Chef d'Equipe Missy Ransehousen and Lateran (Lindsay Y. McCall) Katy, TX - April 26, 2012-The inaugural day of the Houston Dressage Society Spring Classic I & II CPEDI3* kicked off with the FEI Para-Equestrian Jog. Fifteen horse and rider combinations stepped forward to be evaluated under FEI Veterinarian Dr. Mike Tomlinson and Technical Delegate Carlos Lopes, FEI "4*", FEI PE "5*" (POR). Every Para-Equestrian horse passed the veterinary check securing each of their times for Friday's...

Wellington, FL - Coaches representing the four main governing bodies of collegiate riding will host seminars for the young riders at this year's College Preparatory Invitational (CPI) Horse Show. Reprentatives from the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA), American National Riding Commission (ANRC), Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA), and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), will all be on hand. Presenting its second annual event, the 2012 CPI will be held...

The Los Angeles National Preview, November 4-8, hosted the Los Angeles Hunter Jumper Association’s (LAHJA) Medal Finals for junior, senior, and pony riders. In addition, the West Coast Pony Finals, one of the largest gatherings of ponies outside of the USEF Pony Finals, is in its ninth year of championships for both hunter and jumper ponies. "Many West Coast riders can't make the trek to Kentucky for the National Championship, so we started this event in 2000. It has grown into one of...

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc. today announced its Discipline Manager selections for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010. The following individuals have been selected after an exhaustive search process, conducted over the last few months: Discipline/Name/Hometown Driving: Susan Gilliland/Dunellen, FL USA Endurance: Art Priesz/Ivanhoe, MN USA Eventing: Jane Atkinson/Stamping Ground, KY USA Para-Equestrian: Janis Linnan/Clovis, CA USA Reining: Brad Ettleman/Denver,...

San Juan Capistrano, Calif. – Thursday welcomed the start of competition at the 2023 FEI Longines Jumping Nations Cup USA, the first FEI Jumping Nations Cup ever in the state of California. The NetJets™ U.S. Jumping Team took to the Oaks International Grand Prix Field at Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Center, marking the start of their week of competition culminating with Sunday’s $200,000 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup USA. The day started with the CSIO5* Familiarization...

Lexington, Ky. – Cross-country day at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by MARS Equestrian™ proved influential and saw a leaderboard shake-up. Tamie Smith and Mai Baum moved into the lead on the strength of their double-clear round over Derek di Grazia’s cross-country course. In addition to leading the overall standings, Smith and Mai Baum are in contention for the Land Rover/USEF CCI5*-L Eventing National Championship presented by MARS Equestrian™ as the...

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian (USEF) announces the appointment of long-term US Equestrian employee Hallye Griffin as Director of FEI Sport. Griffin will assume the duties of former Director of FEI/High-Performance Sport, Graeme Thom, who has chosen to step away from his role to attend to personal matters. “Over recent months, I have encountered some evolving personal obligations that are limiting my ability to commit the necessary time in my role as Director of FEI and High-Performance...

Elkton, Md . – The first horse inspections of the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill presented by Brown Advisory took place Wednesday for the CCI3*-L and CCI5*-L divisions. A total of 58 combinations moved forward for the CCI3*-L, with 48 of those combinations competing in the USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Championship, which runs concurrently with the division. Twenty-four combinations will compete in the CCI5*-L, which is running for the second year as and is one of only seven CCI5*-L...

Lexington, Ky. - RealResponse, (@RealResponseHQ), the award-winning safe and secure feedback, monitoring and anonymous reporting platform for athletic teams and organizations, today announced a strategic partnership with US Equestrian, further expanding its reach across the Olympic and Paralympic sport landscape. This new platform will provide members with the opportunity to report concerns to USEF about emotional and physical abuse as well as violations of the Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to welcome Lisa Hellmer as the new Para Dressage Development Coach as part of the U.S. Para Dressage Program. The U.S. Para Dressage Program and Adequan® U.S. Para Dressage Team have experienced tremendous success and growth over the past four years, and Hellmer will assist Chef d’Equipe and Technical Advisor Michel Assouline, and Discipline Director Laureen Johnson with further implementation of a development pathway and support of new...