Survival Guide: US Dressage Finals Presented By Adequan

​By Katie Tharp-Hebert
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After our Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championships placing, everyone kept asking, “Are you going to go?” to which I replied, “Of course! Why wouldn’t I?”  Turns out, not everyone who qualifies goes, for a whole host of reasons.  It’s too far, it’s too cold, etc.  I desperately missed doing the big shows and was dying to get back into it.  We were used to long drives, but going from showing in almost 100 degrees in Houston for the Region 9 Championships, we were NOT mentally or physically prepared for the frozen tundra that is US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®.  We came away from the competition with many things to do “next year.”  Here are a few tips we picked up to have a successful and stress-free show.
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