Scholarship Articles

Scholarship Recipient Isabella Rodwig
When I was 12 years old, I attended my first dressage show (as a spectator), and I saw Mrs. Vicky Busch riding a beautiful rendition of a Fourth Level test. I turned to my parents and said, “I want to do that!” I have admired dressage ever since. The way those high level riders can make their horses perform incredible movements with only the nudge of a leg or the tickling of a rein fascinates me.

By Parrish Frisbee

Receiving the SEDA young rider scholarship was an honor, and I was excited to apply it to four dressage sessions with Vicky Busch of Busch Sporthorses last spring. I am also grateful to have been given the chance to continue training on Virtuoso during these sessions, who is a KWPN gelding owned by Mr. Richard Freeman of Oak Hill Ranch.

The Tale of How Morgan Vaughn Used Her SEDA Scholarship Money

By Morgan Vaughn There is nothing that I am more interested in than Eventing. So when the opportunity to ride with Jimmy Wofford presented itself, how could I resist? Thanks to the SEDA scholarship, I never had to be put to that test.