Affiliate Organizations
USAWE understands the important role that local groups play in helping people learn about Working Equitation and organizing WE events in their area.
USAWE offers independent local organizations involved in WE the opportunity to be officially recognized as USAWE Affiliate Organizations. This page lists the current Affiliate Organizations.
At the end of each membership year (Dec. 1-Nov. 30), our adult members of USAWE are given the option to designate $5 from their membership to an Affiliate Organization of their choice.
To apply to be recognized as a USAWE Affiliate Organization, please visit our Membership page, fill out the online application, and submit the fee using the payment button.
Arizona – Tucson
Arizona Working Equitation Club
Email: arizonawec@gmail.com
Phone #: 520-591-3649
Website: www.azwec.org
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AZWEC
Main Contact: Amy Star
The Arizona Working Equitation Club hosts a series of schooling shows and rated shows each year. AZWEC offers year end high point awards for members participating in each years AZWEC shows. The club shares learning opportunities such as clinics, ride a tests, and lessons with its members. AZWEC also carries insurance to assist show coordinators with shows and clinics. AZWEC is a fun supportive group of horsemen that enjoy the camaraderie and challenge of the sport of Working Equitation.
Arizona – Scottsdale
US Mangalarga Marchador Association
Email: lynnkelley@me.com
Phone #: 602-999-3915
Website: www.namarchador.org
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/usmma2
Main Contact: Lynn Kelley
The USMMA is a non-profit group of members from the US and Canada. We are a small, passionate group that own or just love Mangalarga Marchador horses, an Iberian-based Brazilian breed. The association’s main focus is on our registry and breed standards that follow and mimic the original Brazilian association, the ABCCMM. We are an official affiliate of the ABCCMM and work closely with them in many areas. Here in North America, we actively promote and publicize the Mangalarga Marchador breed to grow their numbers and encourage participation in local events and sports.
Colorado – Erie
High Country Working Equitation
Email: hcweinfo@gmail.com
Phone #: 850-450-2295
Website: https://www.highcountryworkingequitation.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/highcountryworkingequitation/
Main Contact: Carissa Cumine
High Country Working Equitation (HCWE) is a Colorado 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation supported through sponsorship and club membership dues and fees paid to attend our shows and clinics. It is our desire to offer a variety of educational and competitive opportunities for riders engaged in Working Equitation with the end goal to assist in sending U.S riders to represent American cultural traditions on the international stage.
Georgia – Powder Springs
Working Equitation Georgia
Email: Lt.wilson@icloud.com
Phone #: 404-518-4844
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WorkingEquitationGeorgiaLLC
Main Contact: Laurie Wilson
WEGA is a non-profit group founded to advance the participation of Working Equitation in the great state of Georgia. Our current mission is to provide fun and affordable ways to introduce the versatile sport of Working Equitation to as many horse folks and disciplines as possible with fun and affordable play days, clinics, and schooling shows. As our participation grows, WEGA will include memberships with discounts to WEGA events, host guest clinicians and judges from outside GA, facilitate more schooling shows, and eventually look to host a B rated show.
Idaho – Spirit Lake
Idaho Panhandle Working Equitation
Email: ipweidaho@gmail.com
Website: ipwe.us
Facebook page: facebook.com/ipweidaho
Main Contact: Kristine Strasburger
IPWE promotes the sport of Working Equitation through educational initiatives, community outreach, competitions, clinics, presentations, demonstrations and interactive learning activities throughout the Idaho Panhandle and surrounding regions of eastern Washington and western Montana in a way that promotes the welfare of the horse and the practice of good horsemanship.
Illinois – Hampshire
Fox Valley Saddle Association
Email: sklinkey@gmail.com
Website: www.fvsa.org
Facebook page: facebook.com/fvsa.org/
Main Contact: Sandy Klinkey
Fox Valley Saddle Association is a non-profit 501(c)3 that prides itself on its involvement in serving the horse community. We are a members only organization. Our members volunteer their time to provide not only FVSA members but also the general public with community events and horse shows. Specifically offering to the Working Equitation world Play Days, Schooling Shows and Recognized USAWE Shows.
Illinois – Woodstock
KarMik Acres, Inc.
Email: info@karmikacres.com
Website: https://www.karmikacres.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KarMik.Acres.Horsemanship
Phone: 847-800-7348
Main Contact: Karen Boso
KarMik Acres has constructed an over-the-top, regulation obstacle course and hosts Working Equitation Shows, Practice Sessions & Mini clinics. Karen is an accredited judge and Technical Delegate with USAWE. Karen and Mike hold multiple Year End awards in Levels 1-5. Low pressure, no drama – join the fun!
Kansas – Tecumseh
Working Equitation of Kansas
Email: therockinrc@gmail.com
Phone: 785-224-1747
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WEKANSAS
Main Contact: Cindy Branham
Working Equitation Kansas is a riding club to promote Working Equitation! Working Equitation is a 3-4 stage Competition that builds the all around working horse. Together, equestrians of all riding disciplines can find common ground to work together to build our horses into all around, balanced working horses. WEKS sponsors, clinics, play days, schooling shows, and B-Rated Licensed Working Equitation Competitions. We have a Buckle Show Series every year, with Year-End awards too! Come ride with us in Kansas!
Maryland – Woodbine
Oak Spring Equestrian, LLC
Email: oakspringequestrianllc@gmail.com
Website: oakspringequestrianllc.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OakSpringEquestrian
Main Contact: Barb Sullivan
Oak Spring Equestrian promotes the sport of working equitation in Maryland by organizing clinics, shows, playdays and seminars at our farm.
Montana – Billings
Laurel Saddle Club
Email: laurelsaddleclub@yahoo.com
Phone #: 406-671-2503
Main Contact: Jody Anderson
The mission of the Laurel Saddle Club is to maintain and provide a venue for Equine and Community events and activities, promoting responsible horse ownership, education and safe family fun.
Montana – Wolf Creek
Run-A-Muck Ranch
Email: torunamucksome@gmail.com
Phone #: 907-987-5680
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/trisha.reedequestrian
Main Contact: Trisha Kiefer-Reed
Passionate about making the sport of working equitation available to a variety of riders and their equines through lessons and clinics. On-site residential programs available during summer months.
North (and South!) Carolina – Landrum
Cadence Carolinas Working Equitation
Email: cadenceCESA@gmail.com
Phone #: 585-683-4201
Website: cadencecesa.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/199558614324392/
Main Contact: Megan Malan
CCWE offers instruction, clinics and events for all levels of riders. CCWE focuses on drawing youth and new riders into the WE fold. Club members receive discounts on events. Only paid club members participate in weekly group Club rides at Cadence in Tryon, NC, and have the option of using school horses/ponies. (We are physically located in North Carolina, but receive club mail just across the state line in South Carolina).
New Jersey – Flemington
Eastern Region Andalusian Horse Club (ERAHC)
Email: cornerstoneandalusians@gmail.com
Phone #: 908-489-2069
Website: www.erahc.org
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ERAHC
Main Contact: Mindy Finelli
The Eastern Region Andalusian Horse club was founded in 1992 by a small group of people who shared a vision: Give Andalusian and Lusitano lovers a place to meet, learn, and share their love of these Iberian breeds with like-minded people as well as a place to find relevant Lusitano and Andalusian horse information. We will promote harmony and goodwill among the community of the Iberian horses: Andalusian, Portuguese, Spanish- Portuguese, and crossbred. We will do this through our annual Breed show, our Working Equitation Show Series, clinics, and social events.
Ohio – Brecksville
Classical Attraction Dressage Society
Email: slkstudio@yahoo.com
Phone #: 330-354-6809
Website: https://www.cadsdressage.org/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CADSDRESSAGE.ORG
Main Contact: Stephani Kame
Classical Attraction Dressage Society is a Region 5 member of USAWE and Region 2 GMO member of USDF. We are a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization with the goal of promoting the advancement and sport of Working Equitation and Dressage through “B” rated shows, schooling shows, clinics and horsemanship education. CADS is for riders of all ages, experiences, and skill levels.
Oregon – Eugene
Working Equitation Oregon - Willamette Valley
Email: workingequitationoregon@gmail.com
Website: NA
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WorkingEquitationOregon
Main Contact: Julie Alonzo
WE Oregon organizes working equitation clinics and licensed competitions, primarily in the Eugene, Oregon, area. We also support educational and competition initiatives in other regions when requested. We focus on building a supportive community and welcome people of all different levels to our events.
Pennsylvania – Cochranville
Eastern Pennsylvania Working Equitation
Email: EastPAWE@gmail.com
Phone: 302-983-0566
Website: NA
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EPAWE.org
Main Contact: Susan Felicia
The Eastern PA WE AO will provide guidance to clinics and schooling shows supporting central Pennsylvania, Delaware, and surrounding area equestrians to introduce them to the Introductory, Novice, and more advanced levels of WE and dressage. No dues required; we’re a group of WE enthusiasts supporting the sport!
Vermont – Perkinsville
New England Working Equitation
Email: newenglandworkingequitation@gmail.com
Phone #: 802-738-5299
Website: newenglandwe.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/newenglandwe/
Supporting the development of the fun and exciting sport of Working Equitation throughout New England and the Northeast.
Virginia – Haymarket
Northern Virginia Working Equitation (NOVAWE)
Email: novawe.info@gmail.com
Website: www.novawe.org
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/novawe.org
Main Contact: Biddie Lowry
Northern Virginia Working Equitation (NOVAWE) is a member organization dedicated to promoting the growth of the equestrian sport of Working Equitation in Northern Virginia and the surrounding areas through education and Working Equitation (WE) activities. This organization welcomes all equestrian disciplines, offers opportunities to advance mounted skills and knowledge of WE, and encourages the development of a harmonious relationship between horse and rider.
Wisconsin – Newton
Kemp Horsemanship
Email: workingequitationwisconsin@gmail.com
Website: www.KempHorsemanship.com
Phone: 414-704-0539
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Kemp-Horsemanship-996199650451701
Main Contact: Emily Kemp
Kemp Horsemanship promotes the sport of working equitation in Wisconsin and many other states through clinics, lessons, schooling shows, B rated shows, and play days. We hope to see you at one of our events!

USAWE Logo design by Alexandra Crippen of Crippen Designs.
The logo represents the four trials of Working Equitation and highlights the diversity for which the sport is known in the United States.
- The first image depicts a mule, being ridden in western tack and attire in the Dressage trial.
- The second image showcases an Iberian horse in traditional Iberian tack and attire performing in the EOH trial.
- The third image shows a horse of indeterminate breeding and a rider in English tack and attire, competing in the Speed trial.
- Together, all three riders represent a team competing together in the Cattle trial. Although the cow is not shown directly, the three teammates are working in concert. The image is intended to elicit the feeling of excitement and movement as the team moves their designated cow toward the holding pen to the far right, off the page. (Think of it as a "silent cow", much as the letter "e" at the end of a word is often referred to as "the silent 'e'" in recognition of its existence without being read aloud).
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