International Performance Horse Development Association

Gainesville, Texas United States

PHD is a new equine event based on progressively more difficult patterns that test the basic skills a horse and rider team can perform. Like figure skating performance horse sports are made up of many different events that require specific skills. The successful completion of these specific skills requires a solid basic skill foundation. Remember that old adage…don’t run before you walk? Competitors need to master basic skills. Unlike figure skating there were no competitions for performance horses based on those basics. If you wanted to participate in performance horse events you had to have a complete skill set. And what beginner starts with a complete skill set? Just im