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U.S. Young Rider, Junior, and Children’s Jumping Teams Honing Team Skills at Palm Beach Masters CSIO

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 2/15/2019 10:41:00 PM

Wellington, Fla. - Chef d’Equipes DiAnn Langer and Anne Kursinski have assembled a worthy group of developing athletes with Langer leading the U.S. Children’s Jumping Team and U.S. Junior Jumping Teams beginning with the Children’s Team Competition at 10:00 a.m. EST followed by the Junior Team Competition at 12:30 p.m. EST on Saturday. Kursinski will guide the U.S. Young Rider Jumping Team in the FEI Jumping Young Rider Nations Cup beginning at 3:15 p.m. EST also on Saturday....

NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team Moves to Silver Medal Standing on Second Day at FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

by US Equestrian Communications Department/Jump Media LLC | 9/20/2018 7:39:00 PM

Ward and Clinta (Photo by Shannon Brinkman) Mill Spring, N.C. – The NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team continued its second day of competition on Thursday, September 20, at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018. The team improved their standing to the silver-medal position with 12.59 penalties going into Friday’s final competition. With the aim of a Tokyo 2020 Olympic team qualification, the U.S. team of Devin Ryan, Adrienne Sternlicht, Laura Kraut, and McLain Ward, led by...

NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team Has Strong Start in Opening Day at FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

by US Equestrian Communications Department/Jump Media LLC | 9/19/2018 9:22:00 PM

Mill Spring, N.C. – The NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team started their first day of competition on Wednesday, September 19, at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018 as they compete for a team qualifying spot at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. They recorded a strong result, finishing in fourth place as a team with a total of 6.59 penalties. The team of Devin Ryan, Adrienne Sternlicht, Laura Kraut, and McLain Ward were led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland. Ryan and Eddie...

U.S. Para-Dressage Rider Roxanne “Roxie” Trunnell Overcomes Physical Challenges

by Betsy LaBelle | 9/18/2018 10:00:00 AM

Mill Spring, N.C. - Roxanne “Roxie” Trunnell prepares to take on the toughest championship competitions at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 (WEG). She is one of the four selected U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte athletes. Roxie has an incredible story about overcoming enormous physical challenges with gratefulness towards family, her personal team, and the para community. In 2018, the entire U.S. para-equestrian dressage team and staff...

Six More Champions Named at 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

by Kathleen Landwehr & Dana Rossmeier, US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/26/2018 12:09:00 AM

Wayne, Ill. – The list of national champions at the 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions continued to grow on Saturday, including Emma Asher and Traneenggaards Akondo, Emily Miles and Sole Mio, Michael Bragdell and SenSation HW, Heather Blitz and Praestemarkens Quatero, Endel Ots and Lucky Strike, and Codi Harrison and Katholt’s Bossco. One division performed their first tests of the championship, while the final five titles will be decided on Sunday. USEF Junior Dressage...

Three National Champions Crowned as Competition Continues at 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

by Kathleen Landwehr & Dana Rossmeier, US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/24/2018 10:51:00 PM

Wayne, Ill. – Ellanor Boehning and Kabam, Camille Molten and Wildwych Bamboozle, and Callie Jones and Don Philippo earned the first three national champion titles of the 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. One division continued their quest for top honors, while three divisions performed their first tests of the competition. USEF Pony Rider Dressage National Championship Ellanor Boehning and Kabam (SusanJStickle.com) Ellanor Boehning and Kabam firmly held on to their lead from...

Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Takes on New Olympic Format at FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ Ireland

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/23/2018 8:51:00 AM

Co Cork, Ireland – The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team is set to contest FEI Eventing Nations Cup Ireland, at the Millstreet International Horse Trials, August 22 – 26. Led by Chef d’Equipe Erik Duvander, the U.S. team of Buck Davidson with Carlevo, 2018 Karen Stives Endowment Fund Grant recipient Hallie Coon with Celien, and Liz Halliday-Sharp with Deniro Z will look to add experience in the new Olympic eventing format to their resumes. The Millstreet CICO3* will serve as only...

Competition Underway for Three Divisions at 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

by Kathleen Landwehr & Dana Rossmeier, US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/22/2018 7:11:00 PM

USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship Wayne, Ill. - Heather Blitz and Praestemarkens Quatero won the FEI Prix St. Georges Test with a score of 72.853% to kick off the first day of competition at the 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. Blitz and (Wellington, Fla.) and her nine-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding performed a lovely test to take the early lead in the USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship. Jennifer Baumert (Wellington, Fla.) and Handsome, Betsy...

All in the Family: Guatemalan Twin Sisters Following in Olympian Father’s Footsteps

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/2/2018 5:36:00 PM

North Salem, N.Y. – It was 25 years ago that Guatemalan Olympian Juan Andrés Rodríguez competed at the Adequan®/FEI North American Youth Championships (NAYC) presented by Gotham North. As a proud father, he will watch as his 13-year-old twin daughters Ana Cristina and Ana Sophia compete in the children’s division of the North American Youth Show Jumping Championships presented by USHJA this week. The twins and their mother, Michelle Bovssinot Rodriguez, took a seat...

Land Rover/USEF CCI4* Eventing National Championship Rewards Top U.S. Athlete in Kentucky

by Kathleen Landwehr | 4/25/2018 4:00:00 PM

This year’s Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event (LRK3DE) marks the 21st edition of North America’s only four-star event. When the event first began hosting a four-star level competition in 1998, a new US Equestrian (USEF) national championship was also created to recognize the achievements of U.S. athletes. The Land Rover/USEF CCI4* Eventing National Championship title goes to the highest-placed U.S. athlete in the LRK3DE. Phillip Dutton and Mr. Medicott were the 2017 USEF CCI4*...