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US Equestrian Announces Host Sites for 2020 USEF Combined Driving National Championships

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/25/2019 12:06:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – Following a successful 2019 USEF Combined Driving National Championship season, US Equestrian has released the selected host sites for the 2020 USEF Combined Driving National Championships, pending the approval of the US Equestrian Board of Directors. US Equestrian will offer 18 national championship divisions across three events. The following are tentative dates, locations, and divisions of the 2020 USEF Combined Driving National Championships: Jacob Arnold competes at...

US Equestrian Announces 2019 U.S. Saddle Seat Young Riders Coaching Team

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 1/9/2019 9:42:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce the 2019 U.S. Saddle Seat Young Riders Coaching Team. Coach Christy Parker (Brunswick, Ga.) and Assistant Coach Mary Mag Wilson (Cave Creek, Ariz.) will work together in coaching the 2019 U.S. Saddle Seat Young Riders Stars and Stripes Teams. The Stripes Team will compete at the 2019 U.S. Saddle Seat Invitational Test Event on July 4-5 in New Orleans, La., against teams from South Africa. The Stars Team will compete at the 2019 U.S. Saddle...

US Equestrian Accepting Applications for 2019 U.S. Saddle Seat Young Riders Team

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 11/2/2018 11:00:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2019 U.S. Saddle Seat Young Riders Team. During years that the Saddle Seat World Cup competition is not held, members of the Young Rider Team will be eligible to represent the United States in other international competitions, whether at home or abroad. The purpose of the Young Rider Team is to develop athletes for future Saddle Seat World Cup competitions. The Saddle Seat World Cup is a...

US Equestrian Announces 2018 Fall Eventing National Grant Recipients

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/2/2018 2:50:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The US Equestrian Federation (US Equestrian) has announced the recipients of the 2018 Land Rover/USEF Eventing Competition Grant and USET Foundation Jacqueline B. Mars National Developing Rider Grants, kindly given through the United States Equestrian Team Foundation, for the end of the 2018 competition season. The following athletes have received funding for The Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International CCI3* in Elkton, Md., from October 18-21, 2018: Sydney Conley Elliott...

USEF/AVA Vaulting National Championship Competitors Set to Compete in California

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/1/2018 3:46:00 PM

Gilroy, Calif. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF)/American Vaulting Association (AVA) Vaulting National Championships will host the best vaulters in the country this week at Gilroy Gaits in Gilroy, Calif., on August 2-5, 2018. More than 175 vaulters and 50 horses, along with coaches and lungers, will meet to compete for championships in 10 divisions. Awards include team champions in A, B, and C divisions, while male and female individuals compete for Gold, Silver, and Bronze...

U.S. Saddle Seat Team Wins Double Gold at 2018 Saddle Seat World Cup, South Africa Takes Silver

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/13/2018 9:40:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. - The U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team emerged victorious at the 2018 Saddle Seat World Cup this week, winning the gold medal in both the three-gaited and five-gaited sections. Led by their coaches, Jonelle Chovanec and Hilary Wilcox, and team mentors, Cindy Mugnier and Barbe Smith, the team of 12 athletes represented the United States to face-off against teams of top saddle seat equitation riders from Canada, Namibia, and South Africa at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.,...

US Equestrian Announces Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ Great Britain

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/18/2018 8:53:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian has named the following athletes to the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ Great Britain, Thursday, May 24-27. Athletes are considered by application in accordance with the CIO selection procedures. The Nations Cup competition is part of the Saracen Horse Feeds Houghton International Horse Trials and is the second leg of the 2018 FEI Eventing Nations Cup series. In addition, the event is part of the United States Equestrian Team...

Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Earns FEI Nations Cup™ Bronze at Houghton International CICO3*

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/28/2017 6:18:00 PM

Norfolk, England – The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team secured a third-place finish in the FEI Nations Cup at the Saracen Horse Feed Houghton International Horse Trials CICO3*. The U.S. team of Hannah Sue Burnett and Harbour Pilot, Katherine Coleman and Longwood, and Caroline Martin and The Apprentice finished on a score of 160.9, while Germany won gold with a score of 122.2 and Great Britain collected silver with a score of 142.5. The U.S. combinations finished in the top 20 individually,...

USEF Announces Team for the 2016 Longines FEI World Endurance Championships

by USEF Communications Department | 8/2/2016 1:52:45 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the combinations that will represent the United States at the 2016 Longines FEI World Endurance Championships in Samorin, Slovakia, September 16-17, 2016. They will be led by U.S. Endurance Chef d’Equipe Mark Dial. The following athlete-and-horse combinations will represent the U.S. in the 2016 Longines FEI World Endurance Championship (listed in alphabetical order): Thomas Hagis (Fries, Va.) and...

2016 U.S. Olympic Team announcement show set for Saturday live on Periscope in Los Angeles

by USOC | 7/22/2016 10:58:44 AM

Colorado Springs, Colo. – Tony Azevedo, Tamika Catchings and Kerri Walsh Jennings will join the United States Olympic Committee on Saturday (July 23) in Los Angeles, as the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team is announced during the Road to Rio Tour presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance on Venice Beach. The live announcement show will take place at 12:45 p.m. PT and will air on @TeamUSA via Periscope and Twitter. The show will be hosted by four-time Olympic champion swimmer Janet Evans, who is also...