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U.S. Para-Dressage Rider Roxanne “Roxie” Trunnell Overcomes Physical Challenges

by Betsy LaBelle | 9/18/2018 10:00:00 AM

Mill Spring, N.C. - Roxanne “Roxie” Trunnell prepares to take on the toughest championship competitions at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 (WEG). She is one of the four selected U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte athletes. Roxie has an incredible story about overcoming enormous physical challenges with gratefulness towards family, her personal team, and the para community. In 2018, the entire U.S. para-equestrian dressage team and staff...

The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team Secures Olympic Qualification and Silver Medal at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/13/2018 9:31:00 PM

The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team (Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photo) Mill Spring, N.C. – The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team secured the U.S. team Olympic qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and earned the team silver medal at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018 on Thursday following the conclusion of the Grand Prix. The team of Olympic veterans, Adrienne Lyle and Salvino, Laura Graves and Verdades, Kasey Perry-Glass and Goerklintgaards Dublet, and Steffen Peters...

U.S. Endurance Embarks on Mission for Team Finish at FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/11/2018 8:37:00 PM

Mill Spring, N.C. – The U.S. Endurance Team will use the home atmosphere and familiar terrain to their advantage when they mount up in quest for a team finish at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018. Led by Chef d’Equipe Mark Dial, the team of Gwen Hall, Cameron Holzer, Kelsey Russell, and Cheryl Van Deusen will set out on the five-loop, 100-mile test on Wednesday, September 12, at 6:30 a.m. EDT. The course will start and finish on the Tryon International Equestrian...

Letter from US Equestrian President and CEO Regarding Safe Sport

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/6/2018 9:52:00 AM

Dear US Equestrian Members, US Equestrian believes the safety and welfare of our members, especially our children, is of paramount importance and that all members must be kept safe from abuse of all kinds. Abuse has no place in our sport or in our lives. We are the guardians of our sport and it is our collective responsibility to raise awareness and educate each other on the behaviors associated with abuse, both sexual and non-sexual. This year, top equestrian athlete Anne Kursinski shared her...

Six More Champions Named at 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

by Kathleen Landwehr & Dana Rossmeier, US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/26/2018 12:09:00 AM

Wayne, Ill. – The list of national champions at the 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions continued to grow on Saturday, including Emma Asher and Traneenggaards Akondo, Emily Miles and Sole Mio, Michael Bragdell and SenSation HW, Heather Blitz and Praestemarkens Quatero, Endel Ots and Lucky Strike, and Codi Harrison and Katholt’s Bossco. One division performed their first tests of the championship, while the final five titles will be decided on Sunday. USEF Junior Dressage...

Competition Underway for Three Divisions at 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

by Kathleen Landwehr & Dana Rossmeier, US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/22/2018 7:11:00 PM

USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship Wayne, Ill. - Heather Blitz and Praestemarkens Quatero won the FEI Prix St. Georges Test with a score of 72.853% to kick off the first day of competition at the 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. Blitz and (Wellington, Fla.) and her nine-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding performed a lovely test to take the early lead in the USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship. Jennifer Baumert (Wellington, Fla.) and Handsome, Betsy...

Endeavor and Patricia Griffith Soar to Victory in the 3'/3'3" Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championship

by Edited Press Release from the United States Hunter Jumper Association | 8/17/2018 9:46:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. – For the first time in the history of the Platinum Performance/United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) Green Hunter Incentive Championship, two champions were crowned last night at the Kentucky Horse Park. In the 3'/3'3" Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championship, Patricia Griffith (White Plains, N.Y.) piloted Endeavor, Callie Seaman’s nine-year-old Warmblood gelding, to the top spot and $23,321 in total prize money after three...

My First Heart Horse

by Glenye Cain Oakford | 8/10/2018 10:01:00 PM

Jordan Gibbs and her pony Party Time caught spectators’ attention when they debuted together at the 2017 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm, thanks in large part to Party Time’s flashy looks. The 15-year-old chestnut pony’s liberal splashes of white and his blue eyes made him a striking companion for his nine-year-old rider. But he’s more than that. He’s also Jordan’s best friend. Photo: Taylor Pence/US Equestrian Gibbs came from Colorado...

Day Two of 2018 USEF Pony Finals Presented By Collecting Gaits Farm Crowns Champions in Large Regular Hunter Pony and Small Green Hunter Pony Championships; Small Regular Hunter Pony Gets Underway

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/8/2018 9:08:00 PM

Colter and So Enchanted Lead the Way in the Small Regular Hunter Pony Championship Presented by Noelle Wolf Stables, LLC at 2018 USEF Pony Finals Presented by Collecting Gaits Farm Carolyn Colter and So Enchanted (Photo by Shawn McMillen Photography) Day two of the 2018 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm (Pony Finals) kicked off with the Model and Under Saddle phases for the Small Regular Hunter Pony Championship presented by Noelle Wolf Stables, LLC. The rainy weather chased...

Farish, Pielet and Stephenson Claim Individual Golds in USHJA North American Show Jumping Championships at the Adequan®/FEI North American Youth Championships

by Jump Media | 8/5/2018 11:17:00 PM

Daisy Farish and Great White ( SEL Photography ) Daisy Farish didn’t have much room for error when she cantered back into the ring for the final round of the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) North American Young Rider Show Jumping Individual Championship. One rail, and she’d drop out of the medals. But Farish rose to the occasion, piloting Great White to their second faultless round of the day to claim individual gold in the finale of the Adequan®/FEI North...