Connecticut Dressage Academy

Connecticut Dressage Academy Full service dressage riding and training academy with a strong emphasis on the fundamentals of riding and horsemanship from your first ride to FEI

Harper 🖤🤎
05/27/2026

Harper 🖤🤎

We had a fantastic clinic weekend with Anna Merritt! Each ride was full of valuable insight that helped bring each horse...
05/24/2026

We had a fantastic clinic weekend with Anna Merritt! Each ride was full of valuable insight that helped bring each horse and rider closer together. Anna's approach was positive, simple, and efficient while offering each pair a challenge to improve upon. We are so grateful to Anna for her guidance!
Special thank you to Platinum SportHorses for organizing the clinic!

Photos by Katrina Gray 📸

Meet Pogo and Harper! Our newest members of our riding program! We are excited to match these horses with their new ride...
05/05/2026

Meet Pogo and Harper! Our newest members of our riding program! We are excited to match these horses with their new riders! Pogo has been with us for a few weeks and has already found himself as a barn favorite 🦄💕

Beautiful day for a ride with a unicorn! 🦄🌞
04/23/2026

Beautiful day for a ride with a unicorn! 🦄🌞

04/15/2026

Jocelyn & Bastille enjoying the beautiful weather in the outdoor schooling a first level test!

Super fun clinic with Gwyneth McPherson at Magnolia Equestrian Center! Everyone had really nice rides and all the horses...
04/11/2026

Super fun clinic with Gwyneth McPherson at Magnolia Equestrian Center! Everyone had really nice rides and all the horses were rockstars! We are looking forward to more learning tomorrow!

Lucky, Marko, and Hunky enjoying the grass fields 🥰🌿Have you heard the rumor that we closed? Not true! We’re still here ...
04/05/2026

Lucky, Marko, and Hunky enjoying the grass fields 🥰🌿

Have you heard the rumor that we closed? Not true! We’re still here and actually growing!

We’ve made a few thoughtful adjustments to our program to better support both our horses and riders, while continuing to provide the same passionate, dedicated lessons and training for our students and their horses.

We’re also excited to welcome some new faces to the program! With this expansion, we’re hopeful we’ll be able to offer opportunities to more riders who have been on our waitlist.

We’re looking forward to a wonderful summer ahead, with several exciting programs and events in the works. We can’t wait to share what’s coming! ☀️🐴✨

Starting next Saturday at 4pm:Weekly groundwork and pole exercises with our horses!In this class, we will focus on:• Dev...
03/22/2026

Starting next Saturday at 4pm:
Weekly groundwork and pole exercises with our horses!

In this class, we will focus on:
• Developing core strength
• Improving hind end engagement and push
• Enhancing rhythm, balance, and coordination
• Encouraging proper topline development
• Creating a more supple, rideable, and sound horse

This is an opportunity to help your horse develop and reset each week, as well as create a deeper and more meaningful relationship with your horse or school horse! 🐎

So many great rides this week for all of our students! The weather certainly was quite a treat! But also a bit of a tric...
03/13/2026

So many great rides this week for all of our students! The weather certainly was quite a treat! But also a bit of a trick 😉
So proud of all our students and the relationships they are building with their horses!

❄️ A Thoughtful Pause for Our Horses ❄️This past week in Connecticut brought unusually cold temperatures. Research shows...
01/31/2026

❄️ A Thoughtful Pause for Our Horses ❄️

This past week in Connecticut brought unusually cold temperatures. Research shows that working horses in extreme cold can increase the risk of respiratory strain, injury, and overall discomfort for both horse and rider.

With our school horses’ wellbeing always as the priority, we chose to give them a well-earned week off.

While our horses enjoyed some downtime, our riders took part in a nearly two-hour Zoom discussion focused on biomechanics and correct movement. An opportunity to continue learning without compromising horse welfare!

Topics included:
• What correct movement truly looks like (and what it doesn’t)
• Identifying balance, both laterally and longitudinally
• The long-term implications of poor biomechanics
• Developing a more educated eye to improve our own riding

Thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to such a thoughtful discussion. We are grateful for a community that values education, reflection, and putting horses first and recognizing that great riding is built on understanding, not just time in the saddle!

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237 Bradley Corners Road
Madison, CT
06443

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