Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian announces the establishment of the USEF Grant Program for the 2023 and 2024 Adequan ® /USEF Junior Hunter National Championships – East and West generously supported by Debbie Smith. Traverse City Horse Shows in Traverse City, Mich., will host the East Coast championship from June 27 through July 1, 2023, while Blenheim EquiSports in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., will host the West Coast championship from July 23 through 25, 2023. Debbie Smith established...

Hunter Holloway and Pepita Con Spita (US Equestrian) Omaha, Neb. – Forty combinations returned to the CHI Health Center Omaha on Thursday for Round II of the FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final at the FEI World Cup™ Finals Omaha 2023. Bernardo Costa Cabral (POR) designed a challenging track with nine combinations returning for the jump-off, including Hunter Holloway and Pepita Con Spita and Devin Ryan and Eddie Blue for the U.S. Unlucky rails kept them out of the top spots in the...

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce that the next DEI Community Conversation, “Horses and the Military: A Long-Standing Partnership,” will be on Monday, November 7, from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. ET via Zoom. This DEI Community Conversation, held in recognition of Veterans Day, explores the longstanding partnership between the military and horses, with a focus on how horses are supporting military veterans and families today. This relationship has changed over the...

Mill Spring, N.C. – Drivers in four intermediate divisions competed for USEF Combined Driving National Championships at the Tryon International Equestrian Center last week. Single and pair horses and ponies were in the spotlight across three phases of competition. Anna Coopman and Chandler Creek Eclipse. ©Sharon Packer Photography Intermediate Single Pony Anna Koopman (Middleburg, Va.) and Chandler Creek Eclipse, her own 2010 Morgan gelding, took an early lead in the Intermediate...

Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy – Will Coleman and Lauren Nicholson led the way for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team on the first day of dressage competition at the 2022 FEI Eventing World Championship hosted in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy. Coleman piloted Off The Record to a solid score of 26.4 to start the team off strong ahead of Nicholson and Vermiculus , who earned a 27.1 from the ground jury, with both combinations sitting inside of the top ten at the conclusion of competition today, with...

Bromont, QC – The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team took home the gold medal in the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ - Canada CCIO4*-S this weekend at the Bromont CCI in Quebec. The team of Liz Halliday-Sharp, Lillian Heard, Andrew McConnon, and Colleen Rutledge under the direction of Chef d’Equipe Leslie Law, finished with a total score of 138.6 ahead of the silver medal-winning home team from Canada, which earned a score of 158.3, to secure victory in the first-ever Nations Cup...

Herning, Denmark – Adrienne Lyle and Salvino earned a start in the final class of the 2022 Blue Hors FEI World Dressage Championships presented by Helgstrand after a strong FEI Grand Prix Special Test placed them solidly inside of the top fifteen combinations. The pair earned a 75.669 percent from the judging panel to finish in ninth place overall and will return on Wednesday, August 10, for the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle, which will begin at 8:00 p.m. GMT+2/2:00 p.m. ET. Steffen Peters and...

Lexington, Ky. - At the recent 2022 USEF Mid-Year Board of Directors Meeting held on June 20 and 21, several important decisions were made that directly impact USEF members and their horses. Included below you will find a short summary of these actions with links to the full information regarding each topic. USEF Project 21 In early 2022, USEF created a Technology Advisory Task Force and charged the members with identifying, analyzing, and recommending technology opportunities – both near...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations that will represent The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team at the FEI Dressage Nations Cup TM the Netherlands at CHIO Rotterdam and the FEI Dressage Nations Cup Germany at the CHIO Aachen World Equestrian Festival. Additionally, two combinations will compete as individuals in the CDI4* at Aachen. The teams will be led by Chef d’Equipe George Williams. These two competitions will serve as observation...

Compiègne, France – Three athlete-and-horse combinations represented The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team this weekend in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup TM France CDIO5*, held at Les Internationaux de Dressage in Compiègne. Additionally, two combinations competed in the Young Rider division ahead of their upcoming CDIO-Y in Hagen next month. This outing was a development opportunity for the athletes and horses early in the European summer season. Ben Ebeling and Status Royal OLD....