Grass Lake, Mich . – The country’s top para-dressage athletes and horses have gathered at the Waterloo Hunt Club this week to compete in the 2016 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships sponsored by Deloitte and the Selection Event for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Five athlete-and-horse combinations are entered in the National Division, while eight combinations plan to compete in the High Performance Division. Of the 11 athletes scheduled to compete this weekend, nine...

Rebecca Hart and Schroeter's Romani at the 2015 Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3*. Photo (C) Lindsay Y. McCall Mulhouse, France - June 20, 2015- It was the second day of competition for the three U.S. Para-dressage riders competing at the Mulhouse, France CPEDI3*. Equestrians include Annie Peavy with horses Lancelot Warrior and Ozzy Cooper and coach Heather Blitz; Rebecca Hart and Schroeter's Romani with coach Todd Flettrich; and Deborah Stanitski and Biara G with coach Lauren Palmer....

Lexington, Ky. – Four para-equestrian drivers had strong showings at the Shady Oaks Combined Driving Event held September 18-21 in Lodi, Calif. Competing against able-bodied drivers, Stefanie Putnam, Tracy Bowman, Ginny Leal, and Diane Kastama had solid results at the one of the premier combined driving events of the West Coast. Stefanie Putnam (Lafayette, Calif.) scored top honors with Bethesda’s After Dark in the Preliminary Single Horse division with a final score of 101.90....

Jonathan Wentz and NTEC Richter Scale Claim 2011 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships (Photo: Lindsay Yosay McCall 2011). Saugerties, NY - The top Para-Equestrian Dressage competitors in the U.S. produced quality performances on the third and final day of the 2011 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships. With the standings incredibly close after the first two days of competition, the top spot was up for the taking as riders across the five different grades vied to...

Wellington, Fla. – The Adequan® U.S. Para Dressage Team ended the winter season with a dominant win over their Canadian opponents in the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) 9 CPEDI3* on March 8-9. Led by Chef d’Equipe Michel Assouline, the team of David Botana, Rebecca Hart, Kate Shoemaker, and Roxanne Trunnell earned a cumulative score of 441.488, largely part to career high scores. As a result, their effort led to an all-time high team score for the U.S. Canada ended with...

Mill Spring, N.C. – The U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte athletes Rebecca Hart, Kate Shoemaker, and Roxanne Trunnell increased the medal tally for the U.S. at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018 on Saturday. Following the Freestyle performances in their respective Grades, Hart (Grade III) won the silver medal with a score of 73.240 %. This marked her second medal of the games, moving up a podium step from her bronze medal performance on Wednesday....

Mill Spring, N.C. –The U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte will siphon the positive home crowd energy when they begin their FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018 podium campaign, beginning on Tuesday, September 18. The team of Rebecca Hart, Angela Peavy, Kate Shoemaker, and Roxanne Trunnell, led by Chef d’Equipe Kai Handt, will perform the FEI Individual Test in their respective grades on Tuesday and Wednesday. Individual medals will be awarded in each...

Lexington, KY – US Equestrian has named four athlete-and-horse combinations to the U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte for the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018, which will take place September 11-23, 2018. Following the 2017-2018 selection period, the US Equestrian Board of Directors approved the following combinations for the FEI Nominated Entry List. Rebecca Hart (Wellington, Fla.), Grade III, with El Corona Texel, Rowan O’Reilly’s...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is proud to announce U.S. para-dressage athlete, Angela “Annie” Peavy (Wellington, Fla.) as a finalist for the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) James E. Sullivan Award to an outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. Photo credit: Taylor Pence This prestigious award has recognized the nation’s top amateur athletes annually since 1888, with the likes of famed Olympians Carl Lewis (1981), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1986), Michael Phelps (2003),...

Katy, Texas – It could not have gone more perfect for Rebecca Hart. After posting spectacular scores in the Team Test and Individual Test, Hart wowed the judges in the Freestyle to earn her seventh USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championship today. Hart topped the CPEDI3* Championship High Performance division with an overall score of 73.333%. Kate Shoemaker edged out the field in the CPEDI1* Championship National division to win the National title on an overall score of 71.435%,...