British Dressage notes sport’s growing popularity

British Dressage has marked 3 major milestones inwards recent weeks, alongside membership reaching 14,000, Equus caballus registrations at 11,000 together with gratis online associate membership at 38,000.

Headquartered at Meriden inwards the West Midlands, British Dressage right away boasts a full membership base of operations of 52,000, proof that back upwardly for dressage continues to grow inwards the UK.

An improvement inwards the Nation’s economy, Olympic success, novel contest inwards the degree of Team Quest, regional initiatives similar ‘Have a Go Days’ together with improved chance bring all contributed to the growth inwards numbers but the overriding gene is exactly the appeal of the sport every bit an accessible equestrian discipline.

Participation inwards the receive one-half of 2014 is also next the growth inwards members alongside figures some 17% upwardly on a like-for-like menses final year.

“It is fantastic tidings that nosotros bring reached this pregnant milestone,” says Jason Brautigam, BD Chief Executive.

“Dressage continues to acquire from forcefulness to strength, alongside our membership growing chop-chop this twelvemonth every bit a trial of exciting novel initiatives such every bit Team Quest.  This is undoubtedly business office of the legacy of London 2012, which has brought the sport to a wider audience, but is also will to the difficult operate of all of the squad at British Dressage.”

BD’s 14,000th fellow member is 17-year-old Charlotte Louette from Kent who joined on the BD tradestand at the recent Hickstead CDIO3* fixture.

Charlotte took wages of an offering of ‘join together with your Equus caballus goes free’, to brand the interruption into affiliated dressage.  She’s joined every bit her horse, Theodore, an eight-year-old part-bred Welsh Cob, is ready for affiliated competition. She’s had him since he was four together with has brought him on to uncomplicated level.  Charlotte explains; “We’ve been doing some BE eventing together with his dressage is ever vivid but the cross province isn’t!  So I idea the best matter was to bring a alter of discipline.  He’s been dandy to educate together with has the talent together with then we’ll run across how it goes.”

The abide by of the 11,000th Equus caballus goes to 16-year-old Fultons Fernet who’ll live on ridden yesteryear 20-year-old Sarah Houldridge from Cambridge.  They came to BD via a Have a Go Day inwards the Eastern share where participants ride a test, acquire feedback from a trainer together with larn to a greater extent than almost what competing together with grooming alongside BD is all about.  “Fern” is owned together with bred yesteryear Sarah’s boss, Sharon Newbound who has asked Sarah to acquire her dorsum into contest life.  “We’re aiming to receive at Novice together with volition run across how it goes.  I’d beloved to qualify for a Championship but the aim is to acquire her out together with almost together with give me the contest experience,” Sarah said.

 

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