The FEI is to freeze the Rolex Rankings points for jumping riders on maternity leave, starting with the April Rankings issued on March 31 . Under the new system, female riders will now lose only 50% of their Rolex Rankings points during their absence from competition while on maternity leave. The new ruling means that former world number one Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum moves up from 31st on the March Rolex Rankings to 20th following the reinstatement of 50% of her points. The German rider, who...

Lexington, KY —The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the debut of the new Vaulting Individual Ranking List . More than two years in the making, and for the first time in history, the List provides an up-to-date ranking of the United States’ best vaulters at any given moment in time. “This is an exciting step forward for vaulting, which will enhance and encourage interest in the sport significantly,” said Sally Ike, Director of Vaulting...

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has released the full Team USA roster for the 2023 Pan American Games hosted in Santiago, Chile, which will feature three US Equestrian teams. Equestrian competition will take place at Escuela de Equitación Regimiento Granaderos in Quillota, Chile, and begin on October 21, continuing through November 4, 2023. Competition will be live streamed via FEI TV on ClipMyHorseTV for the duration of the Games. The full...

Enschede, Netherlands – The 2023 FEI Eventing Nations Cup Netherlands CCIO4*-NC-L, held at the Military Boekelo-Enschede from October 5-8, proved to be a serious competition with 112 combinations and 12 teams competing in the final Nations Cup series event of the year. With Chef d’Equipe Leslie Law at the helm, the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team of James Alliston and Karma, Jennie Brannigan and Connory, Phillip Dutton and Denim, and Cassie Sanger and Fernhill Zoro finished in fourth...

Kevin Babington and Mark Q jump at the 2014 Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix in Saugerties, New York (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - HITS, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) has approved the Saugerties $1 Million Grand Prix, presented by Wells Fargo, September 6, 2015, as a CSI5* event. Based on the prize money and the ranking, this class should be the highest-ranked class in the United States this year. The new FEI CSI5* designation...

Chester Weber (PicsofYou.com) Lexington, Ky. - Four-in-Hand driver, Chester Weber, has enjoyed an extremely successful 2014 competitive campaign with his own and Jane Clark’s team winning both in the United States and abroad, and in doing so has risen to the number one ranked driver in the world. Weber (Ocala, Fla.) stands atop the FEI Top Driver Award Standings-Four-in-Hand with 71 points as well as the FEI World Cup Driving Qualification Standings with 81 points. The Individual Silver...

Waco, Texas. - The final fall national team rankings for the National Collegiate Equestrian Association have been released Monday by the NCEA Selection Committee. South Carolina is the nation’s new No. 1 team, closing its fall slate with a 6-2 overall record and a back-to-back road wins against Auburn and South Dakota State to finish the fall semester. Auburn in the nation’s No. 2 team with a 6-1 record and three road wins against ranked teams to conclude the fall semester. Baylor...

Gerco Schroder (GCT Press Office) Vienna, Austria - America's Laura Kraut held on to her Longines Global Champions Tour Ranking lead after an exhilarating event in Vienna, Austria. Sunday's Grand Prix result set up a cliffhanger finale at the 12th leg of the season in Doha, Qatar in November. Without her top-mount Cedric, Laura had her doubts about whether she would be able to retain the No1 spot on the ranking, but after a strong first round, Laura qualified through to the second round...

Lexington, KY – Saturday was vaulting freestyle day in Aachen, Germany. The Pas de Deux teams were just getting started at the CVI3* at CHIO Aachen, while the four individual vaulters representing the U.S. finished up their efforts. Individual Competition Elizabeth Ioannou performing her CVI3* Freestyle test in Aachen (barnysphotoshop.eu) Leading those individual efforts for the U.S. was Redwood City, California’s Alicen Divita. The 24-year-old earned a sixth place overall finish in...

New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson takes over lead in HSBC Rankings. Image: (Kit Houghton/FEI) Andrew Nicholson (NZL) has taken over as world number one in the HSBC Rankings after the London 2012 Olympic Eventing competition in Greenwich Park. Nicholson, captain of New Zealand’s bronze medal-winning team at London 2012, is now 46 points clear of William Fox-Pitt (GBR) who had led the HSBC Rankings since April. London 2012 is Andrew Nicholson’s sixth Olympic Games. New Zealand’s...