Traverse City, Mich. - Sunday marked a special milestone for Zayna Rizvi (Zone 4 – Wellington, Fla.) as she claimed her second individual gold medal at the Gotham North FEI North American Youth Championships for Jumping (NAYC) presented by USHJA, aboard Excellent. Zayna Rizvi and Excellent. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian On 3.02 penalties after day one, she saw herself lower on the leaderboard than riders who put in extremely quick rounds. A double-clear effort–one of only...

Day three of the Gotham North FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships, presented by USHJA, invited Junior and Young Rider teams to take center stage and vie for their podium positions. Over two rounds, teams battled it out for top honors, but it was ultimately Zone 4, with team members Caroline Mawhinney (Wellington, Fla.), Ella Duffy (Alpharetta, Ga.), Hailey Royce (Wellington, Fla.), and Mia Albelo (Miami, Fla.), taking gold in the Junior Team Final. A combined team of athletes from...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the two athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent U.S. Dressage at the 2022 FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses, hosted in Ermelo, The Netherlands from September 8-11, 2022. U.S. Dressage Young Horse Coach, Christine Traurig, will serve as Chef d’Equipe for the competition. “I am excited to have two competitive and beautifully trained horses in Ermelo with riders who both have...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athletes selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Knokke Hippique CSIO5* this week hosted in Knokke-Heist, Belgium. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, and is the final observation event for short-listed combinations prior to team selection for the 2022 FEI Jumping World Championships later this summer in Herning, Denmark. The following athletes have been selected to...

Lexington, Ky. - The 2021 USEF Endurance National Championships & North American Endurance Championships will be held at Broxton Bridge in Ehrhardt, SC from November 10-14, 2021, and applications close this weekend. More information for these Championships can be found on the US Equestrian website here as well as on the official competition website here . The schedule for the 2021 USEF Endurance National Championships & North American Endurance Championships will be as follows: November...

Join us January 13-15 on the Paradise Coast in sunny Naples, Florida US Equestrian has announced registration is now open for the 2022 USEF Annual Meeting to be held at Naples Grande Beach Resort in Naples, Fla., from January 13-15, 2022. The 2022 USEF Annual Meeting will feature three days of meetings and conferences, as well as the Pegasus Awards Celebration on Thursday, January 13, and the SmartPak/USEF Horse of the Year Awards Celebration on Saturday, January 15. Register for the 2022 USEF...

Harrisburg, Pa. - The top junior competitors from around the country are set to compete in two prestigious events for national championship honors October 14-17 at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. The jumpers will take to the Harrisburg Coliseum of the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center on Thursday through Saturday for the Neue Schule/USEF Junior Jumper National Championships. The equitation riders will close out the weekend in the Harrisburg Coliseum with the Dover...

Lexington, Ky. – The 2021 USEF Endurance National Championships & North American Endurance Championships will be held at Broxton Bridge in Ehrhardt, SC from November 10-14, 2021. More information for these Championships can be found on the US Equestrian website here as well as on the official competition website here . National Championships Application of Intent The USEF Endurance National Championships are open to all U.S. athletes and horses that have their relevant FEI...

Barcelona, Spain – The NetJets ® U.S. Jumping Team finished fifth in the 2021 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ CSIO5* on October 3, 2021, in Barcelona, Spain, at the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona. Led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, the team consisted of Lillie Keenan, Laura Kraut, Schuyler Riley, and Spencer Smith. Ridland noted, “When we arrived here and looked at what we were going up against, those teams were the real deal teams; it was the ‘A’...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to release new driven dressage tests for the carriage pleasure driving discipline. Driven dressage tests are now available for Training, Preliminary, and Intermediate levels, thanks to the dedication and hard work of the USEF Carriage Pleasure Driving Rules Committee. The Federation approves dressage tests for use at USEF Licensed driving competitions. Additional information for driven dressage can be found in the Carriage Pleasure Driving chapter...