This past weekend Jack and I went to audit a clinic put on by Jack Brainard. Jack is a legendary horseman who has some innovative ideas and although soon to be 90 years old he is still riding and teaching horsemanship. He has much wisdom and knowledge to offer. 

When we heard that he was founding the Western Dressage Association along with his friend renowned horseman Eitan Beth Halachmy we decided we had to go see what it was all about. 

Jack Lieser has been studying classical horsemanship under the instruction of 

Dr.Thomas Ritter for the past two years and has always used dressage along with his natural horsemanship methods. He has not found a discipline to compete in that he felt good about so hearing about the newly forming association we were excited to learn more. We think it is going to be BIG so we encourage you to become a member and help them launch a new and much needed discipline. Jack L is looking forward to the first show and when the date is announced we will let everyone know because he hopes to ride in it.

The clinic was inspiring and it was great to see the western riders mostly on Quarter Horses doing their first dressage tests judged by a licensed dressage judge. She was impressed with the riders and their horses and was very encouraging about western dressage.We met a lot of nice people and discovered that there are many riders that want to explore classical horsemanship but have not wanted to give up their western tack and stock horses. The future for western dressage is very promising and we are grateful we were able to see it in its debut.

For more information and membership go to www.westerndressageassociation.com