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The Germans Are Powering On—Can US Dressage Catch Up with Them? Former Technical Director of US Dressage Team Anne Gribbons Shares Her Thoughts on the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio

TSB caught up with Anne Gribbons, FEI/USEF dressage judge, former Technical Director of the US Dressage Team, and author of the wonderful book of “dressage time travel” COLLECTIVE REMARKS, and we asked for her thoughts on the 2016 Olympic Dressage competition, underway now in Rio de Janeiro. Here are her insights as we begin Day…

August 11, 2016
TSB Author and FEI Dressage Judge Anne Gribbons Admits to “An Affliction Called ‘Jack Russells’”

When I was nine and working my first “muck-for-lessons” detail, I had my earliest encounter with the Jack Russell Terrier. The young woman who ran the barn and gave me said lessons had a pair of crazed little dogs: The black-and-white one was “Pie” (short for Piebald) and the brown-and-white one was “Skew” (yes, as…

July 21, 2014
Head Groom for Former Technical Advisor of the US Dressage Team Anne Gribbons Shares Her Thoughts on Learning to Hear What Our Horses Have to Say

Kristen McDonald, groom for former Technical Advisor of the US Dressage Team Anne Gribbons, grew up a member of the US Pony Club, competing in amateur eventing, dressage, and hunter shows. She began at Anne’s training facility, Knoll Dressage outside of Orlando, Florida, as a working student before working her way up to becoming Anne’s…

May 7, 2013
USEF & FEI Dressage Judge Janet Foy Talks About Her New Book, Her New Blog, and Picking the Olympic Dressage Team

We had the chance to catch up with Janet Foy, author of the new book DRESSAGE FOR THE NOT-SO-PERFECT HORSE, between her efforts to help her neighbors in Colorado who are facing the devastating wildfires. We understand that today a change in weather has helped with the firefighting efforts—our thoughts are with everyone in the…

June 28, 2012