SmartPak™/USEF Adult Amateur Hunter Ranking List Expanding its already considerable support of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), SmartPak™has signed on as "Official Tack and Equipment Supplier to the USEF". In addition, SmartPak will be adding sponsorship of the new Adult Amateur Hunter Ranking List to the list of other programs SmartPak supports, which include the USEF Week in Review and the North American Young Rider Reining Championship. "The USEF has done so much for...

Lexington, KY – Since its inception in 1990, the USEF Computer List has been a valuable tool to the US Show Jumping program. A basis for Team Selection, this list has aided in fielding teams that have won back-to-back Team Gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, Team and Individual Silver at the 2006 World Equestrian Games and countless Nations Cups. Beginning in August of 2009, the list, which ranks the top show jumping riders in the United States has be rechristened the Rolex/USEF...

Hilltop Farm announces an exciting addition to their International Frozen Semen Program for 2006: Cyrano de Bergerac, a very successful show jumping stallion under Franke Sloothaak. Cyrano de Bergerac (Coriano-Ricardo-Labrador) is a Baden Wurtenburg stallion with a star-studded pedigree and ample international success as a show jumper. As a young stallion, he won the qualification for the German National Championships (the Bundeschampionat) with a score of 9.0, under Franke Sloothaak. The pair...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced the four athlete-and-horse combinations that have been selected to the U.S. Para Dressage Team for the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 alongside one direct reserve and two team alternates. Chef d’Equipe Michel Assouline and Team Leader Laureen Johnson will lead the team in Tokyo. Paralympic equestrian competition is set to begin on August 28 and continue through August 30, 2021, at the Equestrian Park venue in Tokyo, Japan. “Selectors...

US Equestrian is thrilled to congratulate all participating student athletes and schools on another fantastic year of collegiate and scholastic competition. The season recently wrapped up with a multitude of championships for hunter seat equitation, reining, saddle seat, dressage, and more. US Equestrian would like to offer a special thanks to all our collegiate and scholastic Alliance Partners who make it happen for these dedicated students every year. Check out the links below to catch up...

Lexington, Ky. - It is with great sadness that US Equestrian, the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), and Les Etoiles De Pau announce that Crackerjack, ridden by Boyd Martin and owned and bred by Lucy Boynton was humanely euthanized today as a result of an accident while competing on October 28, 2017, during the Les Etoiles De Pau CCI4* in Pau, France. The 14-year-old Thoroughbred gelding had nearly completed the cross-country phase and was entering the arena when he took a...

Pau, France – An influential show jumping day closed out Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4*. Yann Royant’s challenging track saw few clear rounds to bring the competition to an exciting conclusion. U.S. combination Katie Ruppel and Houdini concluded their European debut with a 33rd-place finish. Katie Ruppel and Houdini (Libby Law Photography) Ruppel (Anthony, Fla.) and her own Houdini began the competition with a nice dressage test to receive a score of49.3 from the Ground Jury of...

Schuyler Riley and Dobra de Porceyo Bromont, Quebec - August 9, 2015 - Sunday marked the kick-off of the new Longines FEI World Cup Jumping - North American League, and with a limited number of events to earn points, riders were aiming for the top of the leader board. Eight horse and rider combinations advanced to the tiebreaker, but it was the final pair that took home the victory, as Schuyler Riley piloted Dobra de Porceyo to a speedy double clear in the CSI3* $100,000 event at International...

Schuyler Riley and Dobra De Porceyo : ©BarryKosterPhotography & ©ErikOlsenPhotography Mill Spring, NC - July 4, 2015 - Schulyer Riley (USA) and Dobra De Porceyo captured the biggest win of the duo's career together in the $127,000 Ariat® Grand Prix FEI CSI 3* under the lights in the George H. Morris Arena in the Tryon Stadium at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC). Riley and Dobra De Porceyo stopped the jump-off timers in 45.129 seconds as the only double-clear round of the...

Harrie Smolders and Exquis Walnut de Muze (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) began its sixth week of competition, sponsored by Salamander Hotels & Resorts, on Wednesday with a win for Harrie Smolders (NED) and Exquis Walnut de Muze in the first international jumper class of the week. Smolders and his veteran partner of eight years blazed to victory in the $34,000 1.45m speed class to kick off the week. Richard Jeffery of Great Britain is the course...