Lexington, Ky. – Thursday at the 2024 USEF Pony Finals presented by Marshall & Sterling brought another full day of pony hunter excellence and the exciting first round for pony jumpers along with the ever-popular Pony Finals golf cart parade. Lillian Thomas and Sun's Up. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Kickapoo Ponies/USEF Small Regular Pony Hunter National Championship The small greens had their turn over jumps today, navigating a course that challenged the riders’ skill...

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce the combinations who will represent the United States at the final FEI Eventing Nations Cup of the year hosted at the Military Boekelo in Enschede, Netherlands from October 9-13, 2024. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Bobby Costello and Team Leader Gemma Stobbs. Participating combinations will receive financial support from the Dutta Corporation for horse travel with additional support funded by the USET Foundation Jacqueline B....

Versailles, France – The U.S. Paralympic Dressage Team completed a tremendous first day of competition to begin their campaign at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Three combinations took to the main stadium to compete in their first tests of the competition, capturing three individual medals in their respective grades. Rebecca Hart aboard Floratina, and Fiona Howard with Diamond Dunes, both earned individual gold, while Roxanne Trunnell and Fan Tastico H finished with individual silver....

The final day of the 2024 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championship, presented by USHJA, saw the crowning of junior and young rider champions on Sunday at Flintfields Horse Park. Both representing a dominant Zone 2 at the 2024 NAYC, Stephanie Garrett (New York, N.Y.) climbed atop the young rider podium, while Clara Propp (New York, N.Y.) claimed the junior gold medal. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian Young Rider Individual Final Stephanie Garrett posted a near-perfect week...

Traverse City, Mich. – Competition closed out on Sunday at the 2024 Discover Dressage/FEI North American Youth Dressage Championship presented by USDF with two triple gold medalists emerging in the junior and young rider sections after their exciting freestyle tests. Virginia Woodcock and Mollegardens San-Souci. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian FEI NAYC Junior Freestyle Virginia Woodcock (Atlanta, Ga.) and her 2014 Danish Warmblood mare, Mollegardens San-Souci (Sir Donnerhall x Sascha),...

Lexington, Ky . – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athletes selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the RDS Dublin Horse Show CSIO5* hosted in Dublin, Ireland, from Wednesday, August 14, through Sunday August 18, 2024. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and Team Leader Lizzy Chesson. The following athletes have been selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team and are listed in alphabetical order. Lucy Davis (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Laura...

Versailles, France – U.S. Eventing Team Chef d’Equipe Bobby Costello has confirmed U.S. Olympic Eventing Team athlete Will Coleman will now compete direct reserve selection, Diabolo , a 2012 Holsteiner gelding (Diarado x Aljano 2) owned by the Diabolo Group and cared for by Hailey Burlock & Erin Jarboe . Diabolo will replace Coleman’s initially selected mount, Off The Record. Diabolo will now join the three-member team with Coleman , alongside Boyd Martin and Fedarman B ,...

Lexington, Ky. – The final day of the 2024 USEF Pony Finals presented by Marshall & Sterling saw equitation riders vie for top honors in the Marshall & Sterling/USEF Pony Medal Final. This prestigious class is the grand finale of Pony Finals each year and brings riders into the Kentucky Horse Park’s indoor Alltech Arena for the two-phase competition. The Medal Final started bright and early, with 174 competitors completing the first phase over Jasen Shelley’s...

Del Mar, Calif. – Many of the country’s top hunters are at HITS Del Mar Horsepark this week as the 2024 Adequan ® /USEF Junior Hunter National Championship – West (JHNC) gets underway. The Southern California competition will see riders aged 17 and under compete for championship titles at the 3’3” and 3’6” heights. The JHNC consists of three phases—a classic round, under saddle phase, and a handy hunter round. The jumping phases each count for...

Traverse City, Mich. - The 2024 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships (NAYC), presented by USHJA, ramped up the action at Flintfields Horse Park during week five of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival presented by B&D Builders, on Friday as the Junior and Young Rider team medals were decided. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian Zone 2 Young Riders On Top Young Rider teams took center stage in the International Ring, battling it out over two rounds of competition. At the...