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Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team Impresses in First Competition of 2018 at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3*

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 1/7/2018 9:25:00 PM

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...

Goetzmann and Prestigious Win First Competition of $100,000 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship at CP National Horse Show

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 11/2/2017 5:53:00 PM

Lexington, Ky . – The 2017 $100,000 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship began Thursday at the CP National Horse Show with the first of three competitions. Madison Goetzmann and Prestigious won the $15,000 faults-converted competition against a class of 22 competitors. Madison Goetzmann and Prestigious (Shawn McMillen Photography) Seventeen-year-old Goetzmann (Skaneateles, N.Y.) and Prestigious, her 10-year-old Westphalian gelding, had a clear, fast round to finish with a time of...

Hutchins-Kristen Earns Wire-to-Wire Victory in USEF CCI1* Eventing National Championship; Scheltema Scores Top Honors in USEF CCI1*-JR/YR Eventing National Championship

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/22/2017 10:56:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. – The 2017 Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park saw impressive performances from the CCI1* competitors from October 19-21. The combinations headed into Saturday’s show jumping phase hoping for a strong finish. Bethany Hutchins-Kristen and Geluk HVF led from start to finish in the USEF CCI1* Eventing National Championship for the Richard Collins Trophy, while Elizabeth Scheltema and Bill Owen rose to the top of the leaderboard in the USEF...

IFSHA Crowns World Champions and Raises Money for Veterans at the 2017 IFSHA World and Grand National Championship Horse Show

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/16/2017 10:38:00 AM

Springfield, Ohio – Over 100 Friesian and part-bred Friesian horses from the United States and Canada were turned out to perfection at the 2017 International Friesian Show Horse Association (IFSHA) World and Grand National Championship Horse Show, October 4 through 8, 2017. Crowning nearly 230 World Champions in amateur, professional, and junior classes across a variety of disciplines—including driving, dressage, western dressage, trail, costume, suitability classes, and...

Zone 7 Ends Drought Winning Team Gold in Neue Schule/USEF Prix des States Team Championship

by US Equestrian Communications Department/Classic Communications | 10/14/2017 12:45:00 PM

Harrisburg, Pa. - October 14, 2017 - Following a 28-year-long drought, the team from Zone 7 finally had their moment at the top of the podium winning the Neue Schule/ USEF Prix des States Team Championship and Individual Championship Phase II at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, presented by The Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund. Zone 5 captured the silver medal and bronze went to Zone 1. The Zone 7 team was led by Chef d’Equipe Martien Van Der Hoeven and consisted of Briley Koerner,...

McKayla Langmeier Wins 2017 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals - East

by USET Foundation/Phelps Media Group | 10/8/2017 6:54:00 PM

Gladstone, N.J. – Oct. 8, 2017 – After several top finishes and a reserve championship at the 2015 Talent Search Finals, McKayla Langmeier finally led the victory gallop at the 2017 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals - East after climbing the ranks to overtake the early leader. As the day one frontrunner with a commanding lead, Taylor St. Jacques entered the second day of the competition with the early advantage and a target on her back, and though she...

Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Set to Take on FEI Nations Cup Military Boekelo-Enschede CCIO3*

by Dana Rossmeier, US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/4/2017 4:30:00 PM

Boekelo, The Netherlands – The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team will wrap up the 2017 FEI Nations Cup™ season when they compete against 12 nations at Military Boekelo-Enschede CCIO3* Thursday, October 5-8, 2017. Under the guidance of acting Chef d’Equipe Leslie Law, the team of Katherine Coleman, Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp, and Caroline Martin will fight for a strong finish as they work to upset series leaders Great Britain, who hold a 10-point lead over Germany. Coleman...

Severson and Cooley Cross Border Claim Top Honors in Ssangyong Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials CCI3*

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/17/2017 2:32:00 PM

Woodstock, England – Several top international combinations competed at the Ssangyong Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, September 13-17, but it was U.S. eventer Kim Severson and Cooley Cross Border who finished the competition atop the CCI3* leaderboard. The talented duo led a strong U.S. contingent in the CCI3* with four U.S. combinations finishing in the top 25 out of 84 starters. Severson (Charlottesville, Va.) and The Cross Syndicate’s 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse...

AEC Adequan Gold Cup Advanced Division Combinations Aiming for USEF Open Horse Trial National Championship

by Dana Rossmeier, US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/30/2017 6:14:00 PM

Tryon, NC – There are plenty of accolades up for grabs at the 2017 United States Eventing Association (USEA) American Eventing Championships (AEC) presented by Land Rover and Nutrena, running August 30 – September 3. Not only are the 21eventing athletes in the Adequan® USEA Gold Cup advanced division competing for the right to be named the Adequan USEA Gold Cup champion, the top-placed American combination will also earn the USEF Open Horse Trial National Championship for the...

Parra and Woodard on Top of Divisions at 2017 Markel/USEF Young & Developing Horse Dressage National Championships

by Julian McPeak, US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/25/2017 5:54:00 PM

Wayne, Ill. - The 2017 Markel/USEF Young & Developing Horse Dressage National Championships continued today with the first round tests for the remaining two divisions. The combinations of Cesar Parra and Fashion Designer OLD and Andrea Woodard and Ravenna stood out amongst the fields to lead the Developing Grand Prix and Six-Year-Old divisions, putting them in the lead in the Markel/USEF Developing Grand Prix and Six-Year-Old National Championships, respectively. Today’s tests counted...