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Dressage at Sundown Jane Seigler & Paul Schopf Jane has 15 years of training with Zettl several days a month. Paul received his early Dressage training as a student of Linda Zang.

Jane is a United States Dressage Federation Silver Medalist, and has extensive experience in competition at the FEI (international) levels. She and her husband Paul Schopf, assisted Walter Zettl with the preparation of his book, Dressage in Harmony, from Basic to Grand Prix (Half Halt Press 1998), and are co-authors with Zettl of The Circle of Trust, Reflections on the Essence of Horses and Horsemanship, Half Halt Press, 2007. She works on a regular basis with US Olympic judge Linda Zang and with Reitmeister Ulf Wiltfang of Warendorf, Germany, who is former Deputy Trainer/Instructor at the German National Reitschule in Warendorf. She has also trained with US Olympian Lisa Wilcox and Danish Olympian Bent Jensen. She is the author of a number of equestrian articles, and has spoken at numerous educational programs and webinars about running a successful equestrian business. Jane is:
- current Vice President of the Maryland Horse Council
- current member of Montgomery County’s Zoning Advisory Panel
- current Vice President of the Maryland Fund for Horses, a 501(c)(3) charity
- former member of Montgomery County’s Agricultural Advisory Committee (nominated by County Executive, confirmed by County Council).
- organizer and speaker at MD Horse Council annual Equine Business Seminars, 2007, 2008 and 2009
In addition, Jane:
- served on the Maryland Horse Industry Board’s Strategic Planning Committee and Horse Forum Planning Subcommittee in 2004 and 2009
- served on Keep It in Maryland Task Force
- served for 9 years on the Board of Directors of the Potomac Valley Dressage Association, including 2 years as Chairman of the Board and 2 years as Vice President
- was actively involved in the legislative consideration of the Montgomery County Equestrian Facility Zoning Text Amendment, which became law on April 5, 2004. He has competed at the AHSA levels on several thoroughbreds, and at Prix St. George/Intermediaire with his Hannoverian gelding, Lowenmut (Louie). He is currently working with his Sachsen Anhaltiner, Del Piero (Drakdream-Rubenstein). Paul helped Walter Zettl with the writing of his books, Dressage in Harmony, and The Circle of Trust, both published by Half Halt press, as well as illustrating both the english and German edition, published by the Verlag FN, in Warendorf, Germany. Although most of his time is spent as a Professor Oceanography at the College of Science of George Mason University, he teaches enjoys teaching and training at Dressage at Sundown. Paul trains with Linda Zang and Ulf Wiltfang, and has worked with Bent Jensen and Lisa Wilcox. He has also worked extensively with Walter Zettl.

10/04/2026

New 2027 Dressage tests are out, effective December 1:

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08/31/2026

Lauren Sprieser always has the best advice!
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Realizing that the show season, and the worst of the summer weather here in the States, is winding down, a horse show tip: keep crappy, inexpensive vodka in a spray bottle, and use it to de-stink your helmet and show coats. 💨 I spray my coat down after every class, and the alcohol kills the bacteria that cause odor (and dries more quickly than water). Crap vodka 🥃 is cheaper per gallon than rubbing alcohol, and while it will smell like college and poor choices while you’re spraying it, it leaves no odor once dry. 👃

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08/21/2026

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Yesterday, Thursday April 20th, Kate Shoemaker and Vianne, her 10-year old Hanoverian mare born at Hilltop Farm in Colora, won individual gold in the FEI Para Grand Prix Test A - Grade IV at the 2026 FEI Para Dressage World Championships in Aachen, Germany. In so doing, the pair scored…

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08/09/2026

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 31, 2026 – Shirley, NY, American Regent, Inc. Animal Health is conducting a nationwide recall of two lots (25011 and 3369) of Adequan® Canine Injection (for dogs), 100 mg/mL 5mL multi-dose vials and two lots (24416 and 25265P) of Adequan® i.m. Injection (for horses...

This is fascinating.
07/17/2026

This is fascinating.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Horses know a predator when they see one – even if it’s only on a video screen they’re watching in a stall,...

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07/17/2026

Great news!
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🐴 New research from our team is helping horses survive one of the most feared diseases in the industry.

A new study led by Drs. Megan Marchitello, Krista Estell, Elsa Ludwig, and Professor Emeritus Nathaniel White of Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center and former Virginia State Veterinarian Abby M. Sage found that combining valacyclovir (an antiviral) with heparin (an anticoagulant) significantly reduced the incidence of equine herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the severe neurologic form of EHV-1 — and improved survival during naturally occurring outbreaks.

Looking back at a real-world EHV-1 outbreak, the team found that horses treated with the combination therapy had dramatically better outcomes than those who didn't receive it, including several EHM-affected horses that survived and returned to work.

This is exactly the kind of applied outbreak-informed research that keeps the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center at the forefront of equine infectious disease medicine — turning real clinical challenges into treatment protocols that protect horses everywhere.

📖 Published by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the full article can be accessed by clicking on this link:
https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/aop/javma.26.02.0118/javma.26.02.0118.xml

06/09/2026

Loch Moy needs someone to volunteer to scribe at its Pick Your Time/Pick Your Test Dressage Show this Saturday. Ideally, it should be someone with some scribing experience, or at least some familiarity with dressage tests, as there could be a number of different tests at all levels, and they are not organized in any particular order.
Loch Moy is beautiful facility that treats its volunteers EXTREMELY well. Let me know if you can help!

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02/18/2026

Good explanation!

Confused by your dressage test sheet? We explain what common judges’ comments really mean and how to turn them into practical training goals at home.

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