Zone 4 Claims Junior Team Final Gold (©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian) Traverse City, Mich. – The 2025 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships (NAYC), presented by USHJA, welcomed young rider and Junior athletes to the podiums at Traverse City Horse Shows’ Flintfields Horse Park during week five of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival, presented by B&D Builders, on Friday. Zone 10 Claims Young Rider Victory Carrying forward 6.92 penalties from opening day,...

©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian Traverse City, Mich. – The 2025 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championship, presented by USHJA, got underway at Traverse City Horse Shows on Wednesday with Agatha Lignelli and Ellington Vasan currently leading the way after day one victories in children’s and pre-junior individual qualifiers. Agatha Lignelli (New York, N.Y.) topped the pre-junior category riding Xo Kiara for owner Alexa Elle Lignelli. Lignelli, representing Zone 2,...

Del Mar, Calif. – Top hunter competitors have convened in sunny Southern California this week for the 2025 Adequan ® /USEF Junior Hunter National Championship – West (JHNC), held at HITS Del Mar Horse Park. Eight national champions will be crowned across the 3’3” and 3’6” heights for the following sections: Small Junior Hunter 15 & Under Small Junior Hunter 16-17 Large Junior Hunter 15 & Under Large Junior Hunter 16-17 Competitors at JHNC will...

Falsterbo, Sweden – The U.S. Jumping Team earned a second-place podium finish in the Agria Jumping Nations Cup Falsterbo CSIO5*, finishing just behind the host nation of Sweden. The team completed the day on a two-round total of eight faults, with Sweden taking the win on four faults, and Ireland earning third place on eight faults, but with a slower time than the U.S. The team was led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and Team Leader Lizzy Chesson. “Karl and Spencer were...

Lexington, Ky. – The board of directors and staff at US Equestrian would like to extend our condolences to all those who loved Catch Me, the 2016 USEF National Horse of the Year. Catch Me, fondly known as “Snoopy,” passed on Friday, June 27, at the age of 18 due to complications from colic. Photo Credit: WIHS “Catch Me was the most remarkable horse that I ever owned,” said owner Becky Gochman. “He was both competitive and kind. Scott Stewart showed him...

The Defender U.S. Eventing Team: Phillip Dutton and Possante, Caroline Pamukcu and HSH Blake, William Coleman and Off The Record, and Boyd Martin with Commando 3. (©Shannon Brinkman) Aachen, Germany – The Defender U.S. Eventing Team earned a podium finish in the UBS-Cup CCIO4-S* following a decisive cross-country phase in front of an energetic German crowd at the historic grounds of CHIO Aachen. Led by Chef d’Equipe Leslie Law, the team's efforts across all three phases...

©US Equestrian Aachen, Germany - The U.S. Jumping Team delivered a tremendous performance in the Mercedes-Benz Jumping Nations Cup CSIO5*, finishing atop the podium after two competitive rounds to complete the night on a team total of just four faults. “Aachen is the mecca of show jumping. It’s one of the greatest shows in the world. This team was really amazing and this is what we came here for. It doesn’t get any better than this," said Chef d'Equipe Robert Ridland....

William Coleman and Off The Record (© US Equestrian) Aachen, Germany – The Defender U.S. Eventing Team completed the first two phases of competition at the prestigious CHIO Aachen UBS-Cup CCIO4*-S. The four U.S. combinations produced competitive efforts in both dressage and show jumping phases, positioning the team in fourth place overall on a total score of 107.6 penalties heading into tomorrow's final phase. The team was led off by Caroline Pamukcu (Springtown, Pa.) and HSH...

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce that it will continue its longstanding partnership with American Regent Animal Health, makers of Adequan i.m.® (polysulfated glycosaminogylcan). Adequan i.m. will continue as the Official Joint Therapy Product of US Equestrian and an Official Supplier of US Equestrian Teams. In addition, Adequan i.m. will remain the title sponsor of the Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship, the Adequan®/USEF Young Adult Brentina Cup...

Lexington, Ky. — US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athletes selected to represent the U.S. Jumping Team at the Jumping Nations Cup Falsterbo CSIO5* hosted in Falsterbo, Sweden, from July 10-13, 2025. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and Team Leader Lizzy Chesson. The following athletes have been named to the U.S. Jumping Team and are listed in alphabetical order: Carly Anthony (Wellington, Fla.) Karl Cook (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) Kent Farrington...