Welcome to the Fort Worth Dressage Club


Welcome to the Fort Worth Dressage Club, your USDF Region 9 GMO promoting dressage education and competition in Fort Worth, Texas and the surrounding areas. Come join us for our monthly meetings on the fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 pm at La Madeline at Overton Park in Fort Worth. 


Upcoming events

Member news and notables

Year End Awards
score submissions

FWDC wants to congratulations on your successes this year in the show ring! We look forward to celebrating you at our Annual Awards Banquet on January 10 at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.

Fill out this form to submit your scores earned during the 2025 show season to qualify for FWDC's End of Year Awards. 

Scores are accepted from September 30, 2025 - December 1, 2025.  We accept scores for classical dressage, eventing dressage, western dressage and gaited dressage. 

If you earned scores on more than one horse, you must fill out a separate form for each horse. 

You must purchase a ticket to the Awards Banquet to receive your awards. 

Submit Scores Here

AWARDS! We have awards and we want to give them to you! Please make your nominations speedily, forthwith, post haste, asap, in other words SOON! We need nominations for the following:

The Katelyn Vanhoozer Memorial Sportsmanship Award.

Nominations of a FWDC member in good standing, who

volunteered at the recognized show, and has demonstrated

sportsmanship in their actions in the dressage community.

Nominations for this award along with a brief description to be

sent to Renee Smith.


The Golden Muck Rake award for most supportive significant

other. Nominations to be sent to Barbara Harty or Renee Smith.


The Stayed In, Stayed On, Got Schooled, Came Back Again

award for perseverance, And the Most Improved award. These

can also be sent to Barb or Renee.


The Jane Athey Brown Memorial Scholarship Award.
This
award is in memory of Jane, a treasured member of FWDC whom we lost tragically. This award is designed to honor a FWDC member you feel is deserving of recognition for their contributions to the club and the sport of dressage, and will include a plaque and a $300 scholarship from the club. Nominations and descriptions should be sent to Renee.

Gift-In-Kind Donations needed

Our awards banquet is coming up in January and with that our silent auction. This is one of our most looked forward to events of the year and our auction has a huge impact on our club, with all proceeds going into our scholarship fund which directly benefits you, our members! 

If you have experience in fundraising, have great connections with equine practitioners or vendors, or just love shopping and aren't afraid to ask for things, we need you! 

Contact our Advertising & Sponsorship Chair, Alicia Schordine, for more information. 

Willow Draw Charity Horse Show Fall 2025
October 18, 2025

Volunteers needed for the Fall 2025 Willow Draw Charity Horse Trials. This is a great way to earn those much needed volunteer hours before awards season and spend a fabulous day out at the beautiful Willow Draw.
Sign up at the link below. 

https://www.eventingvolunteers.com/events/13480/signup

Check our Volunteer Page for upcoming opportunities!

Cavaletti  & Long-Lining Clinic
November 15, 2025

Registration is now Open!
Registration closes November 7, 2025. 

Cavaletti Clinic with Sarah Fulton-Smith
Sarah introduces cavaletti as a gymnastic tool to incorporate into your dressage program whether you are a beginner or an upper level rider. We will cover everything from the basics of spacing and heights to introducing cavaletti to a horse for the first time and advanced exercises to improve test movements. 
Sarah is an FEI rider, trainer, and instructor. She is also a breeder of dressage horses and is passionate about the gradual and correct development of our equine athletes utilizing many types of cross training to build a healthy mind, body, and relationship between horse and rider, such as groundwork, liberty work, long lining, trail riding, jumping, and cavaletti. 

Long-Lining Clinic with Anthony Schmitz
Training/Instruction in the true Classical Principles of Dressage. Anthony Schmitz, Bereiter, has 40 years experience riding, training, instructing and showing through
FEI. Being originally from the Netherlands, he has extensive training by some of the Masters in Europe. He utilizes the longe line, long-lines, cavalletti, trail outings and arena riding to develop the correct musculature of each horse. Using the bio-
mechanical movements of the horse riding patterns and exercises to teach the horse to go forward. This type of riding releases endorphins that bring pleasure to the horse while he gains strength and great confidence in himself. He teaches his students in much the same way through using exercises that develop core muscles, strong legs, an effective seat, correct timing and application of the aids and learning to ride with soft rein contact. Anthony is a compassionate, energetic, enthusiastic and
effective teacher whose goal is simply to pass on all that he has learned and to watch his students and their horses progress to meet their goals and go on to surpass them.


Check our Clinics page for upcoming opportunities. 

Region 9 Omnibus

Do you know an equine professional who loves to share their knowledge? Have a topic you’re passionate about or curious to learn more on? The Fort Worth Dressage Club is looking for fresh ideas and engaging speakers for upcoming education sessions. Whether it’s training tips, horse care, biomechanics, or anything dressage-related, we’d love to hear from you! Submit your suggestions to our Education Chair, Joan Kinley, and help shape our next season of learning.

Check our Education Page for upcoming opportunities. 

member Advertisements

Have something you would like to advertise to other members of FWDC? Check out our new member advertisements page where you can share equine related goods for sale, lease, or trade. Contact Alicia for more information or to post. 

FWDC Members App

FWDC Members now have the option to register for FWDC events on their mobile devices using the Wild Apricot App.


* available on Google Play & App Store 



CONTACT US

fwdc@yahoo.com

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