The Plains, Va. – The U.S. Eventing Team completed the second day of their mandatory outing at Great Meadow International in The Plains, Va., with a morning of cross-country, providing one last galloping opportunity for all participating combinations. The mandatory outing commenced yesterday with athlete-and-horse pairs completing a test ride of the new Olympic Dressage Test for FEI judges Mark Weissbecker and Debbie Adams before sitting down to review the tests together with Chef...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of The Netherlands CSIO5* hosted from July 1-4, 2021, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The two-round FEI Jumping Nations Cup of The Netherlands will take place at 6:00 p.m. GMT +2 on Friday, July 2. The following athletes have been selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team and are listed in alphabetical order....

Yelm, Wash. – Youth eventing athletes from the western U.S. had their first opportunity to compete in the Adequan®/USEF Eventing Youth Team Challenge last weekend. Eight talented athletes competed as individuals in the first West Coast leg of the inaugural Youth Team Challenge in Yelm, Washington. Kayla Dumler and Faramir CortneyDrakePhotography In the CCI2*-S division, Kayla Dumler (Enumclaw, Wash.) and her 2010 Thoroughbred gelding, Faramir, took home the top score, adding nothing...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the four athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent Team USA at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in Tokyo, Japan, as part of the U.S. Dressage Olympic Team. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Debbie McDonald and Team Leader Hallye Griffin. The first horse inspection will take place on July 23, and competition is set to begin on July 24 and continue through July 28, 2021, at the Equestrian Park in Tokyo, Japan. Three...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced the athletes selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Poland CSIO5* held in Sopot, Poland from June 16-20, 2021. The Nations Cup competition is scheduled for Sunday, June 20, beginning at 11:00 a.m. GMT+2. The following athletes are listed in alphabetical order and will represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Poland CSIO5* led by Chef d’Equipe Robert...

Paris, Ky. – The Kentucky Classic Combined Driving Event concluded on Sunday with the cones phase at the picturesque Hillcroft Farm. A small but mighty field contested the USEF Advanced Pair Horse Combined Driving National Championship, and Jacob Arnold took home his second consecutive title. Jacob Arnold, 2021 USEF Advanced Pair Horse Combined Driving National Champion (Picsofyou.com) Arnold (Goshen, Ky.) drove Steve Wilson’s KWPN and Lipizzaner pair, which consisted of seasoned...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the four athletes selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team for the Nations Cup of Rome CSIO5* held at the Piazza di Siena in Rome, Italy from May 26-30, 2021. The two-round team competition is scheduled to take place on Friday, May 28, at 2:30 p.m. GMT+2. The following athletes are listed in alphabetical order and will represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the Nations Cup of Rome CSIO5* led by Chef d’Equipe Robert...

Mill Spring, N.C. – It was a great week of competition at the Katydid Combined Driving Event at the Tryon International Equestrian Center. Bad weather on Saturday resulted in a schedule change with all dressage tests taking place on Thursday and the marathon day moving to Friday. After a day off on Saturday, Sunday’s cones phase decided the final results. Five USEF Advanced Pony and Intermediate Combined Driving National Championship titles were awarded at Tryon. USEF Advanced...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced the 10 athletes who have been selected to the U.S. Jumping Team Olympic Short List for continued observation ahead of team selection for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games later this summer. The following athletes and horses have been selected to the U.S. Jumping Team Olympic Short List and are listed in alphabetical order: Lucy Deslauriers (New York, N.Y.) and Hester , a 16-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding owned by Lisa Deslauriers Kent Farrington...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce that the next DEI Community Conversation, “Harnessing Accessibility and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities,” will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, April 14, from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET. Hosted in partnership with RespectAbility , this conversation will focus on the lived experience of people with different disabilities in the equestrian industry and beyond, as well as offer 10 tips for disability etiquette. Para...