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Dressage4Kids™ provides educational and competitive opportunities for youth riders and the adults who support them.  Dressage4Kids™ Programs include: the D4K ACT Program, the D4K BA Program, the Summer Intensive Training Program, the Winter Intensive Training Program, the TEAM (Training, Education And Mentoring) Program, Training4Teaching, the D4K Unmounted Programs, the Youth Dressage Festival, the Horse Donation Program, and Scholarships.   

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August 8-10, 2025 at the Horse Park of New Jersey

Started in 1999, the festival offers individual and team competition for riders from ages 4 through 25. Division championships feature a three-phased competition: a written test, an individual dressage test, and an equitation ride. Divisions offered are Introductory through Fourth, FEI Pony, Junior and Young Rider and Para Equestrian. Riders may also assemble teams and vie for the Kross Creek Farm Team Championships in honor of Margarita Serrell. Classes for Leadline (riders aged 4 to 8), Prix Caprilli (dressage ride incorporating jumps), Dressage Trail, Costume Class, and Musical Freestyle are offered, as are other competitive and fun activities.

Dressage4Kids is excited to offer the Summer Intensive Training (SIT) Program to provide an overall educational program for riders under age 26. The participants will have a full schedule of learning that includes fitness, theory, tests, riding lessons, and lectures on many pertinent subjects. We encourage young riders of all levels and ages.

Location: Hampton Green Farm in Fruitport, Michigan

Dates: July 2-29, 2025 with options to extend dates up to August 17, 2025

Lendon Gray will teach a two-day TEAM Clinic at Rancho Santa Fe in Bloomingdale, Michigan on June 28-29, 2025.

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