This question was only asked once, and it was not from honest curiosity, but instead to disqualify. People should seek information, of course. However competition is not the only measure of proficiency, and so far nobody is grading trainers on soundness. I wish AHSA records were still available because I won a lot and sometimes against very talented horses and riders. I also competed in superbike road-racing where I spent many award ceremonies on the podium. Winning is a skill and it turns out that winning is easier than athletic rehabilitation of horses. My dressage education was not competition oriented. It was geared toward performance and soundness because from my perspective lameness was (and still is) at epidemic levels. I’ve reaped the rewards of my education by restoring soundness to horses who have stayed sound for years, and by reaching grand prix level movements from horses who were chronically lame prior to rehab. I dedicated more time, attention, effort, focus, and money toward high quality education with a classically educated and internationally accomplished trainer whose focus is now rehabilitation, than I would have spent on competition. My objective was soundness and athletic excellence, not winning, but the outcome is horses who stay sound, and clients who can enjoy their horses again.