Gladstone, N.J. – Four solid rounds on four different horses put 17-year-old Daisy Farish on top of the 2018 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals – East, held October 6-7, 2018, in Gladstone, N.J. Daisy Farish, 2018 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals - East Champion. (The Book LLC) “This is one final I’ve been close to winning before, but I had yet to put it all together,” Farish said. “That was very special to...

Nominations are being accepted for the USEF Lifetime Achievement Award and Pegasus Medal of Honor, and the submission deadline is quickly approaching. Any current US Equestrian (USEF) member may submit nominations to US Equestrian by Friday, October 5. The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award will be acknowledged at the 2018 Pegasus Awards, to be held at the 2019 USEF Annual Meeting in January. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the horseman or woman whose lifetime experience and...

Mill Spring, N.C. - I am originally from Norfolk, England where I worked for a carriage company doing horse drawn weddings. I came to America at 18 to complete an apprenticeship at a farm in Upperville, Virginia. I have been navigating on the FEI circuit for the past 13 years. I have been fortunate to navigate for many different competitors driving everything from a single, pair, and four- in-hand of ponies through to a four-in-hand of horses. My favorite being the horse fours! - Dee The first...

Mill Spring, N.C. - U.S. para-equestrian dressage got underway at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018 on Tuesday with the Grade IV Individual Test. U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte athletes Angela Peavy with Royal Dark Chocolate and Kate Shoemaker with Solitaer 40 made their first appearance of the WEG, performing satisfactory tests. Both combinations held their own and made personal strides, placing sixth and seventh, respectively. Angela Peavy and Royal...

Lexington, Ky. – Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous added another milestone accolade to their resume on Sunday. As the top-American combination at the Land Rover® Kentucky Three-Day Event (LRK3DE), they earned the Land Rover/USEF CCI4* Eventing National Championship. A six-time competitor of the event, Little reached the LRK3DE podium for the first time with a score of 32.8. In a shocking twist, Great Britain’s Oliver Townend and Cooley Master Class placed first with a score of 28....

Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous (Photo by: Taylor Pence/US Equestrian) Lexington, Ky. - It was no surprise that after the first day of dressage, reigning champion of the Kentucky Three-Day Event, Michael Jung of Germany and fischerRocana FST were sitting comfortably in first place. However, the second day of dressage did hold some surprises, as American combination Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous took control by turning in a personal best to grab the lead with a 24.8, more than 2 points ahead...

Beezie Madden and Breitling LS Paris, France – Going two-for-two in back-to-back evenings, Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) skillfully guided Breitling LS to victory in the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final II. Riding double-clear over Santiago Varela Ullastres’s course, Madden came out on top with a final time of 33.22 seconds in the jump-off. Harrie Smolders of the Netherlands and Emerald finished second with 33.44 seconds, while Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann and Toveks...

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete/horse combinations that will represent the United States at the 2018 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final and FEI World Cup Dressage Final, April 11-15, at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. The following 11 U.S. jumping athletes qualified during the 2017-2018 World Cup qualifying season in their respective leagues (listed in qualifying order): Longines FEI World Cup, North American East Coast Sub-League McLain Ward...

Shelburne, Vt. — The best of the best in the Morgan breed was celebrated at the 2017 edition of the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show®, held October 7-14. Since 1973, this show has represented the pinnacle of achievement in the Morgan horse world . More than 1,000 of the world's finest Morgan horses from across the United States and Canada met in Oklahoma City, Okla., to compete in over 300 classes for $400,000-plus in prize money. Photo by Howard...

Harrisburg, Pa. - Dozens of qualified top junior jumper riders from across the nation are descending on Harrisburg, Pa., this week to vie for team and individual medals in the 2017 Neue Schule/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships. The Pennsylvania National Horse Show (October 12-21) is again hosting this exciting competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, the show’s home for over seven decades. The championship event is a thrilling competition consisting of...