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.
Up Next in 2025 Adequan®/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference
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2025 USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conferen...
Monica Theodorescu continues helping Paralympian Kate Shoemaker and her 8-year-old Hanoverian mare Vianne establish more energy from behind for enhanced harmony and to perform movements effortlessly while demonstrating lightness in the contact. She also reminds Shoemaker to think of shoulder-in f...
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2025 USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conferen...
Monica Theodorescu works with USDF bronze and silver medalist and Grade IV Paralympian Kate Shoemaker, who was part of the U.S. Para Dressage Team’s incredible success at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, and her Paralympic mount 8-year-old Hanoverian mare Vianne. Theodorescu helps Shoemaker refin...
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2025 USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conferen...
Christine Traurig continues helping Heather Bender develop more suppleness in her 9-year-old KWPN Keisha B and has the pair practice bent lines and transitions to address the mare’s rectangular format. Through a series of shoulder-in exercises, Traurig encourages Bender to be relentless about see...
