Wellington, FL The ninth week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) has come to a close at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Saturday Night Lights at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival brought a crowd of more than 4,200 spectators to watch Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa and Let's Fly jump to victory in the $231,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI 4*-W Presented by Bainbridge Companies. Pessoa earned the winning cut of prize money after an exciting jump-off of many of the top horses...

Lexington, Ky. -- The USEF Selection Procedures for athletes interested in competing at the 2024 FEI Endurance World Championship in Monpazier, France, are now available on the endurance section of USEF.org . Athletes wishing to be considered for the championship must complete the online Application of Intent by June 4, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET. The FEI Endurance World Championship will take place in Monpazier, France, September 7, 2024. Athlete/horse combinations will be selected based on the...

Lexington, Ky. - Following the cancellation of the Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event for 2022, US Equestrian opened a one-week bid process to fill the date on the 2022 U.S. Eventing Calendar for one year only. Per the 2022 U.S. FEI Eventing Calendar Policies and Procedures , applications to host the CCI4*-L level during the 2022 competition season are accepted by invitation only. The bid process opened October 21, and closed October 29 for one competition on the East Coast to run the...

Lexington, Ky. – Some of the country’s best junior hunter riders are preparing to compete for top honors in the 2020 Adequan ® /USEF Junior Hunter National Championship – East Coast in Traverse City, Mich. From August 23-25, the picturesque Flintfields Horse Park sets the stage for the East Coast national championship. This bicoastal event began on the West Coast at California’s Sonoma Horse Park in July. The championship consists of intense competition at the...

Lexington, Ky. – Some of the country’s best junior hunter riders are preparing to compete for top honors in the 2020 Adequan ® /USEF Junior Hunter National Championship – West Coast in Petaluma, Calif. This bicoastal championship kicks off out West at the picturesque Sonoma Horse Park from July 17-19. The East Coast competition will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park from August 23-24. The championship consists of intense competition at the 3’6” and...

Ocala, Fla . – The Florida Spring Fling Combined Driving Event (CDE) played host to the 2020 USEF Preliminary Combined Driving National Championships and the exciting competition that unfolded at the Florida Horse Park. Four preliminary divisions had athletes take home their national championship titles. USEF Preliminary Single Horse Combined Driving National Championship Raymond Helmuth and Kendro (Picsofyou.com) Raymond Helmuth (Cambridge, Iowa) and Kendro earned the USEF Preliminary...

Lexington, Ky . - The United States Equestrian Federation (US Equestrian) is pleased to announce that SmartPak is returning as an Official Partner of US Equestrian and a Gold Level Sponsor of the US Equestrian Learning Center. SmartPak has a special interest in education for proper horse care and will sponsor seven Learning Center videos available to all US Equestrian members. The Learning Center already hosts over 50 educational videos featuring elite athletes, trainers, and industry experts....

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian’s new online Learning Center has proven to be a useful educational tool in one University of Vermont (UVM) animal sciences course. Christina Rohan, a hunter/jumper trainer who also is a UVM lecturer, says Learning Center videos have played a role in her Equine Industry Issues class, where students examined US Equestrian’s role as the national governing body for equestrian sport in the United States. “I felt that they had to have some...

Stephanie Sedlacko and Jennifer Alfano rode to the first place finish in the American Saddlebred Hunter Challenge (Brooke Jacobs) Lexington, Ky. - It's not every day that you see riders compete over their first hunter course during a national championship, but when four world champion American Saddlebred trainers take the reins of a hunter and grand prix and professional hunter riders take the reins of an American Saddlebred, it makes for a night of fun and excitement. It was a...

McLain Ward (The Book, LLC) Devon, PA - The 2013 Devon Horse Show and Country Fair has featured a little of everything. A little rain, plenty of sunshine, record-breaking 90 degree temperatures, light snow, and even jumper rider Mclain Ward winning a Saddlebred class. But nothing could have been more business as usual as the hours ticked down to the Wells Fargo Grand Prix of Devon. The boxes began filling with spectators armed with picnic baskets and wine and cheese plates from the Garden...