Gladstone, NJ - The top young talent will be showcased at the 2012 Platinum Performance/ USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East this weekend at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, New Jersey. Ninety-six competitors will vie for top honors in the prestigious competition highlighting their skills in four phases of competition judged by Karen Healey and Robert Ridland. It will be an exciting weekend with all three Junior Individual medalists from the Adequan/FEI North American...

Lexington, KY – The Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final – West continues today at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center with Phase II of the Final, the gymnastics portion. This final runs during the 2011 LA International Jumping Festival. Yesterday’s flatwork phase was won by Carly Anthony who rode Abrakadabra in a determined performance. The Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals has produced some of the country’s top jumping...

Capt. Mark Phillips (Photo USEF Archives) Lexington, KY - At the conclusion of 2012 the US Eventing Program will undergo a significant change. After 20 years, Capt. Mark Phillips has announced his retirement as Chef d’Equipe and Technical Advisor following the London Olympic Games to "give someone else the opportunity to put their stamp on the program." To date, Capt. Phillips has led the Eventing Team to 23 Team and Individual medals during his time at the helm of the program. Highlights...

Lexington, KY - The first of two 2009 Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search Champions was named at the Los Angeles International Horse Show on September 2 Theo Boris Wins Platinum Performance/ USEF Talent Search Finals - West (AC Custom Photo) 0. Theodore Boris claimed the Finals -West title on the strength of his consistent performance in the Final Ride-Off Phase - where the top four competitors after the first 3 phases start even, ride their own horse, then each of the other’s mount...

San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - Always a test of mindfulness and skill, the four phases of the 2016 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals - West illustrate the demands on a show jumper. Nineteen qualified riders began the finals on Friday, which after three phases were narrowed down to a final four who then demonstrated their abilities to ride a course on four different horses. Sitting on top going into the final phase, Peyton Warren (Rancho Murieta, Calif.) emerged as the...

Los Angeles, California - Following the completion of Phases I and II of the Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search Finals West Olivia Champ (La Canada Flintridge, California) holds the lead heading into Saturday’s final two phases. Phase I After a demanding Flat Phase where USEF Talent Search Final judges Jimmy Torano and Mandy Porter worked the riders in groups of eight, Olivia Champ (Karen Healey Stables, Trainer) took the lead with a strong score of 90. On her heels was Jayme Omand...

Mollie Kowalchik and Uccello Traverse City, MI - When Mollie Kowalchik walked into the Grand Prix Arena at Horse Shows by the Bay yesterday for the first time, she never dreamed that she would conclude the day with her first two major equitation wins in her young riding career. The 16-year-old Loveland, Ohio native captured top honors in both featured equitation classes by winning the USEF Talent Search Medal and the WIHS Jumper Phase. Aboard her 11-year-old warmblood Uccello, Kowalchik...

Please click on teh following link for the final 2009 Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search Finals - West Standings: https://www.usef.org/_AUAIFrames/CompUp/Data/Result167.pdf

Please copy and paste this link for the results of the first phase: https://www.langershows.com/pdf/shows/12532395052009%20talent%20search%20flat%20phase.pdf

Gladstone, N.J. – The final standings for the 2022 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final – East came down to the influential final round, where the top four competitors returned for the ride-off. In the end, it was Augusta Iwasaki who rode her way into the top spot, masterfully guiding her own horse—and the other three horses in the final four—through the Round IV test. Augusta Iwasaki and Freedom. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Iwasaki...