Spirit Equestrian

Spirit management regrets to announce the cancellation of the 2020 show program with the exception of the August 29-30 show date. The August show is still scheduled dependent on COVID-19 limitations and protocols. We will update this website as information is available.

A quick update from Spirit: We hope that all of our friends are healthy and safe in these difficult times. We've done a great job of flattening the curve here in California and Spirit is doing its part to halt the spread of Covid-19. In the interest of your continued safety and the safety of our staff, Spirit Equestrain is canceling the dressage show scheduled for the weekend of May 31st. We will soon be offering online registration and payments for our shows. Stay tuned fo...r further updates. Stay safe everyone!

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In the abundance of caution and with the safety of our clients and staff in mind, Spirit Equestrian will be cancelling the upcoming dressage show on March 21-22. We would like to thank everyone who has signed up so far for your enthusiasm in supporting the show and we hope to see you again for the May show.

Olivia Frost Dressage presents a clinic with Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel Felicitas has lived in the US for 30 years working out of First Choice Farm in Maryland... as an international dressage trainer and competitor. Encouraged by her mentor and employer Gene Freeze she went back to Germany and completed her Master Degree as an instructor (Reitlehrer FN) not only first in the class but also with the best scores ever awarded up to that point. Since, she has trained numerous horses to Grand Prix. With Tonico do Top, a Lusitano stallion, she has won the BLM Grand Prix Championship 4 years in the row, 2012-2015 and the BLM Grand Prix Freestyle Championship the last three years. They won the 2014 and 2015 Regional Grand Prix Freestyle Championship. She has won many championships on horses of different breeds. One of the most frequent compliments to her are the obvious improvement of the horse’s movement and development of their top line as they move up through the levels. She is also recognized as a rider with a beautiful position, as one can see on the cover of the book Horse and Rider- Back to Back and throughout many of the pages inside. Felicitas has been a frequent contributor to Dressage Today most noted are the articles about Work on the hills for the dressage horse as well as an article about Positive Tension and "Selfcarriage". The last article was written for "Practical Horseman " on the subject of "Bending" She is also contributing to Dressage Today Online. In the early years of the USDF instructors program she was one of the examiners until her schedule did not allow it any longer. She is an effective and articulate clinician, whose style is sympathetic to the horse. Her strength lies in making the horse more beautiful, and allowing them to express themselves. She is sympathetic to the horse and each is trained according to his individual needs and temperament following classical dressage principles. Felicitas patiently encourages the horse to stretch into a soft hand, lift his back and carry his own neck, as if peering over the edge of a cliff. She bases her work on classical methods as exemplified by the best of the European tradition. Typically participants and auditors alike benefit immensely from the creative and subtle strategies Felicitas shares with them. All leave with a better understanding of how to enhance the flow of their horse's energy from back to front, and front to back again. See more