Welcome to the PVDA Ride For Life

The 2012 PVDA Ride for Life Will Mark the 9th Annual Year for this Event!

Dancing Horse Challenge

The Dancing Horse Challenge will take place on June 23, 2012 at Prince George’s Equestrian Center as a part of the 2012 PVDA Ride for Life. This is one of the premier equestrian events on the East Coast and features many International and Olympic riders dancing the night away on horseback. Riders this year include: Bent Jensen, Julio Mendoza, Lauren Sprieser, Silva Martin, Corrine Ashton, Jane Hannigan, Susanne Hassler, Dawn Wright, Dutch Chapman and Great Falls Vaulting. Stay tuned … more riders are expected to be announced soon!

New this year the Maryland Horse Industry Board will present one of its “Touch of Class” awards to a preeminent dressage sire during the Dancing Horse Challenge!

Sponsors
PVDA would like to thank our current sponsors for the 2012 Ride for Life. Corporate, Media and Pink Ribbon Sponsors include: Bob Hall LLC., By Chance Farm, Chesapeake Dressage Institute, Citypeek, Comcast, Corridor Inc., County Saddlery, Cueto Reed, Downtown Diane, Dover Saddlery, Dressage Today, Dressage Training Online, Equiery, Fairchild Controls, Jeannette and Richard Bair (Final Decision Farm), Mercedes Wescott, Modern Babies and Children, My City 4 Her, Nutrena, Patuxent Nursery, Pedestal Inc., PVDA, Style, Sugarloaf Equestrian Center, The Daily Record, The Gazette, USDF Connection, Wagner-Kaulius Communications, Washington Examiner, Washington Parent, Washington Post Postpoints, Wedding 411, WYPR and 101.9 Lite FM.

PVDA Ride for Life would also like to thank Bob Hall LLC. and Ingleside Wineries for their generous donation of beer, wine and water for the event.

Thank you to our local chapters: Calvert, Clarksville, New Market and St. Mary’s for your continued support of the PVDA Ride for Life.

Thank you to our individual class sponsors: Allison Brock, Gaithersburg Equipment Company, Janet Richardson-Pearson, Ruth Burke and The Collins-Artimovich Family.

Thank you to our breed sponsors: Appaloosa Sport Horse (The Appaloosa Sport Horse Association), German Oldenburg Verband (GoodNess Ridge Farm), Thoroughbred (Misty Meadow Stables)

Volunteers

Our volunteers help ensure the show goes on and the benefit is successful. To find out more information or to sign up, please visit the volunteer page on our website. Your help is greatly appreciated!

2011 Ride for Life Recap

PVDA is proud to announce that the 2011 Ride for Life will enable a donation of no less than $85,000 to the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center. Thank you to our competitors, sponsors and volunteers who helped make the 2011 Ride for Life a huge success. This money will go to support breast cancer research, quality of life research and training for doctors at the hospital. Without your help and support, we could not have made this happen! Thank you again to everyone!