Devon, PA –

Dressage at Devon (www.dressageatdevon.org), today announced the selection of four charitable organizations as its 2015 beneficiaries.

The mission of Dressage at Devon, a world-class dressage competition and the world’s largest open breed show, includes the furtherance of dressage education.

Mike Riley, Chair of Dressage at Devon’s Board of Directors, said that the Directors unanimously chose the following beneficiaries:

• Delaware Valley Combined Training Association (DVCTA), a Kennett Square, Pennsylvania membership organization that promotes equestrian education and events. DVCTA provides scholarships to its members to enable them to defray the cost of attending educational programs and clinics that focus on dressage and jumping.

• The Dressage Foundation, a Lincoln, Nebraska organization that provides financial support to the sport of dressage throughout the United States. The Dressage Foundation funds dressage-related education.  Its Century Club recognizes riders and horses whose combined age is 100 years or more!

• Sebastian Riding Associates, a Collegeville, Pennsylvania organization that provides equine-assisted therapy for children and adults with physical and mental disabilities. Sebastian Riding offers a riding program to more than 185 students which is designed to build balance and symmetry, increase reach and range of motion, develop speech and language, thought processes, planning and sequencing.

• Work to Ride, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania organization which provides disadvantaged urban youth with constructive activities centered on horsemanship, equine sports and education.  Located at Chamounix Stables in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, Work to Ride is a long-term program dedicated to develop youngsters’ discipline, responsibility and life skills through training, riding and performing horse care and barn management chores.

The awards will be presented at the 2015 show taking place September 29 through October 4 at the Devon Horse Show Grounds in Devon, PA. For further information, please visit www.dressageatdevon.org.