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Ulla Hudson, 505 615 5050, ulla@windsongdressage.com
Patrick Hudson 505 280 4284, pahudson@mac.com

ALBUQUERQUE RIDER WINS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN DRESSAGE

East Mountains, Albuquerque, NM, Saturday, October 7, 2006 -

In an exciting competition on Saturday at the New Mexico State Fair Ground, Albuquerque resident Ulla Hudson won the United States Dressage Federation Region V Championship at Intermediare I (open).

The competition was open to dressage riders from the Intermountain area including Arizona, Colorado, Utah, East Montana, West Texas, Wyoming and New Mexico. Riders competed at many levels over two days.

"I am proud to bring this award home to New Mexico," said Hudson,"it is a great honor for me and the State."

This is the first time in many years that a horse and rider, both from New Mexico, have won the open USDF Region V Championship at this level.

Dressage is an international Olympic discipline that seeks to train the horse in obedience and precision of movement. Windsong Dressage and Equestrian Center is a complete horse facility in the East Mountains of Albuquerque, in South Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It opened in 1984. Ulla Hudson is the owner and full-time instructor. She is a German born and trained dressage instructor with a lifetime of experience in dressage and classical methods of training. She is New Mexico's only instructor qualified as a Trainer A in Dressage and Jumping by the German FN.

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