Team Gold at FEI Nations Cup™ CSIO4* Langley (Photo Credit: Rebecca Berry @rebecca_d_berry) Langley, British Columbia – In the third and final leg of the FEI Nations Cup North America, Central America, and Caribbean League, the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team bested home team Canada and rivals Mexico and Ireland to secure their qualification for the FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final in Barcelona, Spain, September 28 – October 1. The Canadian team claimed silver on 14 faults,...

Xalapa, Mexico – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping team battled it out with Mexico until the very end to produce a strong silver-medal performance at FEI Nations Cup™ CSIO4* Coapexpan on Friday. Although the team of Quentin Judge, Peter Lutz, Alison Robitaille, and Adrienne Sternlicht missed the top of the podium by one fault, they picked up 90 points to keep the U.S. on top of the North American standings heading into division final at CSIO4* Langley. Mexico entered two teams,...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has named the following athletes to the U.S. Children’s and Junior Rider Teams for FEI Nations Cup™ CSIOJCh Langley, May 31 - June 4, in Langley, British Columbia. The FEI Children’s Rider Nations Cup™ and FEI Junior Rider Nations Cup™ at Langley are newly added FEI events to be held in conjunction with FEI Nations Cup™ CSIO4* Langley during the Odlum Brown BC Open at Thunderbird Show Park. Photo by Sportfot The following...

Maria Filsinger Interrante riding Sammy in 2015 at the Red Barn on Stanford’s campus in California. (Damian Marhefka) Maria Filsinger Interrante, former captain of Stanford’s equestrian team, leads a group that recently won the $10,000 national prize for their work to develop a novel therapy for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Maria Filsinger Interrante, who led a team of young scientists that recently won the prestigious $10,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize in the “Cure...

Boyd Martin and Crackerjack competing at theRolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover in 2015. (Kasey @ Rare Air Photography) The path to the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover can be winding and difficult, and few understand that better than owner Lucy Boynton. Her horse Crackerjack has done more than just take Boynton to the highest level of eventing on both sides of the Atlantic; he’s also given her an extended family and continued a path that her late...

Reggie and Kathleen Murray (center) were joined by Buck Davidson (left) and Cassandra and Carl Segal when they evented at training level this winter in Florida. (Photo Courtesy Kathleen Blauth Murray) Thursday will mark the end of an era for Kathleen Blauth Murray at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover. Murray, eventing athlete and Buck Davidson’s longtime groom, will perform the dressage test ride aboard Carl and Cassandra Segal’s Ballynoe Castle R.M.,...

Lexington, Ky. - The US Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the recipients of Land Rover/USEF eventing competition grants for the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials CCI4*, Tattersalls International Horse Trials CCI3*, and Luhmühlen CCI4* presented by DHL. The following combinations have received grants for the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials CCI4* taking place May 3-7 in Gloucestershire, England: Hannah Sue Burnett (The Plains, Va.) with Jacqueline...

Lee McKeever started riding at the age of eight at a local riding school in Ireland and fell in love with it. He came to the U.S. at 18, and a short time later, began working for McLain Ward’s father. Ward began hanging out with McKeever at horse shows growing up, and the rest is history. McKeever has overseen Ward’s support team from the time that Ward began his professional career through four Olympic Games and much more. Lee McKeever walks to the warm-up ring with McLain Ward and...

When the FEI World Cup™ Finals comes to Nebraska’s CenturyLink Center Omaha from March 29 to April 2, US Equestrian will be at the heart of the action. Whether you’re a dressage fan taking in every minute of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final or the big obstacles of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Show Jumping Final are more your bag, you’ll find that World Cup weekend has lots to offer outside the ring, too, starting with the US Equestrian booth. Hit the US...

Lexington, Ky. - The US Equestrian Dressage Sport Committee has approved requirements for the Elite Program in 2017. In addition, they finalized plans for a revamped Development Program and selected the US Equestrian Dressage Development Coach. The newly-launched Elite Program is established to provide support and resources to athlete/horse combinations that have proven they are internationally competitive. The US Equestrian Dressage Technical Advisor and Managing Director oversee the program...