American Association of Equine Practitioners 2020 Annual Convention December, 2020 Unites States Equestrian Federation 2021 Annual Meeting January 13-17, 2020 American Morgan Horse Association 2021 Annual Meeting of Members February 27, 2021 American Saddlebred Horse Association with UPHA Convention & Hackney Horse Meeting 2021 Convention and Youth Conference February 14-15, 2021 American Vaulting Association 2021 Annual Conference March, 2021 Past Events Fédération Equestre...

Tamie Smith and Elliot-V, 2020 USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Champions at Galway Downs International. Photo: Kim F. Miller Temecula, Calif. – California eventer Tamie Smith had a big victory on home turf at the 2020 Galway Downs International on Halloween weekend, winning the USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Championship with Elliot-V, 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Smith’s student, Luisa Southworth. Smith took over the ride on Elliot-V when Southworth left for college,...

Temecula, Calif. – Many of the country’s best eventing athletes are at the Galway Downs International in Southern California this week to compete for the USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Championship. This is the first time this championship has been held on the West Coast, and several horse-and-athlete pairs have made the trip across the country to participate. Additionally, two athletes are in contention for the John H. Fritz Trophy in the Young Rider National Championship. This...

Mill Spring, N.C. – Competitors in the 2020 Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship concluded their week at the Tryon International Equestrian Center on Sunday with their FEI Para Freestyle tests. Rebecca Hart and El Corona Texel. Photo: Taylor Pence/US Equestrian Rebecca Hart (Wellington, Fla.) and Rowan O’Riley’s El Corona Texel held on to the lead through all three days of competition, finishing with an exciting freestyle that showed off the gelding’s...

Rebecca Hart and El Corona Texel. Photo: Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Mill Spring, N.C. – The top of the leaderboard remained unchanged after the second day of competition at the 2020 Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship. Thirteen horse-and-rider pairs completed the FEI Para Individual Tests on Saturday at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in pursuit of a national championship title. In a repeat of yesterday’s success, Rebecca Hart (Wellington, Fla.) rode...

Rebecca Hart and El Corona Texel. Photo: Susan Packer Mill Spring, N.C. – Competitors in the 2020 Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship took to the show ring at the Tryon International Equestrian Center on Friday to complete their FEI Para Team Tests. At the end of the first day of competition, Rebecca Hart (Wellington, Fla.) and Rowan O’Riley’s 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding El Corona Texel led the standings in the CPEDI3* National Championship, scoring a...

Mill Spring, N.C. – All 19 horses presented to the ground jury on Thursday afternoon for the 2020 Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship and Tryon Fall 3 CPEDI3* passed the initial inspection and will continue on to the competition beginning Friday at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC). The competition will continue through Sunday, October 25, crowning a new Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Champion at the conclusion. Athletes will perform the FEI Para...

Mill Spring, N.C. – Elli Yeager (18) and Copperfield 39 topped the leaderboard following four phases and three days of competition at the 2020 Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search – East hosted at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC). Ava Stearns (19) of Chilmark, Mass. and Acer K, a nine-year-old Warmblood gelding owned by North Run, secured reserve champion honors for the second year in a row, while Zayna Rizvi (15) of Wellington, Fla. and Finnick, a 14-year-old...

Lausanne, Switzerland - The FEI would like to inform the equestrian community about a feedstuff contamination with Zilpaterol, a Banned Substance on the Equine Prohibited Substances List, following an alert from feed producer GAIN Equine Nutrition advising its equine customers to refrain from feeding their current stock of GAIN Equine products. On 2 October 2020, the French horse racing authority France Galop announced that five horses had tested positive to Zilpaterol. The substance appears to...

Allentown, N.J. – The Garden State CDE hosted an exciting weekend of competition at The Horse Park of New Jersey, highlighted by two USEF Intermediate Combined Driving National Championship divisions. The combinations put forth valiant efforts in their quest for national championship titles. As competition came to a close on Sunday, Sarah Reitz and Yvette Harris were crowned national champions in their respective divisions. USEF Intermediate Single Horse Combined Driving National...