The Whatcom County Dressage and Eventing Association is the first chapter of Equestrian’s Institute, founded in 1983 at a kitchen table by dressage enthusiasts. A few years ago we expanded to include our dedicated eventing friends and WCDA became WCDEA. It has been a very successful partnership and our volunteers continue to expand our shows, clinics and events to give Whatcom County riders (and anyone else interested no matter where they live!) opportunities to further our riding skills and education. We are a very active organization that knows how to have a good time working together and with our horses. One of our major projects is to raise funds to improve Sunset Equestrian Park (a Whatcom County Park) located in Blaine to make it a more suitable equestrian facility for all horse disciplines. Through our volunteer labor and generous cash donations we have been able to install an all weather outdoor sand arena and improve our cross country course to a wide variety of jumps.

This year the club produced a 2008 calendar made up of beautiful, donated photographs of our local horses and riders. We had photos of horses performing reining, jumping, dressage, mares and foals, and trail riders to name a few. The project has been a smashing success and we are already planning our 2009 calendar. To learn more about this project, please go to the website http://www.wcdea.org and click on the Calendars button. Money raised from the sale of these calendars goes to improvements at Sunset Equestrian Park.

We invite any and all dressage, eventing or all around horse enthusiasts to join our club. We hold monthly meetings (usually the 3rd Thursday of every month) and have guests speakers on topics of interest. We hold three dressage schooling shows a year plus at least two eventing clinics or shows. For more information on how to join or about our club in general, please visit our website at http://www.wcdea.org. The website contact is Barbara Daugert at bdaugert@gmail.com.
Current president is Barbara Daugert and can be contacted at bdaugert@gmail.com. She is pictured here on her Lusitano gelding, Descaro (aka JJ).