Olympian Courtney King-Dye: The Legend Who Changed The Sport Of Dressage

There are very few dressage riders that reach legendary status, and in my opinion, Olympian Courtney King-Dye is deserving of legendary status when it comes to our sport.

In March of 2010 Courtney King-Dye was in a tragic accident while riding her dressage horse. The accident put her into a coma for 4 weeks and sent the world of dressage into a state of shock.

Up until this point accidents of this nature were something that dressage riders had often left up to the showjumpers and eventers. As the sport progressed and dressage horses became more athletic in nature, so did the risk to the riders.

While the dressage headlines turned into a tizzy the forums were flooding with debates and dressage riders for the first time started putting a riding helmet on for every single ride.

I will admit that I was one of those riders and this moment was a turning point for me personally I began wearing a helmet all of the time. Thankfully I did because a year later I suffered my own traumatic brain injury that likely would have been worse without a helmet.

The ability to do good things for the sport is rare and often flooded with politics but Courtney King-Dye has achieved legendary status. In 2021 all athletes competing in the sport of dressage are required to wear a helmet.
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King-Dye became a student of Olympic equestrian Lendon Gray at age 17.[2] She graduated from Columbia University in 2004.[3]

She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, originally placing 13th in the individual competition and fourth in the team event. King-Dye and the U.S. dressage team were however disqualified after her horse tested positive for felbinac.[4]

King-Dye had a training accident in March 2010,[5] suffering a traumatic brain injury and falling into a four-week-long coma.[6] She had to re-learn walking and speaking. King-Dye won the FEI Against All Odds Award in 2012.[7]

After recovering, King-Dye became an advocate for the use of helmets in dressage.[2] In 2014 she received the Charles Owen Equestrian Role Model Award for this activist work.[6]

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