TDF Awards 2025 Trip Harting Fund Grant for Pony Club Members to Elizabeth Youatt

From Edited Press Release from The Dressage Foundation (TDF)

The Dressage Foundation is pleased to award a $1,000 grant from its Trip Harting Fund for Pony Club Members and Graduates to Elizabeth Youatt of Washington state.

Youatt has been a full-time dressage instructor for the past four years. She is a United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Bronze and Silver medalist and is working on her Gold. Youatt is a United States Pony Clubs (USPC) alum from the Intermountain Region and holds USPC certifications of H-B in Horse Management, C-3 Dressage, and C-2 Eventing. She works regularly with the Northwest and Inland Empire Regions as an instructor and regional-level examiner.

“I am incredibly grateful to have been chosen as the recipient of the 2025 Trip Harting Fund grant,” said Youatt. “It is a huge privilege as a young professional to be able to allocate these funds specifically to my continuing education and training under the expert guidance of Kari McClain, FEI 4* judge and fellow United States Pony Club graduate. I deeply value this generous support in working toward my training and showing goals this season with my mare, Sangaku TF. These opportunities are invaluable for the careers of young professionals like me.”

Trip Harting’s friends and colleagues established this fund at The Dressage Foundation when he passed away in August 2008. The purpose of the Trip Harting Fund is to provide financial assistance for a Pony Club rider to attend an educational event of his or her choice. Applicants must be current or graduate Pony Club members.  Applications are due March 25 of each year.

For more information about this Fund, contact Sara Weiss, TDF’s Director of Grants and Programs, at (402) 434-8585 or sara@dressagefoundation.org.

To help grow this Fund through donations, visit www.dressagefoundation.org or contact Jenny Johnson, TDF’s Executive Director, at (402) 434-8585 or jenny@dressagefoundation.org.

About The Dressage Foundation: The Dressage Foundation is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, tax-exempt, donor-driven organization that is dedicated to educating, supporting, and advancing the sport of dressage. The organization solicits contributions, appropriately allocates the donations, and awards grants to dressage riders, judges, instructors, breeders, high-performance teams, nonprofit equestrian organizations, and more. For more information, please visit www.dressagefoundation.org.