The U.S. show jumping team shows off their Silver medals from the team competition at the WEG. (l-r) Chef d'Equipe George Morris, McLain Ward, Margie Engle, Beezie Madden and Laura Kraut. (Bob Langrish) It was a late start for the show jumpers on Thursday at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), but it is better late than never. The Main Stadium was once again packed to the rafters, full of fans cheering the competitors and witnessing the contest of the team medal in Aachen. Earlier in the...

Marc Manning (Becky Holder and Courageous Comet tackle the Head of the Lake on the cross-country phase.) It was a big and challenging course that greeted the 59 horse-and-rider combinations going into Saturday’s grueling cross-country phase at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Farnam. And while many Kentuckians’ minds were on next weekend’s Kentucky Derby and the “most exciting two minutes in sports,” the eventing world and tens of thousands of...

Lexington, KY —The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the riders named to the 2005 Winter Training List. This list is recommended by the USEF Eventing Selectors and represents the horse/rider combinations they feel will most benefit the High Performance program by working with Captain Mark Phillips and other selected dressage and show jumping coaches. The riders named to this list are as follows: RIDER and HORSE(S) Stuart Black, Fleeceworks Blackout Nathalie...

Skyhawk and Stella Wasserman. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Traverse City, Mich. – Junior Hunter competitors took over the rings at Flintfields Horse Park on Thursday, with 272 entries completing the first of three phases of competition at the 2022 Adequan ® /USEF Junior Hunter National Championship - East. With overall champion titles on the line for 3’3” and 3’6” heights with four sections in each, there’s no shortage of talent on the grounds this...

Naples, Fla. – US Equestrian is pleased to congratulate 2021 International Equestrian of the Year Laura Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) and National Equestrian of the Year Hunt Tosh (Alpharetta, Ga.). Kraut and Tosh received the most votes from US Equestrian members in the Equestrian of the Year voting last month and were recognized along with other award winners at the 2022 Pegasus Awards Dinner Celebration at the USEF Annual Meeting in Naples, Fla., on Thursday, Jan. 13. 2021 USEF...

On June 11, 2019, the U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) affiliate agreement with the American Driving Society (ADS) expired. USEF understands that this circumstance left many USEF driving members with questions regarding the future of the sport. Please be assured that USEF remains thoroughly committed to supporting the driving disciplines, its current programs, and developing new ways to grow the sport. The following information details how USEF supports the driving disciplines and outlines a...

Mill Spring, N.C. – The U.S. Vaulting Team is primed to compete at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018. Chef d’Equipe Emma Seely will lead the talented team of athletes who have demonstrated their skill and competitive drive in the individual female, individual male, pas de deux, and squad divisions throughout the year. Tessa Divita, Mary McCormick, and Elizabeth Osborn will represent the U.S. Vaulting Team in the FEI World Individual Female Vaulting Championship....

Lexington, Ky. - As the last qualifying competition in the North and Central America and Caribbean division, the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Canada can secure a spot for the NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team in October’s Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final. The competition wraps up a week of competition at the Langley Odlum Brown BC Open, which also includes both a Juniors and Children’s Nations Cup competition on Saturday, June 2. After tying for third in the...

Parker, Colo. - The Adequan®/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC) continued on at The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) welcoming the third day of championships for athletes competing in the show jumping, dressage, and eventing disciplines. The Mexico North Junior Team captured a significant feat in the USHJA North American Junior & Young Rider Show Jumping Championships Junior Team competition, as the winner's podium welcomed the only...

Dana Wille and Mach 5 win the High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumpers during the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival Week III. (Kendall Bierer/PhelpsSports.com) Traverse City, Mich. - The grey gelding, Mach 5, lived up to his name on Thursday afternoon as rider Dana Wille led the way during the High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumpers at the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival (GLEF). Wille imported the Dutch Warmblood from Germany two years prior, expecting that he would max out at the 1.20m-level; however, as...