Kay Meredith, a founding member of the U.S. Dressage Federation, has died in hospice.
The president of USDF from 1977-82, the native of West Virginia was a mentor to many, and her Meredith Manor gave riders a leg up in the discipline.
Kay Meredith
She was the 1979 American Horse Shows Association Horsewoman of the Year, and awarded the USDF Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
An innovator who was instrumental in the growth of USDF, she rode internationally–becoming national Grand Prix champion in 1982–and was a USEF S judge. She also was in the USDF Hall of Fame, and an author in her spare time.