Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has named the following athletes to the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for FEI Nations Cup™ at Military Boekelo-Enschede CCIO3*, October 5-8 in Boekelo, The Netherlands. Leslie Law will serve as Chef d’Equipe for the team at this event. Katherine Coleman (Wiltshire, England) and Back to Business, Kalai, LLC’s 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp (East Sussex, England) and Deniro Z, the Deniro Syndicate’s...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the combinations representing the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team in the Longines FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final at CSIO5* Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, September 28-October 1. Robert Ridland will serve as the Chef d’Equipe for the U.S. team. The following combinations will represent the U.S. (in alphabetical order): Lauren Hough (Wellington, Fla.) and Ohlala, The Ohlala Group’s 13-year-old Swedish Warmblood mare Laura...

Lexington, Ky. – Accessing the USEF (US Equestrian) Rulebook on the road or at events is easier than ever, thanks to the new USEF Rulebook App, featuring a search function. The app allows users to view the entire 1,200-page Rulebook chapter by chapter and to filter results by keywords and chapters or divisions, quickly sorting by the most relevant information or page. Users also can access recent Presidential Modifications (Pres-Mods) and Drugs & Medications documents. Other features...

Lexington, Ky. – Nominations are being accepted for the USEF Lifetime Achievement Award and Pegasus Medal of Honor Award and the submission deadline is quickly approaching. Any current US Equestrian (USEF) Member may submit nominations to US Equestrian by Friday, October 6. The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award will be acknowledged at the 2017 Pegasus Awards, to be held at the 2018 USEF Annual Meeting in January. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the horseman or woman...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced that the following athletes will make up the U.S. Show Jumping Development Team for the Nations Cup competition during CSIO3* Samorin, Slovakia, on Friday, September 1. These athletes will have the opportunity to gain valuable team experience and develop their skills on an international level. They will be led by U.S. Show Jumping Development Chef d'Equipe Anne Kursinski. The following athletes will represent the U.S. (listed...

Lexington, Ky. – Laura Graves and Verdades have advanced to the number two spot in the FEI World Dressage Rankings after a successful showing at the 2017 World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen in July. This equals the highest ranking ever by a U.S. dressage combination. Germany’s Isabell Werth and Weihegold OLD remain world-ranked number one. Great Britain’s Carl Hester and Nip Tuck are ranked third. Previously, Graves (Geneva, Fla.) and the 2002 KWPN gelding, who defeated...

Lexington, Ky. – On Monday, July 23, 2017, the US Equestrian Federation (USEF) Board of Directors approved the recommendation to allocate the designation of an additional United States eventing CCI4* competition in 2019 to Fair Hill International. In January 2017, the Board of Directors narrowed the list of five applicants to two and following that decision spent several months researching, meeting with Organizing Committees and conducting additional site visits. The USEF CCI4* Task Force...

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,...

Lexington, Ky. - Ready to compete in the 2017 SVAG FEI World Reining Championships for Junior and Young Riders August 9-12, this group of up-and-coming junior riders is prepared to impress as they spin, slide, and rollback into Givrins, Switzerland. Gain an insider perspective and learn more about the members of the Platinum Performance U.S. Junior Team: Sam Flarida (Springfield, Ohio) is an accomplished 14-year-old who started riding and showing with his dad when he was nine years old. In his...

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian has announced a substitution to the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for FEI Nations Cup™ CICO3* at the Great Meadow International presented by Adequan, July 7-9, in The Plains, Va. Boyd Martin (Cochranville, Pa.) and Steady Eddie, Gretchen and George Wintersteen, Pierre Colin, and Denise Lahey’s 2003 Australian Thoroughbred gelding, will substitute for Doug Payne (Aiken, S.C.) and Vandiver, Debi Crowley, his, and Jessica Payne’s 2004 Trakehner...