FoothillsCDS

I was the lucky recipient of a random drawing from Foothills Chapter CDS to ride with Anne Gribbons, September 14-15, 2015. The clinic was held at Diane and Robert Perry's amazing facility in Orangevale, CA. I appreciate their hospitality and providing such a wonderful learning environment, their love for the horses and support for our area's dressage culture is felt immediately upon arrival to the facility. Riding with Anne Gribbons was an experience I will not forget, anyt

In retrospect, I don’t know what possessed me to submit my name as a candidate for the Foothills Chapter’s spot in the 2015 CDS Amateur Clinic to be held on October 3-5th at Star Vaughn . I never win contests or drawings, so I didn’t give it much more thought and just left my name in the hopper. Much later, I got the call from Christine Hendricks that I had been selected. My first inclination was to decline, but I let my riding friends convince me to accept in spite of m