Tryon, N.C. – Competition kicked off on Thursday at the 2024 Tryon International Combined Driving Event. This year, Tryon is hosting the USEF Driving National Championships for Advanced Combined Ponies. The championship entries begin their competition on Friday, Sept. 19, with the dressage phase. In the Advanced Pair Ponies division, Katie Whaley (Paris, Ky.) is aiming for a third consecutive national championship with her own 2015 Welsh Pony gelding, Timmy, and Gail Riley’s 2012...

Le Pin au Haras, France – Competition at the 2024 FEI Driving World Championship for Single Horses gets underway on Thursday, Sept. 19, and all three members of the Defender U.S. Driving Team are set to begin after all horses passed inspection on Wednesday morning. ©Melanie Guillamot Leslie Berndl (Lexington, Ky.) with Impressive, Taylor Bradish (Windsor, S.C.) with Katydid Duchess, and Raymond Helmuth (Cambridge, Iowa) with Kendro, will represent the U.S. in a field of 19 countries...

Szilvásvárad, Hungary – Chester Weber earned an individual podium finish for the Defender U.S. Driving Team at the 2024 FEI Driving World Championship for Four-in-Hand Horses this week, clinching the bronze medal. Chester Weber during the marathon phase of the 2024 FEI Driving World Championship for Four-in-Hand Horses. ©FEI/Martin Dokoupil The competition, held at Hungary’s State Stud Farm at Szilvásvárad Sept. 4-8, 2024, started out with a bang for...

Szilvásvárad, Hungary – Chester Weber (Ocala, Fla.) and his team secured the individual bronze medal at the 2024 FEI Driving World Championships for Four-in-Hand Horses, finishing three phases on a final score of 159.13. This is Chester's fifth individual World Championship medal in his storied career. ©FEI Chester and team broke the world record in dressage on Friday with their score of 31.06 and continued their successful week of competition with their overall...

Szilvásvárad, Hungary – All horses from the Defender U.S. Driving Team for the 2024 FEI Driving World Championship for Four-in-Hand Horses passed the first inspection on Wednesday morning, and the athletes are set to begin competition with the dressage phase on Thursday and Friday. The Defender U.S. Driving Team at the 2024 FEI Driving World Championship for Four-in-Hand. ©Anna Brooks Thomas/US Equestrian Jim Fairclough (Newton, N.J.) and his team will drive their...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the dates and locations for the 2025 USEF Combined Driving National Championships. For 2025, the national championships across all levels and all divisions will be held at two competitions. The 2025 USEF Combined Driving National Championship for Ponies will take place April 23- 27, 2025, at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, N.C. This will include classes for single, pair, and four-in-hand ponies and VSEs from...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has released amended selection procedures for the 2025 FEI Para Driving World Championship for Singles. The 2025 championship will be held in Läden, Germany, dates to be determined. The selection procedures outline applicant requirements from the FEI and US Equestrian as well as instructions for submitting an application. The amendments include updates to language regarding selection event requirements for drivers and horses/ponies. The application for...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athletes who will represent the Defender U.S. Driving Team at the 2024 FEI Driving World Championship for Single Horses this September in Le Pin au Haras, France. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Jeff Legg and team leader Anna Brooks Thomas. The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been selected for the Defender U.S. Driving Team and are listed in alphabetical order: Leslie Berndl (Lexington, Ky.) with...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athletes who will represent the Defender U.S. Driving Team at the 2024 FEI Driving World Championship for Four-in-Hand Horses this September in Szilvásvárad, Hungary. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Marcie Quist and team leader Anna Brooks Thomas. The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been selected for the Defender U.S. Driving Team and are listed in alphabetical order: Jim Fairclough (Newton,...

Aachen, Germany – Veteran four-in-hand driver Chester Weber (Ocala, Fla.) and his team produced an excellent dressage test today at the Driving Stadium at CHIO Aachen to open the competition with a bang, topping the class of 25 entries with a score of 35.59. Weber and team finished ahead of Boyd Exell (AUS) and team, who scored a 38.79, and Mareike Harm (GER), who received a 40.99. Weber and the team have always found success in the dressage phase, but today’s result is one that is...

US Equestrian would like to remind driving competition organizers that the deadline for 2024 driving FEI competition calendar applications is Monday, July 1, 2024. Applications for FEI competitions must be submitted online through the USEF Competition Dashboard at competitions.usef.org . Please refer to the updated FEI driving competition calendar policies and procedures , and direct questions to [email protected] . Requests for non-FEI national and short-format competition licenses should be...

Lexington, Ky. – The deadline is approaching for athletes interested in applying to compete in the 2024 FEI Driving World Championships for Single and Four-in-Hand Horses. Applications must be completed and submitted to US Equestrian no later than June 30, 3034 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applications can be found on the athlete dashboard at athletes.usef.org . The 2024 FEI Driving World Championship for Four-in-Hand Horses is scheduled for September 4-8, 2024, in Szilvasvarad, Hungary. The 2024...