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. Evaluate participation, administration, support and sponsorship of the Cosequin/USDFBC Series.
   1. Financial
   2. Participation
   3. Development
   4. Overall Success
2. Provide information to USEF - licensed dressage sport horse breeding judges regarding conduct of the USDFBC qualifying and championship classes. (Staff function)
3. Support Dressage Sport Horse Breeding shows by providing timely and accurate information and materials. (Staff function)
4. Continue to provide information to shows and judges on the conduct of Materiale classes. (Staff function)
5. Continue to put 100% effort into Materiale promotion, national level awards, awareness, etc.
6. Complete revisions and publish the USDF Dressage Sport Horse Class Guidelines.
7. Cooperate with breed registries and the Federation of North American Sport Horse registries.
8. Continue to provide education on breeding, judging, and handling sport horses through articles in the USDF Connection.
9. Search for an avenue to provide incentives to ride young breeding and sport horses.
10. Provide an open communication system for the breeders, and continue to work with them.
11. Maintain a list of eligible instructors to conduct USDF Sport Horse Seminars and USDF Handlers Clinics.
12. Continue to improve USDF pedigree record keeping, sharing and providing information to appropriate sources.
13. Evaluate functioning of "Breeder of the year" award, based on 2005 test and 2006 results.
14. Evaluate functioning of All Breeds award policy.

Sub Committee(s) / Council(s)

• All-Breeds