Violet Hopkins: What is Dressage?

Video from the USDF archives. One of Hopkins's goals was to provide educational opportunities for dressage instructors. With that goal in mind, she established her own dressage school in Michigan in 1969. That same year, she helped to found the Midwest Dressage Association-the purpose of which, she once quipped, was to "increase activity and liven up the long cold winters." Hopkins's Tristan Oaks Farm served as the MDA headquarters for several years. A founding member of the U.S. Dressage Federation, Hopkins is perhaps best known for her USDF Violet Hopkins National Seminars for Dressage Instructors, conducted at Tristan Oaks. The Hopkins seminars are the forerunner of several important USDF programs, most significantly the USDF Regional Workshops, the USDF National Dressage Symposium, and the USDF Instructor Certification Program. For more videos like this, visit the USDF Education Library: https://www.usdf.org/education/univer...