Membership

Benefits joining SDDA today:

• Give South Dakota dressage riders a voice 
• Be a part of a like minded community of riders here in South Dakota
• Emailed Informational Newsletters
• Planned Clinics, Schooling shows, Ride a Tests at member rates (save $20!)
• Planned Educational Opportunities
• Year end Rider awards (specs tbd)
• Online store with logo wear

 Members of a USDF Group Member Organization (GMO) enjoy all the benefits of their GMO  and USDF through one membership process. By joining a GMO, members automatically become a member of the only national organization devoted exclusively to dressage. 

Benefits Include: 

 eTRAK, USDF’s online learning center for dressage and equine education. Through one convenient location, access hundreds of educational resources, engage in structured learning activities, and earn USDF University Program credit! 

 Ten issues of the award-winning USDF Connection magazine  Access to the digital version of USDF Connection 

 Full access to all non-retail titles on the USDF app 

 Eligibility to compete as rider and/or owner at USEF-licensed/USDF-recognized shows 

 Eligibility for USDF Rider Awards (Rider Performance Awards, Bronze, Silver and Gold Medal, Freestyle Gold, Silver and Bronze Bar, Master’s Challenge) 

 Eligibility for USDF/Dover Saddlery Adult Amateur National Merit Award 

 Access to “members only” section of the USDF website 

 E-newsletters sent by USDF, which helps Group Members stay in touch with what is happening at USDF 

 A USDF Group Member card which can be used at USDF competitions and an online membership card available for printing, at any time, free of charge 

 Discounted rates at USDF educational events 

 Discount in the USDF store  Discounts with USDF’s Member Perks Partners 

 Eligibility to earn USDF University Program credit 

 Representation at the BOG through the GMO delegate 

 Eligibility to receive a Ruth Arvanette Memorial Fund grant, which funds convention attendance 

 Eligibility for the Regional GMO Volunteer of the Year Award  GMO youth members (21 and under) are eligibility for the USDF Youth Volunteer of the Year Award,  USDF Shining Star Awards, and USDF Arts and Creativity Contest 

 Eligibility for the “L” Education Program 

 Grants funded by The Dressage Foundation are available to USDF Group Member