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USEF Names Eventing Short List for the 2008 Olympic Games

by Joanie Morris | 5/22/2008 9:22:00 AM

Theodore O'Connor is one of two Horses Named to the USEF Short List for Eventing with Karen O'Connor (Shannon Brinkman) Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation has approved the following horse/rider combinations to the Eventing Short List for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong August 8-14, 2008. The combinations are as follows (listed alphabetically): Name/Age/Hometown/Horse/Sex/Age/Breed/Owner Stephen Bradley / 46 / Leesburg, VA / Brandenburg’s Joshua / G / 13 /...

US Equestrian Names Short List for U.S. Dressage Team for Santiago 2023 Pan American Games

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/20/2023 4:30:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations that have been named to the Short List for the U.S. Dressage Team for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. The dressage portion of equestrian competition will run October 22-23 and 25 in Santiago, Chile. The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been named to the U.S. Dressage Team List for the Pan American Games and are listed in alphabetical order: Susie Dutta (Wellington, Fla.) and Don...

NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team Named for FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ CSIO4* Wellington

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 2/26/2019 3:35:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has named the following athletes to the NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team for the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ CSIO4* Wellington on Saturday, March 2, beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Nations Cup is part of week eight of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center and serves as the main event for WEF’s popular Saturday Night Lights series. The team will compete under the guidance of Chef d’Equipe Robert...

Kerri Sowers Named to FEI Classification Working Group for Para-Equestrian Disciplines

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 6/8/2018 11:00:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian (USEF) is pleased to announce that Dr. Kerri Sowers, DPT, Ph.D.(c), NCS, has been named to the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) Classification Working Group. Sowers resides in Galloway, N.J., where she is an Assistant Professor of Health Science at Stockton University. She is an FEI Level 2 Classifier for para-equestrian sport and a USEF National Classifier, and she serves on the USEF Adaptive Sports Committee and the USEF...

Update: US Equestrian Names U.S. Reining Squad for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/18/2018 10:08:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has named five athlete-and-horse combinations to the U.S. Reining Squad for the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018. Following the USEF Selection Trial, 10 athlete–and-horse combinations were recommended to the US Equestrian Board of Directors for consideration to be named to the Nominated Entry List, from which the following five horse-and-athlete combinations were selected for the U.S. Reining Squad, listed in alphabetical order: Casey Deary...

US Equestrian Names Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team for FEI Nations Cup™ CSIO5* Dublin

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/24/2017 1:48:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has named the following athletes to the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team for FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Dublin, August 9-13, in Dublin, Ireland. The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team will wrap up their summer Nations Cup European tour with the FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final, September 28-October 1, in Barcelona, Spain. The team for the FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final will be announced at a later date. Lauren Hough (Wellington, Fla.) Lillie Keenan (New York,...

US Equestrian Names The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team for FEI Nations Cup™ CDIO5* Rotterdam

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 6/2/2017 11:59:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian has named the following athlete-and-horse combinations to The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team for FEI Nations Cup™ CDIO5* Rotterdam, June 22-25, in Rotterdam, Netherlands: Laura Graves (Geneva, Fla.) with her own Verdades, a 2002 Dutch Warmblood Gelding Olivia LaGoy-Weltz (Haymarket, Va.) with her own Lonoir, a 2004 Danish Warmblood gelding Kasey Perry-Glass (Wellington, Fla.) with Diane Perry’s Goerklintgaards Dublet, a 2003 Warmblood gelding Dawn...

US Equestrian Names Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team for FEI Nations Cup™ CSIO5* Sopot

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/24/2017 3:25:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has named the following athletes to the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team for FEI Nations Cup™ CSIO5* Sopot, June 8-11, in Sopot, Poland. CSIO5* Sopot will serve as the first of four stops on U.S. Show Jumping’s summer CSIO5* Nations Cup European tour. In addition, the U.S. will field teams for FEI Nations Cup™ CSIO5* Falsterbo, Sweden, July 13-16, FEI Nations Cup™ CSIO5* Aachen, Germany, July 18-23, and FEI Nations Cup™...

U.S. Equestrian Names Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for Houghton International CICO3*

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/24/2017 10:00:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has named the following athletes to the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for FEI Nations Cup™ at the Houghton Hall CICO3*, May 25-28 in Great Britain. Setting their sights on Equi-Trek Bramham International Horse Trials CCI3*, June 8-11, and Luhmühlen CCI4* presented by DHL, June 15-18, team members will utilize Houghton Hall CICO3* as practice and preparation for those important, upcoming competitions. Leslie Law will act as Chef d’Equipe for...

US Equestrian Names The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team for Stillpoint Farm FEI Nations Cup™ CDIO3*

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 3/7/2017 4:45:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian has named the following combinations to The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team for the Stillpoint Farm FEI Nations Cup™ CDIO3*, March 21- 25, in Wellington, Fla., at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF): Shelly Francis (Loxahatchee, Fla.) and Patricia Stempel’s Doktor, a 2003 Oldenburg gelding Direct Reserve Horse Patricia Stempel’s Danilo, a 2004 Hanoverian gelding Olivia LaGoy-Weltz (Haymarket, Va.) and her own Lonoir, a 2004 Danish...