FORHORSEPEOPLE • ABOUTHORSEPEOPLE
SIDELINES JUNE 2014 27
Suzie attended anoutdoor performance by theSpanishRiding
School riders at theOpeningGala for theViennaMasters.
them canbe one of themost rewarding journeys of our lives.
ReturningHome Inspired
I returned home more inspired than ever to find a way toward
that ultimate goal where sport becomes art. I couldn’t wait to see
myhorseandhaveagoatwhat I’d learned, and toworkhardwith
my trainer to make progress on our goals this year: to develop
greater thoroughness and improved rider position.
I want to thank the Dressage Foundation, the Spanish Riding
Schooland theRalphDreiztler family forallowingme this incredible
learning opportunity.Without a doubt, theSpanishRidingSchool
houses some of the world’s greatest equestrians fromwhomwe
canall learn a great deal if given the chance.
A full report for The Dressage Foundation contains YouTube
videos,photographs, sketches,descriptionsof the lessons,history
of the school and cultural stops along the way. To learn more,
visit:
Fund_Report.htm
NOTE: Chief Rider AndreasHausberger of theSpanish
RidingSchool ismaking a special visit toColoradoJuly 19-
21, 2014, for a three-day clinic. Spaces are very limited.
Toaudit / ridego to: HighPlainsDressage.org.
About the writer: Suzie Haynes Hallé is an Adult Amateur Bronze and Silver
medalist, and half way to her Gold. She caught the riding bug at age 3. Through
the years, Suzie received formal training in equitation, jumping and cross-country
and has experimented with the hunt, but eight years ago absolutely fell in love
with dressage. Suzie has been a team rider writer for Barnby Notes, co-founded
the Cherry Hills Village Equestrian Association, blogs for Horse Collaborative, has
writtenarticles for TheCentaur publication, is servingher second termasVPof High
Plains Dressage (RMDS Chapter), is an active driver with her registered therapy
miniature horse and is the first North American grantee to travel to the Spanish
Riding School for theoretical training seminars. She resides in Colorado with her
incredibly supportive husbandof 26 years and their threewonderful children.
Photos courtesy of SuzieHaynesHallé, unless noted otherwise
