The Heldenberg Training Center Fund in Memory of E.L.
Dreitzler is another of TDF’s programs. This grant provides financial assistance to help with the tuition costs to attend the Spanish Riding School’s Training Center in Heldenberg. This grant is available only to non-professional riders. The Carol Lavell Gifted Memorial Fund was started in
honor of Carol’s longtime dressage horse, Gifted. The grant is for amateur riders and emphasizes that it is for riders at any level. Eleven $1,000 grants per year are awarded—one for each of the nine regions plus two “wild cards.” The grants are aimed to allow recipients a week of concentrated train- ing (with whomever they choose) on a horse they own or formally lease.
For Instructors and Groups USDF’s Edgar Hotz Judges’ Fund awards grant money directly to USDF GMOs (Group Member Organizations) and the re- gions. Up to $800 per UDSF region per year is awarded to fund continuing education programs aimed at licensed dres- sage judges and USDF ‘L’ program graduates. TDF offers three grants targeted to support USDF GMOs and non-profit equestrian groups. The Violet M. Hopkins Fund provides approximately $35,000 annually to assist USDF GMOs to conduct seminars and clinics for dressage riders of all levels. The Dancing Horse Fund aims to promote partici- pation in, and improve the quality of, musical freestyle at all levels of dressage, according to TDF’s website. This grant is open to any non-profit equestrian groups. The Sally Swift Memorial Fund is also offered to any non-profit equestrian groups to help provide funds to host Centered Riding clinics. This grant provides up to $1,000 per group. The Continuing Education for Dressage Instructors grant is administered by TDF and was founded by Maryal Barnett. This grant provides funding to USDF GMOs for instructor ed- ucation, via five $1,000 grants per year. This grant also helps individuals pursue instructor certification by offering five an- nual grants of up to $1,500 per person. Another of TDF’s scholarships available to dressage in-
structors is the Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship. It pro- vides funding for instructors to train at least one week away from home, and applicants are not required to be certified instructors. One $6,000 and two $2,000 scholarships may be awarded annually. Pony Club members or graduates who are interested in
becoming dressage judges or instructors may take advan- tage of the Trip Harting Fund. (They must have an A or B rating to qualify.) This grant provides funding to attend the USDF ‘L’ program or the instructor certification program. Instructors in Region 9 can also benefit from the $5,000
USDF Region 9 Teaching Excellence Award, which is also ad- ministered by The Dressage Foundation. (Region 9 consists of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Eastern Texas.)
High Performance Dressage Grants Three of The Dressage Foundation’s grants have money ear- marked specifically for High Performance dressage riders.
Kelly Vineyard and The Roman Knows (Newberry, Florida) won a Carol Lavell Gifted Memorial Fund $1000 Scholarship in 2012.
The $25,000 Anne L. Barlow Ramsay Annual Grant awards $25,000 per year to a rider/horse combination competing at FEI Prix St. Georges or higher, to train and compete in Europe and act as an “ambassador for the American-bred horse.” The Carol Lavell Advanced Dressage Prize awards up to two grants per year of $25,000 each to help pay for coaching and training of qualified riders over the age of 21. Lastly, the Patsy Albers Award Fund awards $500 annually to the former NAJYR Championships competitor who is the highest placed dressage rider at the USEF High Performance Championships at Intermediare I or Grand Prix.
Other Dressage Grants The Renee Isler Dressage Support Fund has helped more than two dozen individuals since 2008. This grant is flex- ible—in addition to offering scholarships for individuals to attend the USDF Junior/Young Rider clinic series, it also offers funding of varying dollar amounts to help professionals and young riders fund training, attend special clinics, etc. The Michael Poulin Dressage Fund, of all the TDF’s grants,
is perhaps most open to creativity. This grant is available to individuals or non-profit groups and encourages “bold, cre- ative, innovative ideas for the improvement and strengthen- ing of dressage.” The grant is aimed more towards groups, or activities which will benefit groups, rather than individuals. If you always wanted to attend the USDF Annual Conven-
tion, there is the Ruth Arvanette Memorial Fund Grant. This is available to any USDF member, is administered by the USDF and helps to send one member per year to the convention. If you are a breeder, you might check out the Elysium Farm Fund, established in 2011, which is administered by
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