About Our Team
The URI Dressage Team is a Student Senate run organization. Fundraising is what makes our team possible - we fund raise throughout the school year and over school breaks. The team requires at least 10 riders per year. Each rider must take one lesson a week with our coach, Dione, on one of our lesson horses at Stony Creek Farm. Our team members are responsible for paying dues at the beginning of each semester as well as for their weekly lessons. The team participates in eight shows per year, two of which our hosted by URI at Stony Creek Farm. The other six shows are hosted by UNH, UMaine, and JWU and the team travels together to each show. But riding isn't all we do - from trail rides and group lessons to study sessions and shopping trips at Dover, we always find ways to bond as a team.
The URI Dressage Team is a Student Senate run organization. Fundraising is what makes our team possible - we fund raise throughout the school year and over school breaks. The team requires at least 10 riders per year. Each rider must take one lesson a week with our coach, Dione, on one of our lesson horses at Stony Creek Farm. Our team members are responsible for paying dues at the beginning of each semester as well as for their weekly lessons. The team participates in eight shows per year, two of which our hosted by URI at Stony Creek Farm. The other six shows are hosted by UNH, UMaine, and JWU and the team travels together to each show. But riding isn't all we do - from trail rides and group lessons to study sessions and shopping trips at Dover, we always find ways to bond as a team.
About the Shows
Our dressage team operates under the Intercollegiate Dressage Association. For each show that we attend, our captains and coach select a team of four riders to represent URI. The four selected riders compete at their assigned levels - Introductory, Lower Training, Upper Training, and First. Depending on how many horses the hosting team supplies, the host school may allow two teams from each school to compete, in which case URI could send up to eight riders. Before the show begins, competitors watch the "parade of horses" so that they can evaluate their assigned horses. Each competitor is allowed ten minutes to warm up their horse before riding a USEF dressage test for a judge. The rider is then assigned a percentage score, most falling between 58 and 67 percent. The rider with the highest score will win the class and earn points for their team (as well as individual points). Results are posted throughout the day and awards and ribbons are distributed at the end of the day.
Our dressage team operates under the Intercollegiate Dressage Association. For each show that we attend, our captains and coach select a team of four riders to represent URI. The four selected riders compete at their assigned levels - Introductory, Lower Training, Upper Training, and First. Depending on how many horses the hosting team supplies, the host school may allow two teams from each school to compete, in which case URI could send up to eight riders. Before the show begins, competitors watch the "parade of horses" so that they can evaluate their assigned horses. Each competitor is allowed ten minutes to warm up their horse before riding a USEF dressage test for a judge. The rider is then assigned a percentage score, most falling between 58 and 67 percent. The rider with the highest score will win the class and earn points for their team (as well as individual points). Results are posted throughout the day and awards and ribbons are distributed at the end of the day.
About IDA
The Intercollegiate Dressage Association was established in 1995 with only a few interested colleges and secondary schools in the Northeast. Since then, IDA has continued to grow in popularity having more teams join each year. In 2003, IDA became a college only organization allowing colleges from all over the country to join. To this date, there are 10 Regions that compete in IDA all over the Nation. IDA gives students a chance to practice, understand, and appreciate the sport of Dressage while teaching riders complete showmanship. Riders are divided into four levels; Introductory, Lower Training, Upper Training, and First Level to compete in at each show. At each show, riders have to opportunity to gain team and individual points to earn towards nationals which is held at the end of the spring season.
The Intercollegiate Dressage Association was established in 1995 with only a few interested colleges and secondary schools in the Northeast. Since then, IDA has continued to grow in popularity having more teams join each year. In 2003, IDA became a college only organization allowing colleges from all over the country to join. To this date, there are 10 Regions that compete in IDA all over the Nation. IDA gives students a chance to practice, understand, and appreciate the sport of Dressage while teaching riders complete showmanship. Riders are divided into four levels; Introductory, Lower Training, Upper Training, and First Level to compete in at each show. At each show, riders have to opportunity to gain team and individual points to earn towards nationals which is held at the end of the spring season.