The Potomac Valley Dressage Association (PVDA) Ride for Life™ is both a licensed dressage show and a benefit fundraiser for breast cancer for the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center. In addition to the show and benefit, the R4L hosts a Saturday evening Gala Dinner and Dancing Horse Challenge. We hope you will join us June 27 & 28, 2009 for a weekend of great horsemanship for a great cause!
June 27 - 28, 2009: Ride for Life Show at the Prince George's Equestrian Center and Showplace Arena, Upper Marlboro, MD
June 27, 2009: Debbie McDonald Fireside Chats -- 11:30 & 1:30
June 27, 2009: Dancing Horse Challenge -- 6:30pm
June 27, 2009: Ride for Life Gala -- 6:00pm
June 26 - 27, 2010: Save the Date! The Ride for Life returns to the PGEC
June 2009: Thanks to all competitors, volunteers, performers, spectators, sponsors, vendors & our special guest Debbie McDonald for a fantastic 2009 event! We are busy tallying up the monies raised so please check back to find out the final amount. Show results have been posted -- click here to view the results. The R4L official show photographer is busy putting up competitor and event photos online. Click here to visit BHS Photography, click on 'Event & Show Photos' > 'Dressage Shows' > 'PVDA Ride for Life -- June 27-28, 2009'
June 2009: R4L's Barb Strawson Brings the HorseGirl to Tears. HorseGirlTV's Angelea Walkup interviews Barb Strawson about the Ride for Life and Dancing Horse Challenge. Watch the video.
June 2009: Host a Clinic at Your Barn with Debbie McDonald! Debbie McDonald is offering a dressage clinic of eight 45-minute slots anywhere in the continental United States. The eBay auction is from June 15 - June 24. 100% of the proceeds go to the Breast Center! Click here for details and bidding.
June 2009: Visit Paris Without Leaving Maryland! Come to the Ride for Life Gala on Saturday night, June 27, for a Parisian Masquerade with dressage legend Debbie McDonald. VIP seating will be available for gala attendees to watch the Dancing Horse Challenge with delicious food and drinks available during the event. Make your reservations and pay online! The party starts at 6:00pm -- don't miss it! Click here to read all about it and make your reservation!
May 2009: Olympian Debbie McDonald donates clinic & time to support R4L! Three unique opportunities with 2008 Olympian, Debbie McDonald: A full-day clinic with McDonald anywhere in the continental U.S., two fireside chats on June 27 at the Ride for Life and the chance to hear her speak following that evening’s Dancing Horse Challenge. Read all about it!
May 2009: Courtney King-Dye, Michael Barisone, Cathy Morelli and Betsy Steiner to perform at the Dancing Horse Challenge for a chance to win the Dover/Nutrena People's Choice Award and Rosenthal Land Rover $5,000 Trophy!
May 2009: Join the IRide One Million Hits Campaign. As a small, all volunteer, grassroots organization, the PVDA Ride for Life has a daunting mission - to help fund the necessary research and medicine to treat breast cancer and find a cure. How? We are going viral, and you can help simply by watching a video and passing it on. http://www.youtube.com/user/IRide4L
May 2009: Attention Vendors! Vendor spots are still open and we will continue taking reservations until all spots are full. Click here for more information.
April 2009: Check out NC Caravan for the Cure! This amazing group of riders and friends has put together several fundraising events in addition to their R4L show fundraising. They've got wrist bands, t-shirts, they're sponsoring a show, silent auction and more! Thank you NC Caravan for the Cure for figuratively and literally going the extra miles!
April 2009: Ride for Life's own Jo Ellen Hayden has written a fantastic article for the special Show Issue of Dressage Today. Of course it features the gorgeous Ride for Life landscaping which Jo Ellen has overseen for the past two years. Click here to read the article.
March 2009: Olympian Debbie McDonald is coming to the 2009 Ride for Life!!! The Potomac Valley Dressage Association (PVDA) has confirmed Debbie McDonald as the Dancing Horse Challenge celebrity guest speaker on the evening of Saturday, June 27 at their weekend-long PVDA Ride for Life™ Dressage Show. Dover Saddlery and Nutrena, as platinum sponsors this year, are also generously sponsoring Ms. McDonald’s appearance at the event. Read all about it!
February 2009: Attention Competitors: The prizelist has been posted. Please click here for the latest version of the prizelist (PDF). Click here for an entry form (PDF -- fill it in online and print it out). The opening date (Monday, April 27, 2009) will be here before you know it!
January 2009: HorseGirlTV shines the news spotlight on the PVDA Ride for Life. HorseGirlTV has highlighted our:
- > Brochure,
- > History, and
- > 2008 Results.
Thank you to Angelea Kelly Walkup for getting the word out on this great website!
