Lexington, Ky. - The USEF Eventing High Performance Committee has approved the following High Performance Summer/Fall Training Lists for 2015. The following athletes will participate in Training Sessions with U.S. Eventing Team Coach David O'Connor. Training Session dates and locations will be announced at a later date. World Class List: Athletes that currently possess the ability to be competitive anywhere in the world. Additions to the list denoted with an *. Will Coleman (Gordonsville,...

Lexington, Ky. - The following teams and athletes have been named by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to represent the U.S. in FEI Nations Cup competitions during CSIO Wellington, February 25-March 1, 2015 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Fla. On Saturday, February 28, the International Arena will showcase the future of the sport in the FEI Young Riders Nations Cup presented by Hollow Creek Farm, the FEI Junior Riders Nations Cup presented by Hollow...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the riders who will represent the United States on the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team in Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup competition at CSIO4* Ocala, in Ocala, Fla., February 11-15, 2015. The following riders will represent the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team at CSIO4* Ocala (in alphabetical order): Georgina Bloomberg (New York, N.Y.) For Georgina Bloomberg, the daughter of former New York City mayor...

Lexington, Ky. - In accordance with Bylaws amended at the USEF Board of Directors Mid-Year Meeting the Federation’s governance structure has been modified to create a more agile and efficient organization. During the 2014 USEF Annual Meeting currently underway in Lexington Kentucky the new structure has been populated. The Administration & Finance Working Group, FEI Affiliates Working Group, High Performance Working Group, and National Affiliates Working Group have transitioned to...

Lexington, KY - The following horse-and-rider combinations have been named by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to represent the U.S. at the FEI World Endurance Championship for Juniors and Young Riders, July 27, 2013 in Tarbes, France. The five following combinations will represent the U.S. at the FEI World Endurance Championship for Juniors and Young Riders: Mary Kathryn Clark (Eatonton, GA) will ride Mustafa Tehrani's Chasing The Wind Chasing the Wind is a 2001 Arabian...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Ad Hoc Committee on Selection has approved naming both Laura Kraut on Cedric and Beezie Madden on Coral Reef Via Volo to the Show Jumping Long List for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The USEF Selectors, in consultation with Chef d'Equipe George Morris and Team Veterinarian Dr. Tim Ober, voted unanimously to name Kraut and Madden, on Cherry Knoll Farm's Cedric and Coral Reef Ranch's Coral Reef Via Volo respectively to...

McLain Ward and Sapphire (Shannon Brinkman/USEF) Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Ad Hoc Committee on Selection has approved naming McLain Ward with both Antares F and Sapphire to the Show Jumping Long List for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Due to the fact that Ward will not be able to compete in the Selection Trials because of an injury he sustained in January 2012, the USEF Selectors in consultation with Chef d'Equipe George Morris and Team Veterinarian...

Lexington, KY - Richard “Ricky” Neal, co-champion at the 2009 United States Hunter Jumper Association Emerging Athletes Program Finals, was named to the 2011 Show Jumping European Young Rider Tour. Neal, 19, Pasadena, CA, is one of five young riders selected to the squad by the United States Equestrian Federation. They include: • Neal with Transmission, a 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by the rider. • Reed Kessler, 16, Armonk, NY, with Onisha, a 12-year-old,...

Lexington, KY - The trusted name of Bridgestone has aligned itself with equestrian excellence as the Official Tire of the United States Equestrian Federation. The tire and auto care leader will also be sharing its "passion for excellence" with the prestigious Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, as the presenting sponsor for 2010. "Equestrians, like the ones competing at this year's Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, share the same passion for excellence as we do in manufacturing our tires every day,"...

The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, part of the HSBC FEI Classics™ Series, has been named one of the Top 10 Festivals and Events for Spring 2010 by the Kentucky Tourism Council. The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, a perennial winner of this prestigious award, is set to be held at the Kentucky Horse Park, April 22-25. It was named as one of the Top 10 Events for Spring because this premiere event is the only four-star three-day event in the Americas and because it brings international...