
Photo Credit: Boose Photography
Currently Ida travels throughout the U.S. to give clinics and to judge. She makes her living as a professional trainer, judge,clinician and teacher. More than half of her clients are professional riding instructors/trainers. She has trained and ridden horses to numerous USEF/USDFawards. She is a Grand Prix competitor, and a Gold, Silver and Bronze USDF Medalist with the accomplishment of training all of the horses that she received her scores on and has trained riders to numerous USDF medals.Being an accomplished public speaker with a background in education she is an enthusiastic, clear teacher of theory, riding and training.
Ida’s extensive background includes more than five years work with re-known German judge Frau Maria Zimmer,. Five years of work primarily in Portugal with Maestro Nuno Oliveira,and 8 years as a youth taking lessons with Olympian Michael Poulin. Kathy Connelly was instrumental in polishing test riding skills at the FEI level. Bo Jenå’s work with Ida has brought her an adept skill in Classical Long Lining augmenting her FEI Training. Over the years Ida has trained, competed and taught abroad in several countries most recently at Flyinge AB Sweden with mount Lord Lakota. She currently clinics most regularly with Mr. Arthur Kottas and Mr. Bo Jena˚
Statistics: USEF “S” Judge
Grand Prix competitor
USDF Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalist
2009-2010 Television Host of Equus HD South Florida Television
Founder ofThe Florida Dressage Experience
Past contributing Editor Dressage and CTmagazine as well as Topline Ink
Past President of the Maine Dressage Society 2003-05
2003 Organizer MDS Trainers symposium Skowhegan, Me. with Bo Jena°
LINKS:
Ida Norris Dressage Clinics Website - CLICK HERE

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