Richard Spooner and Cristallo at CSIO La Baule (Sophie Durieux) Lexington, KY - The following horse/rider combinations have been named to represent the US in the Nations Cup at CSIO Roma- Piazza di Siena SNAI Show Jumping in Italy on Friday May 28. Mario Deslauriers on Jane Clark’s Urico Beezie Madden on Abigail Wexner’s Mademoiselle Richard Spooner on Show Jumping Syndications’ Cristallo McLain Ward on Blue Chip Bloodstock and his own Sapphire These four riders will take on the ten other teams...

The 2009 title-holders from France hold the lead as the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series moves to Rome this week where the host country makes a guest appearance on home ground. This brings the total of competing nations to 11 for the second leg of the prestigious eight-round tournament which concludes at Dublin in early August. And it promises to raise the competitive temperature considerably, as Italy is already making a spirited comeback to the top level of team sport through good results...

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) is frequently being approached with questions on tickets for members of the public interested in attending the equestrian events of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad taking place in Hong Kong from August 9-21, 2008. Please be informed that the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) is responsible for the allocation of over seven million tickets for the 2008 Olympic Games, including those for the 2008 Olympic Equestrian...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce Traverse City Horse Shows at Flintfields Horse Park in Traverse City, Mich., has been selected as the host venue for the 2024 and 2025 FEI North American Youth Championships (NAYC) for the disciplines of dressage and jumping. Next year’s competition is scheduled to run from July 30-August 4, 2024. The selection adds to a successful three-year run for Traverse City as the host site for the NAYC and a near decade-long growth plan...

Traverse City, Mich. – The first rounds of 2023 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships presented by USHJA are in the books after the Children and Pre-Juniors completed their first team and individual qualifiers on Wednesday morning at Traverse City Horse Shows. Lauren Padilla and Diadem de Revel VG. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian The Children’s division was first on the schedule, with 17 athletes putting down their first scores against the clock. Lauren...

The Plains, Va. – The five athlete-and-horse combinations named to the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Squad for the 2022 FEI Eventing World Championship will be among the competitors in the CCI4*-S at MARS Great Meadow International, August 26-28. This event serves as the final mandatory outing before the squad travels to Pratoni del Vivaro near Rome, Italy, for the World Championships, which take place Sept. 14-18. The reserve and alternate combinations for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Squad...

Traverse City, Mich. – Team dressage competition concluded Wednesday at the 2022 FEI North American Youth Championships with the Young Riders completing their team tests under perfect weather conditions at Flintfields Horse Park. Sophia Schults and Conocido HGF. ©KTB Creative Group The team gold medal went to the combined USA Region 3/Region 9 team of Sophia Schults (Wellington, Fla.) and Conocido HGF; Mary Claire Piller (Oakdale, Tenn.) and Oreo; Sydney Schultz (Mandeville, La.) and...

Herning, Denmark – The NetJets U.S. Jumping Team began their first day of world championship competition in Stutteri ASK Stadium with all four combinations contesting the Speed Round. The first class of the week saw 22 teams and 103 total combinations vie for top placings based on a faults-converted Table C format. The first round of team competition will begin tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. GMT+2/7:00 a.m. ET with the U.S. set to go fifteenth in the order of 22 teams. Lillie Keenan and Argan de...

Aachen, Germany – Mimi Gochman (New York, N.Y.) concluded the 2022 FEI Youth Equestrian Games with a podium finish securing the bronze medal aboard Merino van de Achterhoek after finishing the 15-combination jump-off in 32.56 seconds. Thomas van Rijckevorsel (RSA) and Lucy 781 took first place and individual gold in the competition after stopping the jump-off timers in 31.69 seconds, while Jad Guerraoui (MAR) and Lady Angeles collected second place and the silver for their jump-off time...

Lexington, Ky. - The Eventing Sport Committee has invited the following combinations to attend assessment sessions with Development Coach, Leslie Law, for potential selection to the Eventing Development Program. The assessment will allow Law, with the assistance of additional members of the Performance Advisory Program, to evaluate the combinations more effectively for selection into the program. After the assessments, the Performance Advisory Team (PAT) will recommend combinations to the 2022...