Eastern New York

Dressage & Combined Training

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    • January 01, 2026
    • 9:00 AM
    • December 31, 2026
    • 11:59 PM


    Hello Everyone

    EVENT LIST for 2026

    We are excited to share with you our event plans  for 2026. Please click on Slow details for  list of upcoming events. This list is for your  information only and subject to change.  





    Winter Series at Dover Saddlery

    January18: First Aid: What to Do Before the Vet Arrives with Dr. Jeanine Messak

    March 1: Equine Nutrition with Michelle Mulcahy, CPCC 


    April 13: D4K - Training4Teaching with Lendon Gray at Cricket Hill, Ancramdale, NY

    April  19: Jumping clinic with Margie Hutchison at Larkin Hill, North Chatham, NY

    April 17 - October 04, 2026: Online Virtual Dressage Shows.

    Spring show entries open 4/17-5/10; Summer show entries open 7/17- 8/09; Fall show entries open 8-29 - 9/20; Fall show entries open 8/29 - 9/20 (Qualifier for 2027 Finals);Empire State Virtual Dressage Finals and Open Show entries open 9/11-10/04.

    April 24-26: Linda Zang clinic at Asolare Farm, Saratoga, NY

    May 16 & 17: Beth Baumert clinic at Winter wood Farm, Ballston Spa, NY

    June 6 & 7: Tom Noone clinic at Larkin Hill, North Chatham, NY

     June 7: Schooling show #1 at Winterwood Farm, Ballston Spa, NY

    June 29 (rain date July 6):Cross Country Clinic with Marcia Kulak at Larkin Hill, North Chatham, NY

    July 18: Fix-A-Test/Fix-A-Round at Trilogy Equestrian Center, Ballston Spa, NY

    Oct. 3 - Oct. 18: Online auction 

    Oct. 31 - Nov. 1: Beth Baumert Clinic at Winterwood Farm, Ballston Spa, NY

    Banquet/YEA: TBA

    Schooling Show #2 TBA

    Jessica Van Ecyk clinic TBA 

    ENYDCTA Jumping Symposium at Skidmore College

    If you volunteer at least 4 hours a year, you are eligible for scholarships ($500 for a junior and $500 for an adult). 



    • April 17, 2026
    • October 20, 2026
    • Look at Details Page for the Dates of the 3 virtual shows
    Register


    2026 ENYDCTA Virtual Horse Shows

    Vintage Horse Print, Thelwell Pony Cartoon Drawing of Equestrian Illustration, Smart Turnout 102 - Etsy


    Our first 2 shows are qualifiers for the first Empire State Virtual Dressage Show Finals. The Fall show will be a qualifier for the 2027 show.  Opening dates are April 17,2026, July 17, 2026, August 28, 2026 (not part of the 2026 Finals) and September 11, 2026 (Finals).

    For prizelists and entry forms go to Spotlighthorseshows.com.

    Dressage, Western Dressage, Eventing & Driven Dressage Classes

    Links to show site: 

    ENYDCTA Spring Virtual Show - Entries Open   4/17, Close - 5/10, Video due 5/31

    ENYDCTA Summer Virtual Show - Entries Open 7/17, Close - 8/9, Video due 8/30

    ENYDCTA Fall Virtual Show - Entries Open

    8/28, Close - 9/20, Video due 10/11

    (Qualifier for 2027 Finals)

    Empire State Virtual Dressage Finals & Open Show - Entries Open 9/11, Close 10/4,

    Video due 10/18



    • April 24, 2026
    • 2:00 PM
    • April 26, 2026
    • 11:30 AM
    • Asolare Sporthorses, 251 Locust Grove Rd, Greenfield Center, NY
    Register



    Linda Zang Clinic 

    April 24-26, 2026

    ** CLINIC IS NOW FULL **

    Message us to get on the waitlist!

    Are you a beginner?  Do not let that stop you!!  Rides out of the budget?  Join us for an affordable audit!! 



    About Linda Zang

    Linda Zang is the first inductee into the USDF Hall of Fame, in recognition of her outstanding accomplishments as an international competitor, FEI Judge, FEI Technical Delegate, clinician and leader of national and world-wide organizations. Her dressage career over the past 40 years has been truly remarkable. Linda is currently one of the most highly-respected judges in the world. She was promoted to FEI "O" status in 1995 and has judged the world's most prestigious competitions: the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the World Equestrian Games in 1998 in Rome and in 2006 in Aachen, six FEI World Cup Finals, the 2005 European Championships in Hickstead, and the World Breeding Federation Young Horse Championships in Germany. She is one of the six FEI "O" judges in the world who conducts seminars and forums to educate FEI judges and tests them for promotion for both Dressage and Eventing. 

    ENYDCTA is proud to be able to

    bring quality instruction to the Northeast.  

    REGISTER:

    -Early Registration for ENYDCTA Members: Now

    -Non-Member sign up starts:  

    Closing Date: 


    **Make sure you have all your information ready when you register, you can't go back in multiple times to add information**

    Vaccinations, coggins, releases can be sent later

    if needed to the secretary (see contacts below)


    LOCATION:

    Asolare Sporthorses Farm,

    251 Locust Grove Rd, Greenfield Center, New York


    COSTS:

    Riders:

    $200 Members

    $275 Non-members

    (Membership is only $60, so consider becoming a member today!)

    Auditors:

    Members:

     Friday 2-6 pm: $5

     Saturday 9 am-6:30 pm: $10 (lunch included)

    Sunday 7:30-11:30 am: $5

    All 3 days: $20


    Non-Members:

    Friday 2-6 pm: $15 

     Saturday 9 am-6:30 pm: $30 (lunch included)

    Sunday 7:30-11:30 am: $15 

    All 3 days: $60


    Cancellation Fee (to cover the credit card fees):

    $8 per ride for Riders

    $2 per day for Auditors


    Refund Policy

    Closing date:  April 15, 2026

    No refunds after closing date, but we will refund your money

    minus a cancellation fee if we can fill your spot. 


    3 REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

    1.Vaccinations

    Upload from your computer.

    Must be on Vet letterhead with date of vaccinations given

    or store receipt with date & vacc. listed

    -EEE/WEE w/in 1 yr

    -Flu/Rhino w/in 6mo

    -strangles w/in 1 yr if using a stall

    2.Coggins-w/in 1 yr

    3.Release Form

    Please fill out online release!

    Release - Click Here


    STABLING:

    All stabling arrangements/arrival/departure/payments are to be made with the individual barn. Contact them directly. 

    Stabling day or overnight 

    $30/day stall

    $50/overnight

    Bring all: own buckets/rakes like a show.  Initial shavings provided

    Stalls must be left clean of manure, urine, & hay, at departure

    Contact me directly at (518)339-3690 or kristingrosso12@gmail.com


    Riders and Auditing:

    If you are a rider you get to audit for free the day you ride. If you audit on a day you do not ride you will have to pay an auditing fee. Contact secretary. Don't forget to sign a release online go to details of the event. Thank you :)


    Grooms/Guests:

    Grooms/guests staying to audit for the day must sign up & pay an auditing fee. If they are there just before your ride, during your ride and the ride right after your ride there is no auditing fee.


    Horse Owners/Spouses/Parent of a Junior

    Not Riding but Paying for Ride:

    Owners/spouses pay under the ride tickets. Auditing is free the day your horse is being ridden. If you are auditing on a day that your horse is not being ridden in the clinic, you will still have to register and pay for auditing. Also, you need to sign a release form & fill out the registration form. Thank you. Contact the secretary if you have any questions.


    CONTACTS:

    Clinic Secretaries/Schedulers: 

    Stephanie Watson 

    518-598-8169 | Stephanie.Watson0909@gmail.com

    Molly Jenkins

    540-292-1529 | Molly@Spectravet.com




    • April 24, 2026
    • 2:00 PM
    • April 26, 2026
    • 12:00 PM
    • Asolare Sporthorses, 251 Locust Grove Rd, Greenfield Center, NY
    Register


    VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP ONLY

    for the 

    ENYDCTA  Dressage Clinic with Linda Zang

    at Asolare Sporthorses

    Greenfield Center, NY


    To sign up to ride or audit the clinic, go to the

    "ENYDCTA Linda Zang Clinic" event page


    Free auditing for the day(s) you volunteer.


    Note to current volunteers: you do not log in monthly hours for volunteering at clinics.


    Dates:

    April 24 - April 26, 2026


    Times:

    Friday: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM

    Saturday: 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM

    Sunday: 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM



    Release:

    Release - click here


    • May 16, 2026
    • 8:30 AM
    • May 17, 2026
    • 5:30 PM
    • Winterwood Farm (6091 County Farm Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020)
    Register


    ENYDCTA Clinic with Beth Baumert

    May 16 & 17, 2026

    USDF Certified Trainer & Instructor, L grad *

    Author of "When Two Spines Align" & "How Two Minds Meet"


    This Clinic is FULL- Please contact the secretary at k.t.wilt@gmail.com to be placed on the Wait List. 


    About Beth Baumert

    Beth was the initial editor for Dressage Today magazine beginning in 1994, and she later served as their technical editor for more than twenty years. In that capacity, she was in constant contact with the best dressage riders in the world as they wrote about the technical aspects of dressage. From this depth of knowledge, she wrote When Two Spines Align: Dressage Dynamics, which was released in 2014 by Trafalgar Square books and in 2020, the sequel, How Two Minds Meet, came out.

    Beth is on the Board of Directors of The Dressage Foundation (TDF) and has served as President and CEO since 2014. Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, TDF is on a mission to cultivate and provide financial support for the advancement of dressage. To that end, TDF awards grants, scholarships and prizes to promising riders, instructors, trainers, judges and breeders of dressage horses. Beth and her husband live in Columbia CT and Wellington FLth Baumert is a Certified Trainer and Instructor with the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) and is an "L" graduate with distinction of the USDF judging program. Beth and her husband Alan have two sons who live in New York City and Colorado. Their daughter, Grand Prix dressage rider Jennifer Baumert, represented the US in the 2019 Pan American Games and trains in Wellington Florida.

    Beth was the initial editor for Dressage Today magazine beginning in 1994, and she later served as their technical editor for more than twenty years. In that capacity, she was in constant contact with the best dressage riders in the world as they wrote about the technical aspects of dressage. From this depth of knowledge, she wrote When Two Spines Align: Dressage Dynamics, which was released in 2014 by Trafalgar Square books and in 2020, the sequel, How Two Minds Meet, came ouBeth is on the Board of Directors of The Dressage Foundation (TDF) and has served as President and CEO since 2014. Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, TDF is on a mission to cultivate and provide financial support for the advancement of dressage. To that end, TDF awards grants, scholarships and prizes to promising riders, instructors, trainers, judges and breeders of dressage horses. Beth and her husband live in Columbia CT and ENYDCTA is proud to be able to

    bring quality instruction to the Northeast.


    Speaker system so you can hear Beth & the rider as she teaches. 

    LOCATION:

    Winterwood Farm 

    6091 County Farm Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020

    May 16 & 17, Saturday & Sunday, 8:30am 


    COSTS:

    Payments for Rides/Auditing under Ticket Tab

    Riders:

    $125 per ride - members

    $175 per ride - non-members

    Auditors:

    $10 per day for members

    $30 per day non-members

    ****

    $20 weekend for members

    $60 weekend for members

    Lunch:

    Lunch is included in your registration


    CANCELLATION/REFUND:

    (to cover the credit card fees)

    $8 per ride for Riders

    $2 per day for Auditors

    No refunds after closing date 

    unless you can fill your spot. We will try & help if we can. 

    No refunds after closing date, but we will refund your money

    minus a cancellation fee if we can fill your spot.REGISTER::

    Early Registration for ENYDCTA Members

    Starts: Now 

    Non-Member sign up starts: 4/4

    Closing Date:  5/9

    Make sure you have all your information ready when you register, you can't go back in multiple times to add information

    Vaccinations*, coggins, releases can be sent later

    if needed to the secretary (see contacts below)

    Three Required Documents:

    1.Vaccinations -EEE/WEE (w/in 1 yr), Flu/Rhino w/in 6 mo.

    2.Coggins (w/in 1 yr)

    3.ENYDCTA Release Form

    Release - Click Here


     In the case of vaccines administered by a person other than a veterinarian, the exhibitor, upon request by Competition Management, must provide a receipt of the vaccine purchase which is signed by the owner, or agent with care, custody, and control of the horse; name, serial number and expiration date of the vaccine; and date of vaccine administration. so *In the case of vaccines administered by a person other than a veterinarian, the exhibitor, upon request by Management, must provide a receipt of the vaccine purchase which is signed by the owner, or agent with care, custody, and control of the horse; name, serial number and expiration date of the vaccine; and date of vaccine administration.


    STABLING:

    Unfortunately there is no stabling available.


    CONTACTS

    Event Secretary:

    Krystal Wilt

    k.t.wilt@gmail.com


    Scheduler:

    Cailin Sanford

    sanfordkk@verizon.net

    (518) 573-1922

    resident:


    Joy Black, 

    518-895-2244; joymb49@gmail.com 


    • June 07, 2026
    • 9:00 AM
    • 6043 County Farm Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020

    2026 ENYDCTA Schooling Show

    @ Winterwood Farm

    Dressage Judge: TBD

    Jump Judge: TBD

    Sunday, June 7th, 9am at Winterwood Farm

    6043 County Farm Road, Ballston Spa NY 12020

    Please note this is the address for show/trailer parking in the field adjacent to the farm

    Opening Date: Check Back

    Closing Date:  June 1st



    2025 ENYDCTA Schooling Show #1

    @ Winterwood Farm

    Dressage Judge: Hollie McNeil

    Jump Judge: Alana Aho-Zugzda

    Sunday, June 8th, 9am at Winterwood Farm

    6043 County Farm Road, Ballston Spa NY 12020

    Please note this is the address for show/trailer parking in the field adjacent to the farm

    Opening Date: Now

    Closing Date:  June 1st


    Educational Event

    Walk the jump course with Betsy Joyce!!

    Join us for a free educational event to learn strategies and rules for stadium jumping.  This is a fantastic opportunity to gain insights from a professional.  No horse required!


    Molly Czub Photography!!

    We're excited to share that Molly Czub will be at the show this year, capturing stunning photos of all our competitors! This is a great opportunity to get professional, high-quality images of your rides—perfect for showcasing your skills and preserving unforgettable memories. Photos will be available for purchase!


    REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

    Have everything ready to register the first time since you cannot enter a second time.  Contact us if you need to change anything and we can help.  Please enter early to make things easier for secretary and organizers. 

    1. Required Coggins within 1 year

    2.  Online release form

    3. Online registration form

    PRIZE LIST:

    ENYDCTA.Prizelist.Schooling.Shows.2025.pdf

    Online Release Form:

    Release - Click Here


    For any questions contact the organizers:  Jen Symon & Barb Martenis at:

    WWshow2025@gmail.com


    If you want to save $ on classes, you can become an ENYDCTA member!

    2025.Membership.Form.pdf

    If you want to hear about our year end awards program, here is more information! 

    Year End Awards

    Thank you to our Gold and Silver Sponsors:

    Rhinebeck Equine, Triple Crown Feeds,  Equine Site Solutions, Dover Saddlery, Equine Clinic at Oakencroft


    Thank you to our Show Sponsors: 

    Impressions of Saratoga, Saratoga Horseworks,  


    Best regards,
    ENYDCTA Ltd


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