US Equestrian’s "Competition & Member Summit: Facing Challenges Together" got the organization’s Jan. 17-20 Annual Meeting started a day early on Tuesday in Lexington, Ky. The summit grew out of feedback from US Equestrian’s members, competition organizers, licensed officials, experts, and staff. It brought the equestrian community together to address some of the issues expressed by individual members, licensed officials, competition organizers, experts, and staff...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the 12th annual USEF USEF Horsemastership Training Session which will take place at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival venue in Wellington, Fla., January 5-7, 2018. The training session is designed to identify and develop the next generation of top U.S. Equestrian Team talent through instruction from experts in a variety of aspects of horsemastership. Past participants include members of recent U.S. teams, including Lillie...

Lexington, Ky. – Parry Thomas was not simply the sharp business mastermind that revolutionized the city of Las Vegas, Nev. The equestrian community knew him as the passionate owner whose love of horses helped inspire and impact the sport of dressage. Surrounded by his supportive family, Thomas passed away peacefully on Friday, August 26, 2016, at his cherished River Grove Farm in Hailey, Idaho, at the age of 95. No one could have predicted the success that would significantly leave a...

Barcelona, Spain - The Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final began Thursday with the opening round at CSIO5* Barcelona. Competing in a field of 18 nations, the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team of Audrey Coulter, Lucy Davis, Lauren Hough, and Laura Kraut, led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, secured a berth in Saturday’s final with a zero-fault round-one total. The U.S. was one of three countries to finish round one on zero faults, joined by Germany and defending...

Ryan Wood and Powell (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Mill Spring, NC. - Preceding the final day of competition at the 2016 Nutrena® USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Land Rover, horse and rider combinations from numerous divisions continued to display their talents in front of a supportive crowd at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC). The Adequan® Advanced Gold Cup Finals division saw change in leadership, as Marilyn Little and RF Demeter retired on course to give Ryan...

Allison Springer and Arthur (Shannon Brinkman Photography) Mill Spring, N.C. - The 2016 Nutrena® USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Land Rover (AEC) continued at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) today, as the first of many championships honors were awarded in the George H. Morris Arena following the final phase of show jumping for seven different divisions. Competition continued with all three phases today, as the final set of divisions contesting dressage began...

The United States’ Karl Cook pilots Tembla to the win in the $135,600 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Langley. (FEI/Rebecca Berry) Langley, British Columbia, Canada - The USA’s Karl Cook jumped Tembla to a thrilling win in the $135,600 Longines FEI World Cup™ Qualifier, presented by Noel Asmar, at Langley CSI3*-W. Thunderbird Show Park hosted the first leg of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American League West Coast sub-league on Sunday, August 28. “As Tembla...

Le Mans, France – The U.S. vaulters put forth their best efforts at the 2016 FEI World Vaulting Championships for Seniors August 18-21, in Le Mans, France. Displaying fascinating creativity and talent, 13 U.S. vaulters competed for titles in the Individual Female, Individual Male, Pas de Deux, and Squad Championships. In a competition stacked with top-notch vaulters, the U.S. squad placed 6th with an overall score of 7.297, the highest-ranking of the U.S. contingency. “This was a...

Traverse City, Mich. - Aug. 19, 2016 - Mattias Tromp (USA) of Beyaert Farm Inc. led the victory gallop in Friday's highlight event, the $35,000 Welcome Stake CSI2*, at the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival (GLEF). The 21-year-old rider from North Salem, New York, piloted Avon, a mount he just acquired in April, to grab the blue ribbon and win their first FEI class together. Mattias Tromp and Avon led the victory gallop on Friday in the $35,000 Welcome Stake CSI2* during Week Six of the Great...

Lexington, Ky. - The stage is set for the 2016 US Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm to begin at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. From August 9-14, over 800 ponies from across the country will compete with their youth riders in hunter, jumper, and equitation classes. The live stream on the USEF Network is presented by the USHJA Foundation and will cover all of the competition from the Walnut and Alltech Arenas. Through Saturday, competition for the US Hunter Pony...