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US Equestrian Announces Nominated Entries for 2021 FEI Vaulting World Championships for Juniors and 2021 FEI Vaulting World Championships for Seniors

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 6/25/2021 5:00:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the nominated U.S. entries for the 2021 FEI Vaulting World Championships for Juniors to be held in Le Mans, France from July 28-August 1, 2021, and the 2021 FEI Vaulting World Championships for Seniors in Budapest, Hungary from August 25-September 5, 2021. The Chef d’Equipe for the U.S. Vaulting Junior Team is Emma Seely, while the Chef d’Equipe for the U.S. Vaulting Senior Team is Jennifer Arntsen. The following athletes...

US Equestrian Announces U.S. Dressage Team Short List for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 4/28/2021 5:30:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced the 12 athletes who have been selected to the U.S. Dressage Olympic Short List. The total of 15 athlete/horse combinations are in consideration for the three team spots and one traveling reserve for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games this summer. The following athletes and horses have been selected to the U.S. Dressage Team Olympic Short List and are listed in alphabetical order: Katherine Bateson-Chandler (Wellington, Fla.) and Alcazar , a 2005...

US Equestrian Names Talented Jumping Team Lineups for Longines FEI Nations Cup™ Final and FEI Youth Nations Cup™ Final

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/20/2019 3:08:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the list of athletes who will represent the NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team at the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final CSIO, hosted from October 3-6, at Real Club de Polo Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain, as well as athletes competing for the United States at the FEI Jumping Youth Nations Cup Final CSIOY from September 26-29, at SenTower Park in Opglabbeek, Belgium. The accomplished group of elite athletes nominated to the NetJets U.S....

Hausman, Proctor Take Titles at 2019 USEF/AVA Vaulting National Championships

by US Equestrian Communications Department/Jump Media | 8/13/2019 10:36:00 AM

The US Equestrian (USEF)/American Vaulting Association (AVA) Vaulting National Championships were held on August 7-11, 2019, at The National Equestrian Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Dusti Hausman captured the Female Gold Individual championship, while Mikhail Proctor claimed the Male Gold Individual championship. A composite squad from Mile-High Vaulters and Pacific Coast Vaulters won the A Team championship. Hausman Gets Her Gold Goal Dusti Hausman (Alex Thomas) Hausman (Waxhaw, N.C.) won the...

Beezie Madden and Breitling LS Win Jumping Individual Bronze Medal at Lima 2019 Pan American Games

by US Equestrian Communications Department/Jump Media | 8/9/2019 7:59:00 PM

Lima, Peru – Adding another bronze medal to the tally for the United States of America at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games on Friday, August 9, was two-time Olympic team gold medalist Beezie Madden riding Breitling LS. Held in Lima, Peru, the final day of jumping at the Pan American Games featured the individual final held over two rounds, and Madden won an exciting four-way jump-off for the bronze medal. With Eve Jobs and Lucy Deslauriers also contesting the individual final, the U.S....

U.S. Dressage Team Takes Early Lead at Lima 2019 Pan American Games

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/28/2019 10:09:00 PM

Lima, Peru - The U.S. Dressage Team recorded three stellar results to take the early lead at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. Led by Chef d’Equipe Debbie McDonald, the team of Nora Batchelder (Williston, FL) piloting Faro SQF, Jennifer Baumert (Wellington, FL) aboard Handsome, and Sarah Lockman (Wildomar, CA) and First Apple, performed the Prix St. Georges test, earning a team total of 219.970. Canada currently sits in silver medal position on a 219.828 and Brazil in third with a score...

US Equestrian Names U.S. Vaulting Team for FEI Vaulting World Championships for Juniors

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/10/2019 4:05:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced the U.S. Vaulting Team for the FEI Vaulting World Championships for Juniors, held July 24-27 in Ermelo, the Netherlands. The following athletes will represent the U.S. in the FEI Vaulting World Championships for Juniors under the guidance of Chef d’Equipe Jennifer Arntsen, listed in ranked order: Individual Female Sydney Schimack (Laporte, Colo.) Caroline Morse (Los Gatos, Calif.) Hayden Avakian (Costa Mesa, Calif.) Hallie Dudley...

The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team Set Sights on FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ France

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/17/2019 2:16:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team is headed to their first European team competition of the year for the FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ France from May 18-19 at Les Internationaux de Dressage in Compiègne. Led by U.S. Dressage Development Coach Charlotte Bredahl, the team of Katherine Bateson-Chandler, Heather Blitz, Shelly Francis, and Nick Wagman will go head-to-head with six other teams when competition gets underway on Saturday at 4:15 a.m. ET. Additionally, U.S....

Verdades and Cobra Win 2018 Horse of the Year Titles

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 1/12/2019 10:28:00 PM

West Palm Beach, Fla. – US Equestrian is pleased to share that Verdades, owned by Laura Graves and Curt Maes, has been voted the 2018 International Horse of the Year and Cobra, owned by Marsha Hartford-Sapp, has been voted the 2018 National Horse of the Year. International Horse of the Year Verdades (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Verdades (Florett AS x Liwilarda/Goya), a 16-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, affectionately known as Diddy, began his journey to international success in 2014 after...

NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team Contests FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Ireland as Last FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 Observation Event

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/9/2018 4:42:00 PM

Dublin, Ireland – The NetJets U.S. Jumping Team will contest its final observation event in preparation for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Ireland on Friday, August 10. A combination of veteran talent and rising stars will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland as Jamie Barge, Lucy Deslauriers, Laura Kraut, and Adrienne Sternlicht look to defend their 2017 gold medal and Aga Kahn Trophy. The U.S. has drawn seventh in the order of...