Photo Credit: © Libby Law Photography
Hometown: San Jaun Capistranio, California
Mia Farley is an Eventing athlete based in Lexington, Ky and Ocala, Fla. over the winter season. For the past ten years Mia has been part of the USEF Eventing Development Programs and has had many successes. 2019 was an especially strong year where she placed in the top 15 in eight of the 12 FEI competitions she entered. In 2023, Mia and Phelps, owned by David O'Connor, completed their first CCI5*-L with a top five finish at the Maryland 5 Star and were the only pair to complete the cross-country double clear. They followed up their 5* debut with a second double-clear at the 2024 Defender Kentucky Three Day Event CCI5*-L and a top 15 finish. To end the 2024 season, the pair completed the 2024 Defender Burghley Horse Trials CCI5*-L gaining valuable experience to lead them into 2025.
Career Highlights:
- USEF Eventing Pathway Programs: 2016, 2018-present
- USEF Eventing European Development Tour: 2025
- 2025 Bicton CCIO4*-NC-S, Team Silver
- 2024 USET Foundation Jacqueline B. Mars Spring National Competition and Training Grant recipient
- 2023 MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill, CCI3*-L 5th place
- 2022 Morven Park International & Fall Horse Trials, CCIYH2*-S winner
- 2020 USET Foundation Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant recipient
- 2019 USEA RevitaVet Young Rider of the Year
- 2019 USEF Eventing CCI4*-L National Championship, Reserve Champion
- 2016 NAJYC, CCI* Team Bronze
Press Releases:
- Mia Farley and Invictus Conquer the CCI4*-L Dressage at TerraNova
- Between the Ears with Mia Farley
- Mia Farley & Her $1 Thoroughbred Phelps Go Double Clear on K3DE X-Country
- The Mia Farley And Phelps Story
