Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced the USEF Eventing High Performance Elite, Pre-Elite, and Development Training Lists for the winter of 2021. The training lists are part of U.S. Performance Director Erik Duvander’s U.S. Eventing Pathway Program, focused on developing combinations to deliver sustainable success for the USEF Eventing Program at the international championship level. Full program details and criteria for the training lists are available here . “Having...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced updates to the Elite, Pre-Elite and Development Training Lists of U.S. Performance Director Erik Duvander’s U.S. Eventing Pathway Program. Full details on the Pathway Program, including selection criteria for the training lists, are available on the USEF website . “With just over eight months until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it is exciting to have many combinations that could up their game in the spring and show readiness to compete...

Lexington, Ky. – Friday at the 2019 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm (Pony Finals) may mean that the competition is halfway over, but the day was action packed! Zone 10 won the USEF Pony Jumper Team National Championship for the third year in a row and 13 pony jumper combinations are eligible to compete in the Individual Final. Baroness of Locheil and Maddie Tosh were crowned national champions in the Medium Green Hunter Pony National Championship and were named Overall...

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....

Charlotte Babbit and 2 A.M. (Photo Courtesy of Marie Cobb for Shannon Brinkman Photo) Kalispell, Mont. - The Adequan North American Youth Championships presented by Gotham North CCIJ2*-L competition kicked off with a strong showing in the dressage ring from Area VI's Charlotte Babbitt. She achieved a score of 24.0 with her own Dutch Warmblood, 2 A.M. Area VIII's Elizabeth Henry aboard Charlotte La Bouff is tied for second with Area VI's Meg Pellegrini riding her own RF Eloquence on...

Lexington, Ky. – The World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen began on Friday, July 12, with U.S. Vaulters Kristian Roberts, Emily Rose, and Geoffrey Woolson competing in individual competition. Roberts and Rose came away with top 10 placings, earning overall scores of 7.310 and 7.515, respectively. Roberts (Moss Beach, Calif.), who competed with Laser 19, Rufv Schwagstorf’s 16-year-old Hanoverian gelding, and longeur Tanja Eversp, placed eight in the Compulsory Test with a score of 7....

Lexington, Ky. – Excitement is building as the U.S. Saddle Seat Young Riders Stripes Team prepares for the 2019 U.S. Saddle Seat Invitational Test Event in New Orleans, La. Hosted at Cascade Stables from July 1-5, the competition will see the U.S. face off against teams from South Africa in pursuit of four gold medals in three- and five-gaited saddle seat equitation. Judges Dejané Poil (South Africa), Michael Craghead (Fresno, Calif.), and Lisa Hillmer (Kearney, Mo.) will officiate....

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has named the following combinations to the U.S. Young Rider Jumping Team for the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Hagen CSIOY from June 12-16 at Future Champions in Hagen, Germany. Anne Kursinski will serve as chef d’equipe for the U.S. team. In addition, this event will serve as the official test event of equestrian formats for jumping and dressage for the 2020 Olympic Games. Samantha Cohen (New York, N.Y.) and Billy Fanta, her 11-year-old Anglo-European mare...

Deslauriers and Hester (Libby Law Photography) Barcelona, Spain - The NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team put forth a valiant effort Friday evening in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final Round 1, finishing in 10th on a total of eight faults. Tied in a head-to-head battle for the eighth position with Switzerland, Germany, and France as they fought for a spot in the final round on Sunday, the U.S. team of Lucy Deslauriers, Andrew Kocher, Laura Kraut, and Jessica Springsteen will now move on to...

Pacific Coast Vaulting Squad (Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photo) Mill Spring, N.C. – The first day of vaulting competition at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018 saw the squad, individual male, and individual female vaulters contest the Compulsory Tests. The U.S. Vaulting Pacific Coast Vaulting Squad from Woodside Calif., with Diva 506, Pacific Coast Vaulting Club’s 15-year-old Oldenburg mare, and longeur Carolyn Bland, turned in a competitive performance to end the day in...