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Keeler and Whaley Earn Combined Driving National Titles to Close Out 2018 Season at Katydid

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 11/4/2018 8:34:00 PM

Jennifer Keeler and Amazing Grace win the USEF Single Pony Combined Driving National Championship (PicsofYou.com) Aiken, S.C. – Jennifer Keeler and Katie Whaley capped off an epic combined driving season by winning the final USEF Combined Driving National Championships of 2018 following the Katydid CDE on Sunday. After three phases of competition, Keeler finished with 149.45 penalties to secure the USEF Advanced Single Pony Combined Driving National Championship, while Whaley ended with...

Mattie Hatcher Goes Triple-Clear in Contribution to North American Team Gold at Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games

by US Equestrain Communications Department | 10/9/2018 6:28:00 PM

Buenos Aires, Argentina – The North American Team battled through an intense jump-off against Europe to win the gold medal at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games on Tuesday. Led by U.S. Youth Chef d’Equipe DiAnn Langer, Mattie Hatcher from the U.S., Mateo Coles from Haiti, Pedro Jose Espinosa from Honduras, Nicole Meyer from Mexico, and Marisa Thompson from Panama finished on zero faults and accumulated 10 clear rounds throughout three rounds of competition. Hatcher produced...

Consistency Puts Daisy Farish on Top at the 2018 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals – East

by US Equestrian Communications Department/Jump Media | 10/7/2018 7:05:00 PM

Gladstone, N.J. – Four solid rounds on four different horses put 17-year-old Daisy Farish on top of the 2018 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals – East, held October 6-7, 2018, in Gladstone, N.J. Daisy Farish, 2018 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals - East Champion. (The Book LLC) “This is one final I’ve been close to winning before, but I had yet to put it all together,” Farish said. “That was very special to...

Six Questions for U.S. Jumping Athlete Adrienne Sternlicht

by Glenye Cain Oakford | 9/19/2018 9:00:00 AM

Mill Spring, N.C. - Adrienne Sternlicht competed in hunters and jumpers as a child but became seriously focused on a competitive riding career during her college years at Brown University. Her passion and talent for jumping have taken her to the top echelon of equestrian sport, but she’s also an athlete outside the riding arena and has competed in several other sports, including skiing and squash. Sternlicht graduated from Brown in 2016 with a degree in public policy. The same year, she...

Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team in Bronze-Medal Position after Dressage at FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/14/2018 6:58:00 PM

Mill Spring, N.C. – The second day of dressage for the eventing discipline came to a conclusion Friday at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018. Two U.S. combinations performed their dressage tests in Tryon Stadium, laying down excellent tests to send the U.S. contingent into Saturday’s cross-country day. The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team sits in third place following the first phase of the world championship. Lynn Symansky and Donner (Shannon Brinkman Photo) The home...

Q&A with US Equestrian Eventing High Performance Director Erik Duvander

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/14/2018 10:00:00 AM

Mill Spring, N.C. - You’ve had so much experience with a variety of international riders, and you recently said, “I think you have to be respectful of the history of the country, the culture, and the experience the riders have had to get the best out of them.” What potentially advantageous qualities and assets do you feel that U.S. eventing riders and horses have? What I love about the U.S. is that there is an expectation of being the best. This puts healthy pressure on us...

NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team Places Third in Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Poland

by US Equestrian Communications Department/JENNIFER WOOD/JUMP MEDIA | 6/17/2018 5:42:00 PM

Sopot, Poland –The NetJets U.S. Show Jumping Team placed third in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Poland on Sunday, June 17, at the Lotto CSIO Sopot. The team of Jamie Barge and Luebbo, Margie Engle and Royce, Lillie Keenan and Super Sox, and Devin Ryan and Eddie Blue was led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland. “I thought coming in we had a team capable of really good results today. We were on a little bit of a roll this week,” said Ridland. “Obviously we were...

Marilyn Little Makes Podium to Win the Land Rover/USEF CCI4* Eventing National Championship

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 4/29/2018 10:05:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous added another milestone accolade to their resume on Sunday. As the top-American combination at the Land Rover® Kentucky Three-Day Event (LRK3DE), they earned the Land Rover/USEF CCI4* Eventing National Championship. A six-time competitor of the event, Little reached the LRK3DE podium for the first time with a score of 32.8. In a shocking twist, Great Britain’s Oliver Townend and Cooley Master Class placed first with a score of 28....

Little Comes Up Big in Dressage at Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event

by Edited Press Release from Classic Communications | 4/27/2018 7:29:00 PM

Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous (Photo by: Taylor Pence/US Equestrian) Lexington, Ky. - It was no surprise that after the first day of dressage, reigning champion of the Kentucky Three-Day Event, Michael Jung of Germany and fischerRocana FST were sitting comfortably in first place. However, the second day of dressage did hold some surprises, as American combination Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous took control by turning in a personal best to grab the lead with a 24.8, more than 2 points ahead...

Laura Graves and Verdades Defend Second Place in Back-to-Back Years at 2018 FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 4/14/2018 5:08:00 PM

Paris, France – With the FEI World Cup Dressage Final title on the line, Laura Graves and Verdades defended their 2017 second-place finish with a personal record score Saturday evening in the Freestyle to Music in Paris. Graves (Geneva, Fla.) and the 16-year-old KWPN gelding she owns with Curt Maes finished on a score of 89.082 percent, just behind the reigning World Cup Final champion Isabell Werth (GER). Werth and Weihegold OLD scored a 90.657 percent, while Germany’s Jessica von...