Andrea Woodner and Allison Kavey started Rivendell Dressage, Inc. in 2007.  RDI purchases, trains, and sells young dressage horses of exceptional quality.  The first crop of RDI horses achieved a national championship and multiple top 20 placings in the USDF 2008 national championships.  Andrea and Allison work together to produce well-mannered, amateur-friendly horses who are capable of competing at the highest levels of dressage.

Allison Kavey started riding at age four after being bribed by her mother to wash her face without complaint for a year in exchange for her first riding lesson.   Some 4 year olds are more stubborn than others!  She competed in eventing and hunters as a junior, but dressage was and remains her first love.   She was a member of the 1997 and 1998 Region 8 teams for the NAYRC riding Dorian, a horse she trained herself.  With Elessar, a Trakehner gelding she started under saddle, she earned her USDF Silver Medal, qualified several times for Dressage at Devon, and competed with consistent results at the Prix St Georges and Intermediare I.   A paddock injury forced his retirement in 2006.  That season, he was ready to show the Intermediare II.   In 2009, she and Stedinger's Lady qualified for Dressage at Devon in the USEF 4 year old test, were 3rd in the NEDA Year End awards for the young horse division (first of the four year olds), and third in the USDF GOV year end award for the USEF 4 year old test.  Hojbo's Ronaldo also had a good year, qualifying for the region 8 ABIG finals at 3rd level, finishing 8th in the NEDA year end awards for third level open, and placing 6th in the East Coast Riders' Cup at Third Level.  She trains with Tom Noone, and she has also worked extensively with Uwe Steiner and Lendon Gray.