Welcome to my inaugural blog. I've never done this before so your patience is appreciated.
I figure a good place to start with this is to tell you a little about how I got to where I am today - a DDD (stands for Dumb Dressage Dad). And dumb in so many ways from horses to horsemanship to horse addicts. My daughters (now 18 and 15) have been riding horses for about 10 years. I blame my wife for this by wanting to live her childhood dream vicariously through our daughters. But that's all water under the bridge since I have now "bought in".
My daughters started taking lessons in Hunter/Jumper and Western riding. Getting a little more serious, they started competing in local shows and then leasing horses and finally owning horses. And unlike dogs and cats, accessorizing horses is an extremely expensive endeavour! It's called the "Sport of Kings" for a good reason.
My youngest daughter, about three years ago, decided she wanted to focus more on dressage to improve her equitation skills and has since gotten hooked. She has competed locally and nationally and wants to start competing internationally. As a dad, I guess it's better for my daughters to "be in the stalls instead of the malls" so I completely support it...and support it I do.
But dressage is an extremely complex discipline bereft with nuance and precision. So the more I learn, the dumber I feel. But I will try to pass on what I learn about dressage here for any other dads interested in learning more about it. Stay tuned...
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