Individual jumping medals were awarded at the 2024 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Championships presented by USHJA , on Saturday morning at Flintfields Horse Park with the children’s and pre-junior jumping categories. Up-and-coming athletes entered the International Ring one final time to determine individual rankings. Agatha Lignelli and Girl Scout. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian Children’s Individual Final One of seven children’s jumpers returning for the...

Lexington, Ky. – The first national champions have been crowned at the 2024 USEF Pony Finals presented by Marshall & Sterling . The Medium Regular and Small Green sections concluded their championships with Wednesday’s over fences rounds, and the Small Regular section got started with model and under saddle phases. Sienna Rossano and High Tops. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian Pony Tail Bows/USEF Medium Regular Pony Hunter National Championship The Pony Tail Bows/USEF Medium...

Versailles, France – The U.S. Olympic Jumping Team secured their qualification for the Jumping Team Final at Paris 2024 today and will move forward to compete for medals tomorrow, Friday, August 2. The team finished with a final total of six faults, behind Germany, who topped the qualifier leaderboard on zero faults as a team. The top ten teams from today’s Jumping Team Qualifier will move forward to contest the Jumping Team Final, which will see teams return in reverse order of...

Traverse City, Mich. – The third full day of competition at the 2024 Discover Dressage/FEI North American Youth Dressage Championship presented by USDF (NAYC) saw athletes in the Junior and U25 ranks vie for individual titles at Flintfields Horse Park. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian FEI NAYC Junior Dressage Individual Test The junior division saw a trio of chestnut horses and their riders populate the podium after their second test. Region 3’s Virginia Woodcock (Atlanta, Ga.)...

V ersailles, France – US Equestrian has announced a pre-competition change prior to the start of team competition for the U.S. Olympic Jumping Team today at Versailles. Kent Farrington and Greya will be replaced by Karl Cook and Caracole de la Roque for today’s Team Qualifier competition, which begins at 11:00 a.m. GMT+2/5:00 a.m. ET. "There is a small question mark with Greya, which is allergy related, and erring on the side of extreme caution and with the no drop score in the...

Lexington, Ky. – It’s one of the most anticipated equestrian events of the year: USEF Pony Finals presented by Marshall & Sterling , and it got off to a big start on Tuesday at the Kentucky Horse Park. Medium regular and small green ponies and their young riders took the stage in the Rolex Stadium for their model and under saddle phases. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian PonyTail Bows/USEF Medium Regular Pony Hunters The medium regular class is 142 entries strong this year, and...

Versailles, France – The U.S. Olympic Jumping Team finished on the podium in today’s competitive Olympic Jumping Team Final, with a close finish between gold, silver, and bronze placings. The team finished on a total of four faults between the three team combinations, which clinched the silver medal. Great Britain took gold on two total faults, while host nation France, took bronze on seven total faults. This is the team’s ninth Olympic medal and third consecutive silver medal...

Photo provided by the North Valley Animal Disaster Group. Lexington, Ky . – As officials continue to assess the destruction brought on by the fifth-largest wildfire in California’s history, US Equestrian is providing financial assistance to help care for horses impacted by these fires with a $25,000 grant from the USEF Equine Disaster Relief Fund. The North Valley Animal Disaster Group (NVADG) has been awarded this grant to further support their work in aiding the equestrian...

Versailles, France – The U.S. Olympic Jumping Team qualified two combinations through to the Jumping Individual Final tomorrow, concluding equestrian competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Karl Cook and Caracole de la Roque, alongside Laura Kraut and Baloutinue finished within the top 30 combinations in the qualifier today, punching their ticket to the highly anticipated final beginning at 10:00 a.m. GMT+2/4:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, August 6. “She has more energy today than she...

The final day of the 2024 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championship, presented by USHJA, saw the crowning of junior and young rider champions on Sunday at Flintfields Horse Park. Both representing a dominant Zone 2 at the 2024 NAYC, Stephanie Garrett (New York, N.Y.) climbed atop the young rider podium, while Clara Propp (New York, N.Y.) claimed the junior gold medal. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian Young Rider Individual Final Stephanie Garrett posted a near-perfect week...