Highlights
- USEF ‘S’ Dressage Judge
- L Program Faculty Member
- United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Gold, Silver and Bronze medalist
- Former USDF Region One Director
- Coach for 2017 US National Children’s Champion
- Coach for 2017 NAJYRC Junior Team Bronze and Silver medalist
- Coach for 2016 NAJYRC Junior Team Bronze and Silver medalist
- Coach for 2015 US National Dressage Pony Champion
- Founder of Adult Amateur Dressage Access (AADA) www.aadressageaccess.com
- Lisa is the only judge to have ridden three times and judged three times at the USDF National Finals.
Training
Judging
Clinics
Blogs
Dressage Training & Coaching
Currently, Lisa is showing her new horse Luuk (Glamourdale x Jazz) at Second Level and schooling him for Fourth Level for 2025.
Lisa’s other horse, Qrown Prince competed at Prix St Georges in 2022 and at the Region 1 Championships where she also competed at Fourth Level for an 8th place. He is schooling the GP for 2024 and 2025. Lisa has trained “Prince” since he was 3 years old. At five, in 2015 he won the Region One Championships at Training Level then……….
Judging & L-Program
Lisa Schmidt has judged many prestigious shows and is an USEF ‘S’ Dressage Judge with the Young Horse and Freestyle Certifications. She is also the only judge to have been a competitor and judge at the US Dressage Finals.
Lisa is a member of the L Program Faculty and instructs many programs for upcoming and future judges. She is currently booking dates for 2025.
Clinics
Lisa is available to coach you at your location. All levels of rider and horse talent is welcome.
She is currently booking dates for 2025-2026.
BLOGS
From the Boardroom to Centerline
By Lisa SchmidtI wear many different hats in dressage: rider, trainer, coach, judge, and, for the past six years, USDF Region 1 Director and member of the USDF Executive Board. On the board I was involved in the decisions about the US Dressage Finals from the initial idea to the inception in 2013. But my […]
A Clinic with the Connecticut Dressage Association
REPRINT FROM YourDressage.org Connecticut Dressage Association (CDA) and Sperry View Farm hosted Lisa Schmidt on November 19-20, 2022 to review the updated 2023 US Dressage Tests. From the Auditor Perspective After several weekends of balmy, unseasonably warm fall temperatures, many individuals bundled up and were dressed for the cold temperatures that swooped in for the […]
Seen at Regional Championships – Regions 1, 3, and 9
Photo Submitted by Joanna Gray-Randle – My Miracle Horse, Royal Tourmalet SPF – “Artie”, competing in the Open PSG Championships. REPRINT from YourDressage.org Fall means Regional Championship time! The 2022 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championships have concluded, with action from Regions 1, 3, and 9 rounding out this year’s Regional Championships. A huge […]
Backstage and Frontstage at the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®
By Lisa SchmidtReprinted with Permission from yourdressage.orgThere are so many facets to the US Finals presented by Adequan®.There, the people in front of the stage lights are the competitors. They are the performers; they are the stars.As a rider at the Finals, one sees the grand entrance to the Kentucky Horse Park, the stabling, the […]
Contact Lisa
Mailing Address:
5 Thads Hill Rd
Hampton NJ 08827
Barn Address:
Tharros Equestrian Center
68 Sky Manor Rd
Pittstown, NJ 08867
Phone: 201 981-1823
lisakschmidt5@gmail.com
