SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CHAPTER
of the
CALIFORNIA DRESSAGE SOCIETY

Meet Stephanie Gustafson — Ojai-based dressage rider, retired equestrian director, and founder of Symmetry in Motion Equine Bodywork — who balances competing three standout mounts (Goldenrod, Cora, and Leandro), launching new educational events for the Santa Barbara County CDS, and exploring Working Equitation and international riding adventures.

Meet your local Santa Barbara County Virtual Show enthusiast Wendy Brown, and her Andalusian Fogoso, also known as Gus. Wendy is our point person for Virtual Shows and she is the one who schedules our Chapter shows on Virtual Horse Sport. As Wendy will tell you, the benefits of virtual shows are many! She encourages you to try one! They are cost effective, typically $45-50. You ride your test in an arena where both you and your horse are comfortable. It's almost like a pers

The room was packed and the audience delighted with Janet Jones and her presentations delivered on March 7 th , 2026, at the Santa Barbara Golf Club. CDS members, local equestrians, and some who travelled a fair distance, heard about the neurological underpinnings of how horses think and learn, and also how they don’t. Next time you imagine that your “mischievous” horse was scheming that prank on purpose, think again! We also learned that horses try to communicate with us al

A Short guide to Dressage Test Scribing. Get a summary of the Santa Barbara County CDS chapter's educational event with judge Diane Welcenbach