Veteran rider Betsy LaBelle has spent years understanding how the horse and rider physically influence each other. Through a detailed discussion on the biomechanics of the horse and rider, learn how focusing on equine and human anatomy can improve the equestrian partnership.

Betsy’s Dressage Accomplishments:

Having served as a dressage rider in Germany in 2000 and 2003, Betsy has a unique blend of international experience. She worked with renowned figures such as Sebastian Heinze (former husband to Helen Langehanenberg) via German 1972 Olympic silver medalist Karin Schluter. Her mare, Audrey, achieved the highest score of 9.2 in the Mare Inspection in Germany. In the U.S., Audrey also won the Hanoverian Mare Performance Test for jumping and dressage and The Dressage at Devon American Hanoverian Society Trophy. Betsy trained several young horses up the levels with Anne Gribbons, and several up the levels at Lars Petersen’s farm in Florida. Audrey and her daughter Boudicca are here in the Green Spring Valley, retired, and living their best life.

At Garrison Forest School, Betsy competed in dressage in the North American Young Riders Championships.

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