Denver, Colo. – The United States Center for SafeSport today announced the launch of a 24-hour victim services helpline, which will be operated in partnership with the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. The SafeSport Helpline will provide crisis intervention, referrals and emotional support specifically designed for athletes, staff and other sport participants affected by sexual assault. Through this anonymous and...

Lexington, Ky . - The best junior hunters from across the country prepare to compete for top honors in the 2017 USEF Junior Hunter National Championships. The championships will take place on both the East and West Coasts for the 3’6” and 3’3” Junior Hunter, with the riders separated into 15 & Under and 16-17 sections, as well as Small Junior Hunter and Large Junior Hunter. Riders will compete in three phases: Classic Round, Under Saddle, and Handy Hunter. The Under...

Aachen, Germany – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team climbed from behind to secure a silver medal tie with Switzerland in the FEI Nations Cup at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen in Aachen, Germany on Thursday. A podium finish depended on clear rounds from Olympic team gold medalists McLain Ward and HH Azur and Laura Kraut and Zeremonie. Like clockwork, the combinations came through in the clutch for double-clear performances. The U.S. and Switzerland ended on eight faults...

KALISPELL, Mont. (July 20, 2017)- The Area V Junior team adopted a trademark Texan attitude to 'Get It Done' and take the lead after dressage in the first day of mounted competition at the Adequan/FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC), hosted this year by The Event at Rebecca Farm. The team, comprised of riders from Texas and Louisiana, competed throughout the day against six other teams from across the United States and Canada. Ringside, cheers could be heard...

Aachen, Germany – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team has tied with Switzerland for the silver medal at FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Aachen today. The team consisted of Kent Farrington and Gazelle, his and Robin Parksy’s 2006 Belgian Warmblood mare, Laura Kraut and Zeremonie, Old Willow Farms' 2007 Holsteiner mare, Beezie Madden and Coach, Abigail Wexner’s 2008 Holsteiner gelding, and McLain Ward and HH Azur, Double H Farm and Francois Mathy’s 2006 Belgian Warmblood...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (US Equestrian) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Land Rover/USEF and USET Foundation eventing competition grants for the Millstreet International Horse Trials CCI3*, August 23-27 in Cork, Ireland; Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials CCI4* , August 31 – September 3 in Stamford, England; Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials CCI3* , September 13-17 in Woodstock, England; Military Boekelo-Enschede CCIO3*, October 5-8 in...

Aachen, Germany – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team will be composed of four Olympians when it competes in FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Aachen on Thursday, July 20. The powerhouse team of Kent Farrington, Lauren Hough, Laura Kraut, Beezie Madden, and McLain Ward will face eight nations, all fielding elite talent in their own right, as they seek to secure a podium finish. Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland will lead the U.S. team and has set the following order of go: Kent Farrington and...

Aachen, Germany – All four horses on The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team, as well as two additional U.S. athlete-and-horse combinations competing in the Aachen CDI4*, have passed the horse inspection and are ready to compete at the 2017 World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen, in Aachen, Germany, July 19-23. The U.S. team, led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover includes the 2016 Olympic combinations of Laura Graves and Verdades and Kasey Perry-Glass and Goerklintgaards Dublet , in addition...

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian has named the following combinations as nominated entries for the 2017 FEI World Driving Championships for Ponies, August 15-20, in Minden-Kutenhausen, Germany: Pair Pony Katie Whaley (Paris, Ky.) with her own Tommy, a 2003 Welsh Cross gelding, and Tanner, a 2006 Welsh Cross gelding, and Barbara Sims’s Night Flyer, a 2000 Welsh Section C gelding Single Pony Leslie Berndl (Newcastle, Calif.) with Teressa Kandianis’s Sweetwater’s Zorah Belle, a...

Lexington, Ky. - Ready to compete in the 2017 SVAG FEI World Reining Championships for Junior and Young Riders August 9-12, this group of up-and-coming junior riders is prepared to impress as they spin, slide, and rollback into Givrins, Switzerland. Gain an insider perspective and learn more about the members of the Platinum Performance U.S. Junior Team: Sam Flarida (Springfield, Ohio) is an accomplished 14-year-old who started riding and showing with his dad when he was nine years old. In his...