The 3rd Annual Sport Horse National Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (Sport Horse Nationals) returns to Lexington, VA, September 21-25, with the addition of a pleasure carriage driving division for Arabians, Half-Arabians and Anglo-Arabians. Classes include pleasure driving working, pleasure driving reinsmanship and “pick your route” obstacles. All driving competition will take place on Wednesday, September 21st. Show entries may consist of single or multi horse hitches. All...

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian would like to remind driving athletes that the application for the Developing Athlete and Developing Horse programs are open now. The deadline for applications is June 30, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET. To access the application, log in to your USEF.org account and visit your athlete dashboard at athletes.usef.org . Click the “Online Applications” tile, then use the dropdown menus to search in the Driving category and year 2023. Scroll down to the...

Lexington, Ky. – Misdee Wrigley Miller (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.) has notified US Equestrian that she will unfortunately be unable to participate in the 2022 FEI Driving World Championship for Four-in-Hand Horses due to untimely personal health concerns and based on the recommendation from her physician. The 2022 FEI Driving World Championships for Four-in-Hand horses will take place from September 21-25, 2022, in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy. As a result of Miller’s withdrawal, Chester...

Chester Weber, shown here in 2021, will look to defend his title at the 2022 USEF Combined Driving National Championship for Advanced Four-in-Hand Horses. ©Taylor Pence/US Equestrian Goshen, Ky. – The reigning national champion will defend his title this weekend at the 2022 USEF Combined Driving National Championship for Advanced Four-in-Hand Horses. Chester Weber has won an astonishing 18 four-in-hand national titles in the sport. He'll look to make it 19 at this year’s...

Taylor Bradish and Katydid Duchess are the defending USEF Single Horse Combined Driving National Champions. ©Taylor Pence/US Equestrian Mill Spring, N.C. – Eight athlete-and-horse combinations are vying for a national championship title this week in the 2022 USEF Combined Driving National Championship for Advanced Single Horses, hosted by the Katydid CDE at the Tryon International Equestrian Center. The competition for these national champion contenders starts on Friday, April 22,...

Lexington, Ky. - An amendment to the selection procedures for the 2022 FEI Driving World Championship for Single Horses was approved by the US Equestrian Board Ad Hoc. The amendment includes an earlier selection date of August 8, 2022. The new amended selection period reflects the cancellation of Drebkau (GER) CAI3*-H1, which was the last selection trial on the FEI calendar prior to the FEI Nominated entry date for the FEI Driving World Championship for Single Horses, and does not exclude any...

Ocala, Fla. – Four newly minted USEF National Champions exited the arena on Sunday, March 6, at the conclusion of the 2022 Live Oak International CAI. After the event was cancelled in 2021 due to COVID-19, competitors and their families were happy to be back at Live Oak International in Florida’s warm and sunny late-winter weather. Sunday’s competition brought the cones phase to the main arena, and the athletes and their horses and ponies rose to the occasion with numerous...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the combinations selected to represent the Land Rover U.S. Driving Team at the 2021 FEI Driving World Championship for Pairs, which will take place in Kronenberg, the Netherlands, from September 8-12. Marcie Quist will serve as chef d’equipe. The following combinations will represent the U.S. at the FEI Driving World Championship for Pairs and are listed in alphabetical order: Jacob Arnold (Goshen, Ky.) and Kenji V , a 2015 KWPN...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the combinations selected to represent the U.S. Driving Team at two FEI World Driving Championships. The FEI Para Driving World Championship for Singles will take place August 5-8 in Schildau, Germany, and Marcie Quist will serve as the chef d’equipe. The FEI Driving World Championship for Ponies will take place September 16-19 in Le Pin au Haras, France, and Tracey Morgan will serve as the chef d’equipe. FEI Para Driving...

Allentown, N.J. – Two divisions will crown combined driving national champions at the Garden State Combined Driving Event, October 9-11. The Garden State CDE is hosting the intermediate championship divisions for the second consecutive year, and a total of six combinations will compete for titles at The Horse Park of New Jersey. Sarah Reitz and Awesome George at the 2019 Garden State CDE (Conklin Photographic LLC) Sarah Reitz (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) and Awesome George, her 13-year-old Dutch...