Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian has announced a substitution to the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for FEI Nations Cup™ CICO3* at the Great Meadow International presented by Adequan, July 7-9, in The Plains, Va. Boyd Martin (Cochranville, Pa.) and Steady Eddie, Gretchen and George Wintersteen, Pierre Colin, and Denise Lahey’s 2003 Australian Thoroughbred gelding, will substitute for Doug Payne (Aiken, S.C.) and Vandiver, Debi Crowley, his, and Jessica Payne’s 2004 Trakehner...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has named the following athletes to the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team for FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Falsterbo, July 13-16, in Falsterbo, Sweden. CSIO5* Falsterbo is the second leg of U.S. Show Jumping’s summer CSIO5* Nations Cup European tour, with two remaining stops at FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Aachen, Germany, July 18-23, and FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Dublin, Ireland, August 9-13. Teams for these remaining European events will be announced at a later...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has named the following athletes to the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team for FEI Nations Cup™ CSIO4* Langley, May 31 - June 4, in Langley, British Columbia. The Nations Cup competition will be held in conjunction with the Odlum Brown BC Open at Thunderbird Show Park. CSIO4* Langley serves as the last North America qualifying competition for Barcelona’s FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final in September. The U.S. sits in first place and leads...

Lexington, Ky. - The US Pony Jumper National Championships got underway Thursday evening in the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. The riders and their ponies competed in the Welcome Class, which served as Phase I of the Individual Championship. In the class, competitors with clean rounds or equal faults remain equal. Ten of the 32 combinations went clear over Jasen Shelley’s solid course, setting the stage for an exciting championship. Genevieve Munson and Bluebelle, one of the 10...

Lauren Kieffer and Veronica (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Eventing competition at the Olympic Equestrian Center at Deodoro continued on Sunday with the second day of dressage. The U.S. Olympic Eventing Team moved up from seventh place and is now tied with New Zealand for sixth place on a total of 137.50. Lauren Kieffer and Phillip Dutton gave strong performances for the U.S. in a hotly contested team competition. Germany currently leads the team standings on a total of...

Boyd Martin and Blackfoot Mystery (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - After day one of eventing competition at the Olympic Equestrian Center at Deodoro, the U.S. Olympic Eventing Team sits in seventh place. Boyd Martin and Clark Montgomery put in solid performances among the 32 combinations that competed Saturday in day one of dressage before the ground jury of Marilyn Payne (USA), Andrew Bennie (NZL), Sandy Phillips (GBR). The trailblazer for the U.S. team was Martin...

Germany’s David Will and his stunning chestnut 16 year old mare Mic Mac du Tillard took first place in today’s opening CSI5* class against the clock. As sunbathers and spectators lined the arena, the world’s best Photo: LGCT / Stefano Grasso show jumping athletes took centre stage for the first CSI5* competition of the day. Emanuele Gaudiano (ITA) continued his flying form following yesterday’s speed class win, riding Guess 6 to third place, and Switzerland’s Pius...

Lexington, Ky. - The US National Pony Jumper Championships got underway Thursday evening in the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. The riders and their ponies competed in the Welcome Class, which serves as Phase I of the Individual Championship. In the class, competitors with clean rounds or equal faults remain equal. Eleven of the 34 combinations went clear over Marc Donovan’s solid course, setting the stage for what will likely be an exciting championship. Competition continues...

Wellington, Fla. - The Stillpoint Farm Nations Cup CDIO3* officially got underway on Tuesday afternoon with the Horse Inspection at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, with all eight U.S. combinations being accepted. Competition begins Wednesday afternoon with Small Tour competitors performing the FEI Prix St. Georges Test and then Big Tour combinations will head down centerline in the Stadium in the evening session to perform the FEI Grand Prix Test. Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover will...

Steffen Peters & Legolas 92 win the Grand Prix at the Capistrano Dressage International CDI (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - The world was watching as thousands tuned in to CDP Live's wildly-popular online video streaming service to see two incredibly impressive fields of Grand Prix and Prix St. Georges competitors fight it out for top marks on the first day of competition at California Dreaming Productions' Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25, being held...