2025 USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference | J.J. Tate and Denali Day 1
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Christine Traurig helps USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist J.J. Tate improve her 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding Denali’s right bend, flexion and overall suppleness in his right side. Through lateral exercises, she also helps Tate build his impulsion and practice refreshing that impulsion after collection.
Christine Traurig is the current Chef d'Equipe and Technical Advisor and Development Coach of the U.S. Dressage Team and has been a part of the U.S. Dressage Pathway programs for more than a decade. She was named Chef d'Equipe in late 2023 and helped the U.S. Dressage Team earn team gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in her championship debut with the team, before leading her first Olympic team at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Traurig also had a successful career as a dressage athlete, representing the U.S. at the 2000 Olympic Games aboard Etienne, where they helped the team earn bronze.
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