Toronto CADORA

Canadian Dressage Owners and Riders Association - Toronto Chapter

Welcome to the
Toronto CADORA web site!

Toronto CADORA's focus continues to be on education, since only through education can we hope to achieve the heights of desired accomplishment and fulfill our dreams. To this end we are excited to offer fun and informative educational opportunities through clinics and seminars, etc. and an enlightened perspective of horsemanship and showmanship to our members, and beyond. As a grass roots organization we are dedicated to educating about all aspects of dressage, including sound and horse-friendly training and management practices.

This is a fun-loving group of classical riding enthusiasts with a desire to learn and improve our relationships with our horses both on the ground and in the tack. Our focus is on horse-friendly training methods -- the tried and the true of the masters of old, as introduced to Canada 40 years ago by our club's founder, Christilot Boylen, and the proven insight of the new -- all in an attempt to foster the development of the happy horse in his work. To this end a volunteer executive team organizes a number of events throughout the year and promotes products and services, which we feel help to meet our education-focused and horse-friendly mandate.

The club's goal is to help those dedicated to the sport and art of dressage, find joy and have fun in an endeavour that can often be taken all too seriously. We extend our programs to those from other disciplines because we understand that the foundation for equestrian success is built on sound knowledge of the basics as taught in the classical riding system - the basis for all good and effective riding.

News & Events

Toronto CADORA is not accepting membership renewals or new members
at this time.

Please Note:
AGM CANCELLED
Annual General Meeting
Please check back for new date of meeting!

FYI:
President's Message
Nomination form
Director duties

CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR FROM
PHILIPPE KARL'S SCHOOL OF LIGHTNESS
CLINIC WITH
NICOLE WEINAUGE
At Petlyn Farm in Caledon Three 3 day clinics:
May 27-29, May 31-June 2 and June 4-6, 2013
Clinic Info www.petlynfarm.com
Go to http://www.nicoleweinauge.de
for information about Nicole

Arthur Kottas Clinic
April 28-30 2013

Anky Van Grunsven Clinic May 3-5

Anky van Grunsven will be at Iron Horse Equestrian, Burlington May 3-5. Special group auditor rates are available. Those members wishing to take advantage of the group auditor rates please contact Joanne Copeland at jcdressage@gmail.com.

For more information about the clinic in general, please contact dannyforbes@live.ca www.dmfpro.com

The Toni Thompson 'Spirit of Dressage' Award
Awarded for 2012 to PAM HOPE Congratulations!

Clinic Etiquette

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Dressage = Training

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We have established groups on Barnmice (founded by Toronto CADORA member Barb Fogler), Twitter and Facebook.

Check us out there, start discussions, get to know one another and keep up with the buzz.

We look forward to seeing you online and at future Toronto CADORA events.

We have included a "Training Pyramid" diagram to act as a reminder of the six building blocks to classical training of the dressage horse. Please refer to it often and make it a part of your regular training program. We would like to thank the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) for giving us permission to reproduce this valuable training tool on our website and in our publications.

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