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US Equestrian Announces Host Location for 2018 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/29/2018 2:43:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian (USEF) is pleased to announce that the 2018 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship will be held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Fla., during the Holiday and Horses Show, November 28 through December 2. “The USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship began in 2015 and for the first three years was held at the National Horse Show in Lexington, Ky.,” says US Equestrian CEO Bill Moroney. “We anticipate...

Meet U.S. Vaulting’s Daughter-Mother, Athlete-Coach Duo Tessa and Julie Divita

by Betsy LaBelle | 9/19/2018 9:52:00 PM

Tessa Divita (Photo by: Shannon Brinkman) U.S. Vaulting Team Individual Female competitor, Tessa Divita comes from a family with many international championship vaulting medals. Divita’s sister Ali and mother Julie have successfully competed in Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) vaulting all over the world. Divita has proven to be a force in her own right. Since her first CVI3* as an individual female in 2016, Divita has placed in the top-three, five out of the six times she’s...

Dan Huss Rides the Only Mare on the U.S. Reining Squad

by Betsy LaBelle | 9/13/2018 10:00:00 AM

Mill Spring, N.C. - Dan Huss, from Scottsdale, Ariz., is one of five athlete-and-horse combinations on the U.S. Reining Squad for the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon. He will bring a toughness and certain focus to his pattern in his first WEG. One of the most well-renowned sports in the United States, the sport of reining takes place the first week of the Games beginning tomorrow September 12, with the team competition, continuing on September 13 and 15. Not only is this...

Eighteen-Year-Old Cade McCutcheon Represents Third Generation of Reiners to Compete at WEG

by Betsy LaBelle | 9/12/2018 10:00:00 AM

Mill Spring, N.C. - Five horse-and-athlete combinations have been chosen to represent the United States at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018. Cade McCutcheon (Aubrey, Texas) will represent the U.S. in Tryon, riding Custom Made Gun, a seven-year-old Quarter Horse stallion owned by Tim and Colleen McQuay. His father, Tom McCutcheon, will ride The Wizster, an eight-year-old Quarter Horse gelding owned by Turnabout Farm. Cade McCutcheon and Custom Made Gun (Waltenberry)...

Taylor St. Jacques Wins Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals at the 2017 Pennsylvania National Horse Show

by US Equestrian Communications Department/Classic Communications | 10/16/2017 11:37:00 AM

Harrisburg, Pa. - Leading through all three rounds of the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals, 18-year-old Taylor St. Jacques (Glen Allen, Va.) proved herself to be just what judges Tamara Provost (Westfield, Ind.) and Jack Towell (Camden, S.C.) were looking for as they awarded her first place and the gold medal for her performance. Taylor St. Jacques, the 2017 Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals Champion (© Al Cook – www.alcookphoto.com) A total of 257 of the...

Little and RF Scandalous Lead Following Dressage at 2017 AEC for USEF Open Horse Trial National Championship

by the United States Eventing Association and Tryon International Equestrian Center | 9/1/2017 12:23:00 PM

Tryon, N.C - It was a wet day at the Tryon International Equestrian Center for the second day of dressage competition at the 2017 USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Land Rover and Nutrena. Marilyn Little (Frederick, Md.) and Jacqueline Mars, Robin Parsky, and Phoebe and Michael Manders’ RF Scandalous currently lead the Adequan USEA Gold Cup Final Advanced division for the USEF Open Horse Trial National Championship by less than two points on a 27.8. Little and the...

All-Star Field Ready for 2017 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 4/26/2017 11:40:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The excitement of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover (RK3DE) is about to begin at the Kentucky Horse Park. Following the first horse inspection, 59 horse-and-rider combinations from nine nations will vie for top honors at America's only CCI4* event, which also serves as the Rolex/USEF CCI4* Eventing National Championship. For the first time in 2017, the Roger Haller Trophy, honoring the late, internationally-respected eventing official, will be...

Here’s Your Chance - Regional Qualifying Starts This Weekend for the 2016 US Dressage Finals Presented By Adequan®

by Yellow Horse Marketing for the US Dressage Finals | 9/9/2016 4:04:03 PM

Julie McCrady won the 2015 Third Level Freestyle Adult Amateur Championship with her Hanoverian mare Remanessa, and looks to return to Lexington again this year to try for a Fourth Level title. (Susan J. Stickle) Lexington, Ky. - “You bet I’ll be back. I’ve declared and I made my hotel reservations in Lexington months ago!” Every November since 2013, Julie McCrady and her husband have made the trek to Kentucky from Raymore, Mo. with their home-bred Hanoverian mare...

Great Lakes Equestrian Festival Series One Strikes a Positive Chord with 2016 Exhibitors

by Phelps Media Group | 8/3/2016 10:30:14 AM

Sophie Michaels and Balouba (Kendal Bierer/PhelpsSports.com) Traverse City, Mich. - The first portion of the 2016 Great Lakes Equestrian Festival has drawn to a close and from those that came to compete in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan, the reviews are overwhelmingly positive for Morrissey Management Group's (MMG) second-year production. From excellent reviews for the upgraded footing to the wonderful hospitality and fabulous food in the VIP Tent, those that made the trip to the Upper...

Karen Pavicic Wins FEI Grand Prix Dressage Freestyle at International Omaha Leads Another Canadian Sweep of Top Two Places

by Classic Communications | 5/6/2016 11:13:11 PM

Omaha, Nebraska - May 6, 2016 - Karen Pavicic led another Canadian sweep of the top two places, winning the Borsheims FEI CDI4* Grand Prix Dressage Freestyle at the fifth annual International Karen Pavicic and Don Daiquiri (c)SusanjStickle.com Omaha. Pavicic and her 14-year-old, Oldenburg gelding won for the second straight night in the first International Equestrian Federation (FEI) approved CDI 4* Dressage competition being held at Omaha along with its CSI 3* Jumping competition....