Lexington, Ky. – The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team will make their 2018 FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ debut in front of a home nation crowd when the FEI Dressage Nations Cup USA gets underway on Wednesday, March 28, in Wellington, Fla. In addition, the U.S. will compete in the U25 Nations Cup, running alongside the FEI Dressage Nations Cup USA on Wednesday. Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover will lead The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team of Ashley Holzer, Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, Adrienne Lyle,...

Lexington, Ky. – The NetJets U.S. Show Jumping Team’s Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland will rely on his depth of experience depth in the $150,000 FEI Nations Cup CSIO4* Wellington presented by U.S. Trust and Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Saturday. U25 athletes Lillie Keenan, Catherine Tyree and Adrienne Sternlicht will team up with four-time Olympian Beezie Madden as they work for a podium finish at home against eight teams. The U.S. has drawn sixth in the order, with Keenan...

Mill Spring, N.C. - The 2017 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships sponsored by Deloitte wrapped up Sunday with Grade IV athlete Angela “Annie” Peavy and Royal Dark Chocolate crowned National Champions. Grade I athlete Margaret McIntosh and Heros earned Reserve National Champion honors. Sunday’s FEI Freestyle Tests accounted for the final 20% of the overall championship scores with the first 80% split equally between Friday’s FEI Team Test and...

Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team Mill Spring, N.C. - The 2017 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships sponsored by Deloitte continued Saturday with competitors performing their respective FEI Individual Tests, the second of three tests in the National Championships and the remaining test in the team competition. The Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team comprised of Katie Jackson (Austin, Texas), Michele Bandinu (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Angela “Annie”...

Saugerties, NY – July 25, 2017 – The Adequan/FEI North American Junior Young Rider Championships, presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC), concluded five days of Dressage and Show Jumping Championships on Sunday, July 23, at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, New York. The NAJYRC offered both Team and Individual competitions in each discipline, determined by age: Junior (14-18), and Young Rider (16-21). For the first time in its history, the 2017 NAJYRC also included a Show Jumping...

Aachen, Germany – The United States sent 18 equestrian athletes and fielded two FEI Nations™ Cup teams to compete at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen, in Aachen, Germany July 14-23. “It’s the Wimbledon of our sport, there is no question,” said Robert Ridland, Chef d’Equipe of the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping team. “It is one of the most prestigious places to compete. The top riders are all saying: we are bringing our ‘A’ game...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Eventing High Performance Committee has approved the following athletes to the High Performance Spring Training Lists for 2017. As the programs continue to evolve following the post Rio Olympic Games review, the USEF is working to develop more detailed criteria that allows athletes, owners, and trainers to better understand what is required to be named to these lists. Selectors evaluated several factors to determine athletes and...

Jessica Springsteen and Cynar Va winning the Saugerties $1 Million Grand Prix CSI-5*. (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - As the sun set on the 2016 HITS Championship, horse sport royalty descended on the Hudson Valley for the nation’s highest ranked class of the year, the Saugerties $1 Million Grand Prix FEI-CSI 5*. Only one would be so lucky to return home with the big check and blue ribbon, and that one was none other than Jessica Springsteen aboard Cynar Va, owned by Stone Hill Farm....

Dear USEF Members, The Olympic Games is the greatest sporting event in the world, and we are all very proud of the spectacular accomplishments of our equestrian teams at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Team USA Equestrian finished the Games as one of only two countries to win medals in all three Olympic disciplines of dressage, eventing, and show jumping, with Germany being the other. I know you all join me in offering congratulations to all our teams on their outstanding results at...

Lucy Davis, Kent Farrington, McLain Ward, and Beezie Madden (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – The U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team won the Silver medal in a down-to-the-wire competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Wednesday. The team of Lucy Davis and Barron, Kent Farrington and Voyeur, Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C', and McLain Ward and Azur finished the two-round competition with five faults. France won the Gold with three faults, while Germany and Canada tied for...