Melissa Bauer

September 21, 2026

CDS Championship 2026

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO QUALIFIED AND COMPETED!

Melissa Bauer

September 21, 2026

CDS Championship 2026

Good weather, good competition and good fun! This is the perfect way to describe the 2026 Great American/USDF and California Dressage Society’s dual Championship…

Melissa Bauer

September 20, 2026

CDS Championship 2026

HATS OFF TO EVERYONE!

Melissa Bauer

September 20, 2026

CDS Championship 2026

A definitive hats off to the eleven horse/rider combinations competing at Saturday night’s rider celebration dinner at the 2026 combined Great American/USDF and CDS Horse of the Year State Championships…

Melissa Bauer

September 19, 2026

CDS Championship 2026

Young Horses and Young Riders Shine On the Second Day of the Great American/USDF Region 7 & CDS Championships

Melissa Bauer

September 19, 2026

CDS Championship 2026

Close to $6000 was pledged for this year’s CDS Futurity program and the quality of young horses competing proved well worth these purses…

Melissa Bauer

September 18, 2026

CDS Championship 2026

GREAT AMERICAN / USDF Region 7 Championship CDS State Championship Show Thursday September 17, 2026

Melissa Bauer

September 18, 2026

CDS Championship 2026

Grand Prix classes set a high bar on this first day of the 2026 Great American/USDF Region 7 - California Dressage Society Championships…

Melissa Bauer

September 22, 2025

CDS Championship 2025

GREAT AMERICAN / USDF Region 7 Championship CDS State Championship Show Sunday September 21, 2025

Melissa Bauer

September 22, 2025

CDS Championship 2025

BY REGINA ANTONIOLI
It was a big competition and there were some big winners. Velantis N, owned and bred by Christiane Noelting, won all four of the classes entered. The striking 17H chestnut Hanoverian stallion…

Melissa Bauer

September 21, 2025

CDS Championship 2025

GREAT AMERICAN / USDF Region 7 Championship CDS State Championship Show Saturday September 20, 2025

Melissa Bauer

September 21, 2025

CDS Championship 2025

BY REGINA ANTONIOLI
You could feel the electricity in the air from the first notes of “God Bless America” as the Painted Ladies Rodeo Performers on their flashy Paints dazzled the crowd at opening ceremonies, Saturday night…

Melissa Bauer

September 20, 2025

CDS Championship 2025

GREAT AMERICAN / USDF Region 7 Championship CDS State Championship Show Friday September 19, 2025

Melissa Bauer

September 20, 2025

CDS Championship 2025

BY REGINA ANTONIOLI
Over $10,000 was pledged for this year’s CDS Futurity program and the quality of young horses competing proved well worth these purses. In the 4-Year-Old division, Rachel Wade,…

Melissa Bauer

September 19, 2025

CDS Championship 2025

GREAT AMERICAN / USDF Region 7 Championship CDS State Championship Show Thursday September 18, 2025

Melissa Bauer

September 19, 2025

CDS Championship 2025

BY REGINA ANTONIOLI
Grand Prix classes set the tone on the first day of the 2020 Great American/USDF Region7-California Dressage Society Championships. Ari Lopez (Vacaville, CA) captured the first Horse of the Year title…

Melissa Bauer

March 4, 2021

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March 4, 2021

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