Polly Limond Dressage and Working Equitation

Polly Limond Dressage and Working Equitation USDF Bronze, Silver and Silver Freestyle medalist, USAWE Bronze and Silver medalist. Available for clinics nation wide.

USAWE and WECan S Judge and Technical Delegate, USDF L Graduate with Distinction:
Imports, sales & judging, available for clinics and judging all over North America USAWE S Judge and Technical Delegate, and USDF L program graduate with distinction. For nearly 40 years Polly has been a dressage rider, trainer, breeder and importer in the Southern CA area. Since 2004 she has been selecting and impo

rting sport horses from European countries including Germany, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands and France. Polly is a USDF Bronze Medalist with Distinction, a Silver Medalist With Distinction, and Silver Freestyle medalist.. Having trained several horses successfully through Intermediare, she won Regional and National Championships and coached students to Regional and RAAC championships and lifetime rider medals. Polly earned her WE Bronze Medal in 2017, Silver Medal in 2019. She has competed several horses through Intermediate B with scores up to 80%, and was the 2021 Region 2 Level 5 Open Champion. Polly is an S judge and a licensed TD with USAWE, and a USDF L graduate with distinction. She has judged countless WE shows across the USA and Canada, and local schooling shows in classical, eventing, and western dressage and obstacle challenges, and has been mentored by several WAWE judges. She is a sought after clinician, and in 2021 she became a member of the USAWE coaches network. Since early 2023 Polly has been based out of Mooresville, NC.

11/13/2025

🎓✨ Get ready to LEVEL UP this winter! ✨🎓
The Level Up Winter Educational Series launches November 18 with our first module:
🪜 Ride the Ladder: Level-by-Level Strategies for Success
Whether you're a rider, trainer, or official, this session breaks down progressive skill-building with practical tools you can apply immediately. Think clarity, confidence, and a roadmap to real results.
📅 Mark your calendar:
🗓️ November 18
💻 Online via Zoom
🎯 Perfect for Working Equitation enthusiasts and lifelong learners
Let’s climb together—one level at a time.
Stay tuned for registration details and upcoming modules in the series

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❄️📚 Calling all Working Equitation Riders, Licensed Officials, and Professional Instructors!Get ready for the Winter Edu...
11/10/2025

❄️📚 Calling all Working Equitation Riders, Licensed Officials, and Professional Instructors!

Get ready for the Winter Education Series — a must-attend event designed to elevate your skills, deepen your knowledge, and connect with the WE community.

🗓️ Kicking off November 18 with:
**Ride the Ladder – Level-by-Level Strategies for Success**
Unlock practical insights and proven strategies to progress confidently through the levels.

✅ Don’t miss out — spots are filling fast!
👉 Sign up now and invest in your growth this winter.

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11/09/2025
Follow along with the El Campeon show this weekend!!
11/07/2025

Follow along with the El Campeon show this weekend!!

▶️Watch LIVE here Archive Upcoming USAWE El Campeon WE #5 Thousand Oaks, CA November 8th, 2025 USAWE El Campeon WE #6 Thousand Oaks, CA November 9th, 2025

11/05/2025

🌟❄️ The Countdown Begins… Winter Education Series Launches in Just 10 Days! ❄️🌟

I'm so excited to kick off the **Winter Education Series**—a fresh lineup of Zoom modules designed to inspire, inform, and elevate your Working Equitation journey.

🎯 What’s in store:
✅ Interactive sessions with real-world applications
✅ CE credit opportunities pending for USAWE and WECan Licensed Officials and USAWE Professional Instructors
✅ A welcoming, supportive community of equestrian learners

Whether you're teaching, officiating, or riding the ladder yourself, this series is built to help you grow with confidence and clarity.

📅 Launches in just a week and a half—stay tuned for registration details and get ready to ride into winter with purpose!

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11/01/2025
10/29/2025

Obstacle of the Week, the Three Drums

It's been a while since I posted in this series, and this year I've been given the pleasure of riding this lovely PSL gelding for a client at L6.

Liam is 10 years old and knows his job pretty well but needs a bit of help maintaining the "quickness" of the canter stride, so I have to make sure he's solidly in front of my leg on the approach, and at the same time I'm telling him clearly with my right leg to prepare for the bend on the right circle.
I keep him relatively straight through the first loop so as not to throw him off balance into the flying change. I focus on turning Liam's shoulders (not his neck!) onto the line I draw with my eyes, being careful not to over flex him, while making sure his haunches follow directly in the same track. Because I've paid attention to straightness on the circle, he gives me a clean change, even though he's a little distracted by the equipment outside the fenceline. My circle gets a tiny bit large: I would like to have had 12 strides here instead of 13. I wish the change could have shown a bit more expression, but I am happy that it's clean and exactly on my aids at the correct spot between the first and second drum.

The second loop, (which is actually a 3/4 loop, not a full circle) goes well, and I'm happy that the rhythm and tempo stay clean and active. Liam stays well balanced, straight and gives me the 2nd change exactly on my aids.
The third circle goes equally well, I am focusing on rhythm and tempo, straightness and finishing with balance.
At home I practice this obstacle by counting my strides for disciplined geometry. Here I am a little off with 13 strides on the first circle, 8 on the second 3/4 loop and 12 on the third circle, but if you do the math that's just about right!

Overall, it's much more important to me to show a quality training routine with a horse that is happy and capable at the level I'm showing. I caution my riders not to overdo the bending on these obstacles, as it leads to problems getting the changes on time. Over flexing the neck also leads to straightness issues at the lower levels, as the shoulders fall out on the turns. Precision is the icing on the cake.
Another tip for the turning obstacles like the drums and slaloms: there is no time to worry or fret about mistakes, you must keep riding because the next turn or change is coming up QUICK! Just keep focusing on repairing the rhythm or balance or straightness and move on to the next element in the obstacle with as much quality as you can salvage.

Hope this helps, and that you all have good rides this week!

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Dressage and Working Equitation training, lessons and sales. R-rated working equitation judge and L dressage judge, available for full and half training, clinics and judging nation wide.

Polly has earned her USDF Bronze, Silver and Silver Freestyle Medals, as well as her Bronze Medal from Working Equitation United. She has won several regional and national championships on self trained horses, and has coached several of her students to USDF medals and Regional championships.

Polly specializes in matching the right horse to each rider through imports from her many contacts in Europe and locally in Southern California. Polly can help find that special horse, attain your goals in showing dressage or working equitation, earn your lifetime achievement awards or just develop a closer working relationship with your horse.