Mill Spring, N.C. – With their sights firmly set on Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games team qualification, The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team is ready to head down the Grand Prix centerline on Wednesday, September 12, at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018. Led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover, the U.S. team of Laura Graves with Verdades, Adrienne Lyle with Salvino, Kasey Perry-Glass with Goerklintgaards Dublet, and Steffen Peters with Suppenkasper will aim to put their mark on...

Colter and So Enchanted Lead the Way in the Small Regular Hunter Pony Championship Presented by Noelle Wolf Stables, LLC at 2018 USEF Pony Finals Presented by Collecting Gaits Farm Carolyn Colter and So Enchanted (Photo by Shawn McMillen Photography) Day two of the 2018 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm (Pony Finals) kicked off with the Model and Under Saddle phases for the Small Regular Hunter Pony Championship presented by Noelle Wolf Stables, LLC. The rainy weather chased...

Gilroy, Calif. – The US Equestrian (USEF)/American Vaulting Association (AVA) Vaulting National Championships were held on August 2-5, 2018, at Gilroy Gaits in Gilroy, Calif. Claiming the Female and Male Gold Individual championship titles were Elizabeth Osborn and Kristian Roberts, respectively. In the Open Pas de Deux, the championship win went to Haley Smith and Daniel Janes of Pacific Coast Vaulters, the same team which also claimed the A Team championship. Individual Competition...

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.,...

The Plains, Va. – The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team will contest their second Nations Cup of 2018, the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ USA at the Brook Ledge Great Meadow International presented by Adequan®. Chef d’Equipe Erik Duvander will lead Buck Davidson, Phillip Dutton, Sydney Elliott, and Caroline Martin in the competition from July 6-8. The team is a mix of veterans and rising stars with hopes of gaining valuable experience under Duvander’s guidance and with home...

Lexington, Ky. - The 2018 Dressage European Young Rider Tour, a link to the Discover Dressage™ USEF/USDF Emerging Athlete Program, has concluded at the Future Champions FEI CDIO-Y Hagen. From June 12-17, the athletes named to the tour, Ben Ebeling (Moorpark, Calif.), Callie Jones (Henderson, Ky.), and Anna Weniger (Apex, N.C.), contended as a team and individually against top riders in their division from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain, The Netherlands, and Russia. Callie Jones...

Lexington, Ky. – Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous added another milestone accolade to their resume on Sunday. As the top-American combination at the Land Rover® Kentucky Three-Day Event (LRK3DE), they earned the Land Rover/USEF CCI4* Eventing National Championship. A six-time competitor of the event, Little reached the LRK3DE podium for the first time with a score of 32.8. In a shocking twist, Great Britain’s Oliver Townend and Cooley Master Class placed first with a score of 28....

Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous (Photo by: Taylor Pence/US Equestrian) Lexington, Ky. - It was no surprise that after the first day of dressage, reigning champion of the Kentucky Three-Day Event, Michael Jung of Germany and fischerRocana FST were sitting comfortably in first place. However, the second day of dressage did hold some surprises, as American combination Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous took control by turning in a personal best to grab the lead with a 24.8, more than 2 points ahead...

U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte Mill Spring, N.C. - The U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte added another victory to their resume this week at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon Para-Dressage Test Event CPEDI3*, April 20-22. The U.S. team of Rebecca Hart (Wellington, Fla.), Katie Jackson (Austin, Texas), Kate Shoemaker (Peoria, Ariz.), and Roxanne Trunnell (Rowlett, Texas) was led by Chef d’Equipe Kai Handt and assisted by USEF Head of...

Beezie Madden and Breitling LS Paris, France – With the poise, grace, and horsemanship that fans adore her for, Elizabeth ‘Beezie’ Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) guided Breitling LS to a win Thursday evening in the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final I (Jumping Speed Class), the first round of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final. The four-time Olympian was the first U.S. athlete of the evening to ride clear over Santiago Varela Ullastres’s course, stopping the clock at...