About Us - Combined Driving
While the main focus of Sara Schmitt Dressage is, in fact, dressage - Sara is also an active competitor, judge and clinician in the sport of combined driving. She typically has about 3 or 4 driving ponies/horses in the barn for training at any given time and travels throughout the year to combined driving events and clinics across the country. In addition to competing at multiple combined driving world championships, Sara has also coached the US Para teams at world championships. In 2014, Sara coached the US team at the FEI World Para Equestrian Driving Championships in Sandringham, Great Britain, where they brought home team bronze and US team member Bob Giles won an individual silver medal. In 2018, she coached the US team at the FEI World Para Equestrian Driving Championships in Kronenberg, Netherlands. Sara is available for clinics across the country and lessons at our facility. Contact us for more information.
National Titles:
2022 ADS - Horse of the Year - Intermediate Single Horse - Emadora HOF
2019 ADS - Horse of the Year - Intermediate Single Pony - Chandler's Creek Eclipse
2007 USEF National Champion - Advanced Single Pony - Batman (Owned by Julia Greifeld)
2005 USEF National Champion - Advanced Single Pony - High Country Doc
World Championships
2009 World Pony Driving Championships - Greven, Germany
· Batman, 11 year old Morgan/Welsh gelding owned by Julia Greifeld
· Team USA - 4th place
2005 World Pony Driving Championships - Catton Hall, England
· High Country Doc, 9 year old Morgan stallion owned & driven by Sara Schmitt
· 10th place individually
· Team USA - 5th place
2003 World Pony Driving Championships - Karlstetten, Austria
· High Country Doc, 7 year old Morgan stallion owned & driven by Sara Schmitt
· 6th place individually - Highest placing American
· Team USA - 6th place
Other Highlights
Short-listed for the 2012 World Singles Championship with Kaboom
Chronicle of the Horse Combined Driving Horseman of the Year - 2003