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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News & Events
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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Upcoming Events
July 2-29, 2025 - D4K Summer Intensive Training Program at Hampton Green Farm in Fruitport, Michigan (with possibility to extend dates through August 17)
August 8-10, 2025 - D4K Lendon's Youth Dressage Festival at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown, New Jersey
September 5-6, 2025 - D4K TEAM Clinic at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia
September 6-7, 2025 - D4K TEAM Clinic with Liz Austin at Faith Hill Farm in East Greenwich, Rhode Island
September 7, 2025 - Atlanta Youth Festival at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia
September 20-21, 2025 - D4K TEAM Clinic at Faith Haven Stables in North East, Pennsylvania
October 18-19, 2025 - NEDA Fall Symposium at Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center in South Hadley, Massachusetts
October 18, 2025 - D4K UP Meet and Greet with Gareth Hughes during the NEDA Fall Symposium in South Hadley, Massachusetts
October 25-26, 2025 - D4K TEAM Clinic at Meadowbrook in Naples, Maine
November 1-2, 2025 - D4K TEAM Clinic at Roaring Run Equestrian Center in Apollo, Pennsylvania
November 15-16, 2025 - D4K TEAM Clinic at Maplewood Farms in Waymart, Pennsylvania
November 22-23, 2025 - D4K TEAM Clinic at Serenity Rose Equestrian Center in Denton, Nebraska
March 28-29, 2026 - D4K TEAM Clinic at Whispering Miracles Equestrian Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia
