seminar guidelines to fit new allowed one-day format.
7. Develop recommendation to USEF for TD training specific to DSHB shows.
8. Establish date and host location for 2011 DSHB Sport Horse Seminar.
9. Develop manual for DSHB Sport Horse Seminars based on PowerPoint - to follow finalization of copyright permission and update of drawings.
10. Continue to expand PowerPoint presentation and develop video library for Sport Horse Seminars.
11. Start to develop ideas for 2015 score sheet modifications. Discuss conformation section in detail.