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Welcome to the official web site of the Southwest Dressage Championships (SWDC). This site was created as a source of information on the rules, regulations, and guidelines for the SWDC for both competitors and Dressage Show Organizers.

What's New

2017 SWDC Annual Meeting to be hed at 2017 Regional Championships

on Friday, 6 October in the Arena Club right after the completion of

the HDS sponsored Cocktail Party

2017 Rule Changes that will be voted on at the 2017 SWDC Annual Meeting include:

Proposal #1: Increase SWDC fee from $8 to $10, with the additional

$2 to go to prize money and awards.

Proposal #2: Increase of scores:

SWDC Class/Level

Adult Amateur Proposed

Junior/YR Proposed

    Open Proposed

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Training

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First

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Second

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Third

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Fourth

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PSG

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I1

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I2

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Grand Prix

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F/S Training - 4th

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F/S FEI

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Pony-Train & First

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Proposal #3: "The Lifeline Rule" In the event that a rider is lacking one score to qualify for SWDC Championships -- horse/rider combination currently has one SWDC qualifying score at a level and division where the SWDC fee was paid and the score is greater that the minimum score at that level/division to be qualifying at an SWDC approved competition, the rider may pay a $50.00 fee and count a score that was earned at an in-region SWDC approved competition at the same level and in the same division (and is greater than the minimum score at that level/division), and that satisfies Rule 1 of the SWDC Dressage Championship Rules, but was not paid for at the time. Horse/rider combination must have already earned one qualifying score at the level/division, and the level/division of the score to count must be the same as the one already earned.

Sarah Jane Martin has been elected as the SWDC Chairman for 2017 at the 2016 SWDC Annual Meeting.

2017 Qualifying Year: September 26, 2016 - September 25, 2017

2017 SWDC Sponsorships

$500 Grand Prix Open Sponsor

Great Southwest Equestrian Center

$300 Patch Sponsor

Fran Kehr, Windy Knoll Farm

$250 Classic Combination Adult Amateur Sponsor

Olva Stewart Pharo, Equestrian Portraits

$100 Patch Sponsor

Dallas Dressage Club

Susan Peacock, Showsecretary.com

Debbie Garris, Horse Show Solutions, Inc