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USEF Announces Eventing Short List for 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games

by Jeannie Putney | 6/16/2006 1:22:00 AM

Lexington, KY - The USEF High Performance Working Group and Executive Committee on Selections has approved the Eventing High Performance Committee’s and the Eventing Selectors' recommendation to name the following horse and rider combinations (in alphabetical order) as the short list for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games: • Stephen Bradley of Leesburg, VA, riding Brandenburg’s Joshua, an 11-year-old thoroughbred gelding, owned by Southern Edition Farm, LLC • Jan Byyny of Purcellville, VA,...

2006 FEI World Equestrian Games Vaulting Update

by By Sparky Frost | 5/25/2006 11:06:00 AM

A mere 0.112 points separate second through fourth place in the current women’s World Equestrian Games (WEG) Vaulting rankings. Last weekend’s USEF Vaulting selection trial, held during the Garrod’s Spring Classic in Saratoga, CA, on May 20, was the fifth of six chances that U.S. vaulters have to improve their average score toward qualifying for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany. From those six chances, the highest three scores are averaged, and a WEG ranking is established....

US Wins Most Equestrian Medals at 2004 Olympic Games

by gaillardm | 9/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

The United States won more equestrian medals than any other team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens with a total of 5 medals from six possible opportunities. For the second time in US Olympic Equestrian history, and the first time in an Olympic games outside of the United States, the US Equestrian Team won team medals in each discipline, Eventing, Dressage and Show Jumping. This was achieved only once before in the 1996 Atlanta Games. 2004 was also the third time the US has won 5 Olympic...

Walk-Trot Western Pleasure 9 & Under

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/12/2011 8:49:46 AM

OMG, they look like a bag of Skittles in the line-up!! I love the rainbow of fruit flavors in these outfits!! 1 Tropic Anne’s Legacy and Madison Ater 2 Artful Image and Sophia Stillings 3 Noble Excellence and Jillian Peek 4 T-Towne Talk About Me and Anna Ryen Rowe 5 MCA Seawind Serenade and Kira Gendjar 6 Futurity’s Roman Touch and Loren Irwin 7 Batton’s Maestro 8 DVF High Chapparell and Kaydee Crow 9 Grand Cru Hollywood Wish and Haley Brooks

US Equestrian Names U.S. Eventing Team for Santiago 2023 Pan American Games

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/23/2023 5:18:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations that have been named to the U.S. Eventing Team for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. The eventing portion of equestrian competition will run October 27-29 at the Escuela de Equitación Regimiento Granaderos in Quillota, Chile. Four combinations will compete as a team with one traveling reserve. One direct reserve has been named to the team in addition to five alternate combinations....

US Equestrian Names Short List for U.S. Dressage Team for Santiago 2023 Pan American Games

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/20/2023 4:30:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations that have been named to the Short List for the U.S. Dressage Team for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. The dressage portion of equestrian competition will run October 22-23 and 25 in Santiago, Chile. The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been named to the U.S. Dressage Team List for the Pan American Games and are listed in alphabetical order: Susie Dutta (Wellington, Fla.) and Don...

North American Team Claims Gold in 2022 FEI Youth Equestrian Games Team Final

by U.S. Equestrian Communications Department | 6/30/2022 3:20:00 PM

Aachen, Germany - The North American Team participating in the 2022 FEI Youth Equestrian Games Team Final secured a podium finish in today’s Team Final, taking the gold medal in the two-round competition hosted over two consecutive days. The team featured strong rides from U.S. athlete representative Mimi Gochman (New York, N.Y.), Xaviera Maurer Buch (MEX), Shannon Grubba (CRI), Gabriela Maradiaga (HON), and Carlos Andres Meany Morataya (GTM). The team was led by Chef d’Equipe DiAnn...

US Equestrian Announces U.S. Jumping Team for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

by U.S. Equestrian Communications Department | 7/5/2021 2:45:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the combinations selected to represent the U.S. Jumping Team at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 as part of Team USA in Tokyo, Japan. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and Team Leader Lizzy Chesson. Competition will begin on August 3 and continue through August 7 at the Equestrian Park venue. “This weekend’s two simultaneous CSI5* grand prix events in Rotterdam and Windsor completed a long and...

News Flash: Rebecca Hart Earns Her Second Medal at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/22/2018 5:44:00 PM

Mill Spring, N.C. - U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte para-athlete Rebecca Hart has earned the silver medal in the FEI Grade III Freestyle at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018 on Saturday. She and El Corona Texel, Rowan O’Reilly’s nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, earned a score of 73.240%. This is the fourth medal for U.S. para-equestrian dressage at the WEG. Rixt van der Horst of the Netherlands won the gold medal and Dr. Angelika Trabert...

US Equestrian Statement on the Cancellation of Endurance at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/13/2018 2:09:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) agrees that the cancellation of endurance competition at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018, while extremely disappointing, was necessary. Officials from the FEI, the President of the Ground Jury, the President of the Veterinary Commission, the Technical Delegate, and the Organizing Committee made the decision to cancel the endurance competition to protect the horses and athletes facing dangerous, unseasonal...