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US Equestrian Nominates Mattie Hatcher for Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/2/2018 2:50:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced the nomination of show jumping athlete Mattie Hatcher to represent the United States at the Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018, to be held October 6-18, pending final approval from the United States Olympic Committee. Mattie Hatcher (Rebecca Berry) As one of the two highest placing nations in the Individual Final at the 2017 North American Junior Championship, the United States earned qualification of one show jumping athlete to the...

NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team Seeking FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final Berth at Langley Odlum Brown BC Open

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 6/1/2018 11:10:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. - As the last qualifying competition in the North and Central America and Caribbean division, the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Canada can secure a spot for the NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team in October’s Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final. The competition wraps up a week of competition at the Langley Odlum Brown BC Open, which also includes both a Juniors and Children’s Nations Cup competition on Saturday, June 2. After tying for third in the...

U.S. Show Jumping Development Team Ready to Shine in FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ CSIO3* Lisbon

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/31/2018 5:24:00 PM

Lexington, Ky . – The U.S. Show Jumping Development Team is primed to compete in Friday’s FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ CSIO3* Lisbon with the help of Chef d’Equipe Anne Kursinski. The team of Taylor Alexander and Ryanair de Riverland, Zazou Hoffman and Samson II, Alise Oken and Hitchcock VD Broekkant, and Andrew Ramsay and California 62 prepared for the Nations Cup by competing at CSI2* Madrid, Spain, from May 18-20. The U.S. will compete sixth in the order of 12 teams. Meet...

Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Makes 2018 Debut at FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ Great Britain

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/23/2018 5:46:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team will begin their 2018 FEI Nations Cup™ season when they compete in the FEI Eventing Nations Cup Great Britain, part of the Saracen Horse Feeds Houghton International Horse Trials CIC3*, May 24-27. Chef d’Equipe Leslie Law will lead the U.S. team of Katherine Coleman and the 2018 Karen Stives Endowment Fund Grant recipients Hallie Coon and Caroline Martin. During the four days of competition, Coon and Martin will use the event...

US Equestrian Names NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team for Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Canada

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/22/2018 4:55:00 PM

Lexington Ky. - US Equestrian has announced that the following athletes have been named to the NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team for the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Canada, taking place Sunday, June 3. The Nations Cup competition is part of the Langley Odlum Brown BC Open, taking place Tuesday, May 29, through Sunday, June 3, at Thunderbird Show Park. As the final Nations Cup competition in the North America, Central America, and Caribbean division, the NetJets U.S. Show Jumping...

US Equestrian Announces NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team for FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ CSIO5* Rome

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/17/2018 12:37:00 PM

Lexington Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce that the following athletes have been named to the NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team for the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ CSIO5* Rome, Italy from May 23-27. Kent Farrington (Wellington, Fla.) Lauren Hough (Wellington, Fla.) Laura Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) McLain Ward (Brewster, N.Y.) The team will compete under the direction of the U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe/Technical Advisor Robert Ridland....

NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team Focused on Podium Points in Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Mexico

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 4/21/2018 8:23:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. – Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland will lead a young but determined NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team when they compete in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Mexico on Sunday. At this second qualifying competition in the North and Central America and Caribbean division for September’s Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final, the team of Jennifer Gates, Alex Granato, Kelly Soleau-Millar, and Ali Wolff will be in hot pursuit of podium points to remain in contention....

US Equestrian Announces NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team for Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Mexico

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 4/18/2018 11:33:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced that the following athlete-and-horse combinations have been named to the NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team for the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Mexico on Sunday, April 22. The competition is the second of three North and Central America and Caribbean division qualifying competitions for the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final in September. Jennifer Gates (Medina, Wash.) with Pumped Up Kicks, Evergate Stables LLC’s 14-year-old...

USEF Advanced Single Horse Combined Driving National Championship Up for Grabs at Southern Pines CDE

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 4/12/2018 10:30:00 PM

Raeford, N.C. – A field of 13 athlete-and-horse combinations hope to claim the USEF Advanced Single Horse Combined Driving National Championship title. The Southern Pines Combined Driving Event (CDE), held at the Carolina Horse Park from April 12-15, plays host to the 2018 national championship. With the event also serving as one of the selection trials for the 2018 FEI World Driving Championships for Singles, there is an added incentive to have a top performance at the national...

Goetzmann and Prestigious Win First Competition of $100,000 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship at CP National Horse Show

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 11/2/2017 5:53:00 PM

Lexington, Ky . – The 2017 $100,000 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship began Thursday at the CP National Horse Show with the first of three competitions. Madison Goetzmann and Prestigious won the $15,000 faults-converted competition against a class of 22 competitors. Madison Goetzmann and Prestigious (Shawn McMillen Photography) Seventeen-year-old Goetzmann (Skaneateles, N.Y.) and Prestigious, her 10-year-old Westphalian gelding, had a clear, fast round to finish with a time of...