Lexington, KY - Leslie Law and David O'Connor have been named to the 2013 Eventing Chef d'Equipe/Technical Advisor Short List. USEF received nine applications from six different nations. The Search Committee interviewed six applicants over the last two weeks. The applicant group is extremely qualified with over thirty Olympic, Pan American, European Championship, and World Equestrian Games medals among them. Law and O'Connor will be available to answer questions at an open rider meeting on...

Fans of the U.S. Show Jumping Team (Shannon Brinkman/USEF) Lexington, KY – The following horse/rider combinations have been named by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to represent the U.S. in America’s only Nations Cup which will be held in Wellington, FL on March 4, as part of CSIO Wellington. The Palm Beach International Equestrian Club’s International Arena will host some of the best horse/rider combinations from across the globe as they vie for top honors in the $75,000 FEI...

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has posted the Selection Procedure and Application for the 2011 Show Jumping European Young Rider Tour. In addition, to the Young Rider Tour, there will be a Junior Rider Tour for up to two (2) individual Junior Riders. The 2011 Show Jumping European Young Rider Tour will consist of the following four (4) competitions: CSIOY Bonheiden (BEL) – May 19-22, 2011, CSIOY Reims (FRA) – May 26-29, 2011, CSIOY Lamprechtshausen (AUT) – June...

Lexington, KY – It is with great sadness that the USEF acknowledges the passing of Debby Malloy Winkler. The German based American show jumping rider died as a result of injuries sustained in a fall while cooling out her horse following a training session on Friday. Wife to five-time German Olympian Hans Günter Winkler, Winkler began her career in the U.S. before moving to Europe in the late 1970s, she then made her home there for the remainder of her life where she regularly competed against...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) invites licensed dressage competitions to apply to become an official 2012 "qualifying competition" for the USEF Dressage Developing Programs and the Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Dressage Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC). DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2011,/b The USEF Developing Programs & the NAJYRC Program include the following: • USEF National Championships for Ponies, Juniors, Young Riders, & Young Adult...

Sharon McCusker and Wrigley with Anne Gribbons (Eva Salomon/USEF Archives) Lexington, KY - Dressage riders in Florida had the opportunity to hone their skills with USEF Technical Advisor Anne Gribbons and USEF Developing Dressage Coach Debbie McDonald in a USEF Observation Session, February 14-15. Ten riders and 12 horses took part in the two day session which followed a weekend of competition for many at the Wellington Classic Spring Challenge CDI-W. Held at Walter and Mary Anne McPhail's High...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has recently received an invitation from the Organizing Committee of CHIO Aachen to send riders to participate in the CDIU-25 for the first time. Caroline Roffman (Wellington, FL) received an invitation to participate as an individual starter and the U.S. also has the opportunity to send up to three additional Under -25 riders to compete at this prestigious event. Roffman's participation was approved by the Dressage High Performance...

Donna Miller and ArdCeltic Art. (Photo courtesy Donna Miller) Lexington, KY - Each year at the United States Equestrian Federation Horse of the Year awards dinner, two Connemara Ponies are honored with special awards from the American Connemara Pony Society for excellence in USEF eventing and hunter competitions. The McKenna Trophy is awarded in memory of Joan McKenna, and is presented to the high scoring purebred or halfbred Connemara competing in USEF eventing competitions at the Preliminary...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is accepting applications for the position of Eventing Chef d'Equipe/Technical Advisor which will become available in 2013. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2011. Potential applicants may contact the Chairman of the Search Committee with any questions. Eric Straus can be reached at [email protected]. The application can be found here: https://usef.org/documents/highPerformance/eventing/jobs/application.pdf The job...

Lexington, KY - The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) has announced that the ASHA Regional Championships have been discontinued, effective in 2011. This change allows for more focus to be placed on the new ASHA High Point Awards program being implemented in the 2011 competition year. The ASHA High Point Awards program, an initiative of the Charter Club Council, recognizes Saddlebred and Half Saddlebred achievement, not only in the traditional show ring, but also in a wide range of...