Photo: Meg McGuire Photography North Salem, NY – Each of the United States Region 4 dressage team riders was competing in their first team championship as the team claimed gold in the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) North American Junior Dressage Team Championship at the Adequan® FEI North American Youth Championships (NAYC), presented by Gotham North, at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY. The Region 4 riders posted a combined score of 203.18 to take the gold over the U.S....

Beezie Madden and Breitling LS (Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photo) Gothenburg, Sweden – The battle for Jumping World Cup champion continued on Sunday with the final two rounds in Final III of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final. In a tight race to the finish, the top ten competitors entered the arena with less than six penalties separating them from the top position. In the end, it would be Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat and Martin Fuchs going one-two, with Sweden’s...

Rutledge and C Me Fly USEF CCI1* Eventing National Champions (Brant Gamma Photo) Lexington, Va. – On the final day of the Virginia Horse Trials, Colleen Rutledge and C Me Fly jumped a clear round in the third and final phase of the USEF CCI1* Eventing National Championship to claim the title. In the USEF CCI1*-JR/YR Eventing National Championship, it was Isabel Finemore and Rutherglen that emerged victorious, also jumping clear to become national champions. In contention for the top spot...

Ocala, Fla. – Combined driving athletes will descend upon the majestic Live Oak Plantation this week for a shot at a USEF Combined Driving National Championship title. Live Oak International, running Thursday, March 15 through Sunday, March 18, returns as the host for the USEF Advanced Four-in-Hand Combined Driving National Championship and welcomes four new USEF Intermediate Combined Driving National Championship divisions. The following is a glance at the seasoned, skillful veterans and...

Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team (Photo By SusanJStickle.com) Lexington, Ky. – The Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team comprised of Michele Bandinu (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Katie Jackson (Austin, Texas), Margaret McIntosh (Reading, Pa.), and Roxanne Trunnell (Rowlett, Texas) stepped into 2018 with an impressive performance at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3*. With a total team score of 420.622, the team completed their FEI Team Test on Friday, January...

Calgary, Alta. – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team will look to head into this month’s FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final on a high note. They can do just that with another podium finish at Spruce Meadows’ BMO Nations Cup on Saturday. In what has been an impressive year under Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, the U.S. show jumping team has the opportunity to earn its eighth FEI Nations Cup podium appearance at Spruce Meadows. The U.S. team, comprised of Lauren...

Dublin, Ireland – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team has little to prove heading into FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Dublin on Friday. They earned a coveted spot in September’s FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final along with five of six Nations Cup podium appearances along the way. However, the team of Lauren Hough, Lillie Keenan, Laura Kraut, and Beezie Madden will apply the same level of intensity in Dublin, working to thwart other nations’ podium efforts. Chef d’Equipe Robert...

Hickstead, England – The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team takes aim at the FEI Nations Cup™ CDIO3* Hickstead from July 27-30. Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover will guide the U.S. team of Katherine Bateson-Chandler, Susan Dutta, Chase Hickok, and Charlotte Jorst. Riding against three other teams, the U.S. combinations will compete in the following order: Susan Dutta and Currency DC (SusanJStickle.com) Susan Dutta and Currency DC: Dutta (Wellington, Fla.) and Tim Dutta Inc.’s...

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...

Falsterbo, Sweden – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team is ready to take on the second leg of U.S. Show Jumping’s summer CSIO5* FEI Nations Cup European tour as they head to CSIO5* Falsterbo. With the aim of further developing up-and-coming horse-and-rider combinations, Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland will lead the U.S Team of Katie Dinan, Chloe Reid, Alison Robitaille, Adrienne Sternlicht, and Ali Wolff. The U.S. Team has drawn second in the order and combinations will ride...