Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet light from the sun can damage skin and eyes. We can avoid exposure by riding in the shade, especially during midday hours. Protect your skin with clothing that covers your arms. Wear a Helmet visor to protect...
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Improve your balance and stability by choosing a line of travel between your horse’s ears, aligned with the horse’s line of travel to have it in front of the leg. Use your seat to encourage going forward and “with the flow.” The rider’s weight...
Read moreDr. Cesar Parra and Performance Farms team riders are known for their consistent National and International successes over the last two decades. Now they are gearing up for 2022 with a trio of National Champion trainers and two year-round...
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No matter what gait your horse is in, maintain forward momentum. When we talk about developing and training horses we have to remember that the desire to go forward must be greater than anything else. This desire to move forward into the bit will...
Read more(Originally posted on Eurodressage) Olympian Cesar Parra was proclaimed “Best FEI Rider” of the 2021 CDI-W Devon after winning in the CDI 3* Small Tour. Also, him and his assistant trainer took home the Championship and Reserve Championship in...
Read more(Originally posted on Dressage Today) After six exciting days of 2021 Dressage at Devon, competition concluded with the CDI3* Intermediate I Freestyle. Under sunny skies and with a beautiful fall breeze, 11 horse and rider combinations wrapped up...
Read more(Originally posted on Global Dressage Festival) Wellington, FL – February 23, 2020 – Cesar Parra (USA) nailed a huge new personal best in the FEI Intermediate I CDI3*, presented by Restylane. He rode Mr Bumblebee, Karen Blank’s shy 12-year-old...
Read more(Originally posted on HorsesDaily) Cesar Parra (USA) and his team at Piaffe Performance Dressage had great week at the 2020 Adequan Global Dressage Festival at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Florida. The high...
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(Originally posted on HorsesDaily) After scoring a hattrick two weeks ago at their first show of the 2021 Global Dressage Festival season, Dr. Cesar Parra and Mr Bumblebee continued their winning streak last weekend at the 2021 CDI-W Wellington...
Read more(Originally posted on Eurodressage) In their first international competition of 2021, Dr. Cesar Parra and Mr Bumblebee made it a triple victory at the 2021 CDI Wellington on 28 – 31 January. It is a new season of the Global Dressage...
Read more(Originally posted at Eurodressage) Consistency is everything in dressage and since 2012, internationally celebrated rider and trainer Dr. Cesar Parra has been qualifying some of the brightest rising stars in the sport today for the 2018 USEF...
Read more(Originally posted on Eurodressage) International Grand Prix rider Dr. Cesar Parra has claimed a stellar victory in the Developing Horse Grand Prix National Championship aboard his superstar mount Fashion Designer OLD (by Faustinus x De Niro,) a...
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