US Equestrian announced the athletes selected to participate in the 2026 USEF Dressage Training Series.
The East Coast clinic will be held at the Wellington International home of the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Fla., from January 2-4, 2026. The West Coast clinic will take place at the HITS Del Mar Horse Park in Del Mar, Calif., from February 19-22, 2026.
Identify and Develop the Next Generation
The Dressage Training Series is designed to identify and develop the next generation of top U.S. Dressage team athletes and includes mounted and unmounted sessions with top professionals on topics related to riding, competing, and horse care.
Instructors for the mounted sessions for the East Coast clinic are Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, George Williams, and TBD. George Williams, Sabine Schut-Kery, and Guenter Seidel will instruct athletes on the West Coast during their mounted sessions.
Athletes were automatically invited to participate in the 2026 USEF Dressage Training Series based on their results at various high-level competitions or through the application process. Athletes include individual and freestyle gold medalists of the North American Youth Championships, gold and silver medalists from the USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals, top three overall in both the US Junior and Young Riders Championship, and Champion and Reserve Champion in the US Children and Pony Championship.
Athletes Selected
The following athletes have been selected for the 2026 USEF Dressage Training Series – East Coast
• Katherine Bright (Auburn, Ala.)
• Grace Christianson (Nobelsville, Ind.)
• McKenzie Dicks (Gorham, Maine) - pictured
• Laila Edwards (Annapolis, Md.)
• Eila Fisk (Aiken, S.C.)
• Gianna Foley (Ocala, Fla.)
• Lark Heckman (Ocala, Fla.)
• Ava Hobbs (Lake City, Fla.)
• Harper Kane (Wellington, Fla.)
• Hayden Kane (Wellington, Fla.)
• Bennett McWhorter (Baton Rouge, La.)
• Elena Moffitt (Atlanta, Ga.)
• Ava Noone (Gibsonia, Pa.)
• Alexis Troutman (Gainesville, Ga.)
• Virginia Woodcock (Atlanta, Ga.)
The following athletes have been selected for the 2026 USEF Dressage Training Series – West Coast.
• Josh Albrecht (Oroville, Calif.) • Ellanor Boehning (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.)
• Sage Chacon (Riverside, Calif.) • Emme Chisholm (Ramona, Calif.)
• Tayla Damyanovich (Hibbing, Minn.) • Tiggy Gates (Encintas, Calif.)
• Samantha MacDonald (Phoenix, Ariz.)
• McKenzie Milburn (San Diego, Calif.)
• Gwenyth Miller (Carlsbad, Calif.)
• Emma Schneider (Sunland, Calif.)
• Haley Smith (San Diego, Calif.)
• Claire Tucker (Lincoln, Neb.)
• Nicola Valentine (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
• Maverick Wright (Milton-Freewater, Ore.)
• Miki Yang (Los Altos Hills, Calif.)
Photo © Astrid Appels
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