Membership Benefits
As a Full/Family/Jr/Young Rider IEO member you are a Group Member of the USDF!
Members of a USDF Group Member Organization (GMO) such as the IEO 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:
e-TRAK, 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 or access to the online version of USDF Connection
Eligibility to compete as rider and/or owner at USEF-licensed/USDF-recognized shows
Eligibility for rider awards (Rider Performance Awards, Bronze, Silver and Gold Medal, Freestyle Gold, Silver and Bronze Bar, Master’s Challenge). Rider receives patch, pin, or picture frame, personalized certificate, honorary presentation at USDF’s Annual Awards Banquet, publicity in the Annual Award Banquet program, listing on the USDF website, (both current year and historical lists), and will be listed in the yearbook issue of the USDF Connection
Eligibility to compete for Adequan/USDF Pas de Deux year-end awards
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 and in the sport of dressage
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 online. Discount on memberships and subscriptions with USDF’s educational partners online. Eligibility to earn USDF University Program credit online. 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 eligible 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 Members
IEO Membership Benefits for Full/Supporting/Family/ Young Rider/Junior:
Meetings held throughout the year.
Eligibility for Year End Awards and Rider Achievement Awards
Annual Banquet where the Year End Awards are given and Silent Auction is held.
Reduced member rates for clinics hosted by the IEO
The IEO has an active Young Rider’s Club in which all youth are free to
IEO membership allows one to meet other dressage enthusiasts in the area of all ages – and to advance the practice and love of dressage in central Pennsylvania.
Reduced rates to show in IEO yearly Schooling Shows
Monthly IEO Newsletter
Members of a USDF Group Member Organization (GMO) such as the IEO 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:
e-TRAK, 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 or access to the online version of USDF Connection
Eligibility to compete as rider and/or owner at USEF-licensed/USDF-recognized shows
Eligibility for rider awards (Rider Performance Awards, Bronze, Silver and Gold Medal, Freestyle Gold, Silver and Bronze Bar, Master’s Challenge). Rider receives patch, pin, or picture frame, personalized certificate, honorary presentation at USDF’s Annual Awards Banquet, publicity in the Annual Award Banquet program, listing on the USDF website, (both current year and historical lists), and will be listed in the yearbook issue of the USDF Connection
Eligibility to compete for Adequan/USDF Pas de Deux year-end awards
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 and in the sport of dressage
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 online. Discount on memberships and subscriptions with USDF’s educational partners online. Eligibility to earn USDF University Program credit online. 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 eligible 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 Members
IEO Membership Benefits for Full/Supporting/Family/ Young Rider/Junior:
Meetings held throughout the year.
Eligibility for Year End Awards and Rider Achievement Awards
Annual Banquet where the Year End Awards are given and Silent Auction is held.
Reduced member rates for clinics hosted by the IEO
The IEO has an active Young Rider’s Club in which all youth are free to
IEO membership allows one to meet other dressage enthusiasts in the area of all ages – and to advance the practice and love of dressage in central Pennsylvania.
Reduced rates to show in IEO yearly Schooling Shows
Monthly IEO Newsletter