Paul Kathen
Dressage

Originally from Germany, Paul Kathen earned silver and bronze medals from the German Federation Equestre Nationale for teaching and training expertise in dressage and jumping. He also won silver and bronze medals for riding achievement from the United States Dressage Federation. In 1997, Kathen was honored as Horseman of the Year for USDF Region 9, and in 2001, he received the Charlotte Raisbeck Sportsmanship Award for Dressage.

In 1980, Kathen founded Tex-Over Farms in Conroe, Texas, where he teaches, trains and hosts educational events such as the Gulf Coast Dressage Symposiums. Kathen also conducts dressage clinics across the United States and regularly travels to Germany to continue his own education by working with world-renowned equestrian experts.

Career highlights

• Teaching certificate from the prestigious Westfaelische Reitund Farhschule in Muenster, Germany
• Bronze and Silver medals from the German Federation Equestre Nationale (FN) for teaching and training
• Bronze and Silver medals for rider achievement from the U.S. Dressage Federation
• Trainer of significant number of students who have earned bronze, silver and gold medals for rider achievement from the USDF
• Numerous Horse of the Year Awards as rider and trainer from both the American Horse Show Association and the United States Dressage Federation
• Past president of the Houston Dressage Society
• 1997 Horseman of the Year for USDF Region 9, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.
• Only expert chosen to represent the English riding disciplines at the 1999 and 2000 nationally acclaimed "Top Guns" Clinics of the Western riding world
• Recipient of the 2001 Charlotte Raisbeck Sportsmanship Award for Dressage