09/09/2026
“There's that saying; if you build it, they will come. They came, and we were full within three months and expanded five times to add more stalls. I think a lot of people didn't even know what dressage was, or that it was an option. And then, once they were exposed to it, they were very interested in it—there was definitely interest, and there was a need. I let anybody come with any quality horse or any breed horse, and we just trained what we had, and I still do that to this day.”
Nadine Schwartsman can hardly believe she’s living her American dream. After moving to the U.S. in 2007 as a 19-year-old looking for a way to kickstart her professional dressage career, she eventually found herself in Idaho, where she’s built her dream farm and business, Les Bois Dressage, and transformed the dressage scene in the area.
Nadine's full story of building a dressage scene in Idaho, now at sidelinesmagazine.com
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