Wayne, Ill. – Thursday marked the midway point of the 2024 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions and brought the second national championship title as the Intermediaire I division wrapped up with their freestyle tests. A full day of competition in two rings at HITS Chicago Lamplight Equestrian Center saw a total of seven divisions contested. Sabine Schut-Kery and Sonnenberg's Jersey. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Neue Schule/USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship A trio...

Raeford, N.C. - A talented field of 11 drivers descends upon Raeford, N.C., this weekend as they look to lay claim on the 2014 USEF National Single Horse Driving Championship. The annual championship will be held in conjunction with the Southern Pines CDE, April 11-13, at the Carolina Horse Park. Competition gets underway Friday with the dressage, with drivers heading out on the marathon course the following day. Sunday hosts the final phase of competition as the 2014 champion will be crowned...

American Fans Are Ready for WEG (Shannon Brinkman/USEF) Lexington, KY - There are 101 different athletes (some nominated on more than one horse) from 22 different states nominated to represent the United States at the biggest equestrian event in US history. The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games is the first opportunity to see all eight disciplines: Dressage, Endurance, Eventing, Driving, Jumping, Para-Equestrian Dressage, Reining and Vaulting in one place at the same time when these games come...

Traverse City, Mich. – The third full day of competition at the 2024 Discover Dressage/FEI North American Youth Dressage Championship presented by USDF (NAYC) saw athletes in the Junior and U25 ranks vie for individual titles at Flintfields Horse Park. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian FEI NAYC Junior Dressage Individual Test The junior division saw a trio of chestnut horses and their riders populate the podium after their second test. Region 3’s Virginia Woodcock (Atlanta, Ga.)...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced the athletes that will participate in the 2017 World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen, July 14-23, in Aachen, Germany. CHIO Aachen will showcase The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team and Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team in FEI Nations Cup™ action, as well as two additional dressage athlete-and-horse combinations, two eventing athlete-and-horse combinations, four vaulters, and one four-in-hand combined driver in individual competition. The...

Combined Driver Chester Weber continued his winning streak at the prestigious Live Oak International Combined Driving event by driving away the winner of the Four-In-Hand FEI Horse Team. The world-class qualifying competition draws top competitors to Ocala, FL, each year, and is considered to be one of the premiere combined driving events in North America. Weber, who has his sights set on qualifying for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in the four-in-hand division, won all three...

Individual jumping medals were awarded at the 2024 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Championships presented by USHJA , on Saturday morning at Flintfields Horse Park with the children’s and pre-junior jumping categories. Up-and-coming athletes entered the International Ring one final time to determine individual rankings. Agatha Lignelli and Girl Scout. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian Children’s Individual Final One of seven children’s jumpers returning for the...

As the United States looks forward to the 2012 Paralympics for the United States Para-Equestrian Dressage Team, the Para-Equestrian Driving Team will be preparing for the 2012 Para-Equestrian World Driving Championships, scheduled August 30-September 2, 2012 in Breda, The Netherlands. The 2012 USEF Para-Equestrian Driving Team for the World Driving Championships include Diane Kastama, Grade 1, from Arroyo Grande, CA; Pam Johnson, Grade 2 from Pleasant Hill, MO; and Karen Gorham, Grade 2, of...

Allison Stroud's four-in-hand competes at the 2018 Live Oak International. Photo: Bianca McCarty Live Oak International , which takes place March 7-10 in Ocala, Fla., offers world-class competition in two sports: driving and jumping . The driving event is one of the largest driving competitions in the United States, and the jumping competition, the $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Ocala, is part of the prestigious North American League. But there’s a lot more to know...

Back in the US after a very successful European tour, Chester Weber continued his winning ways by driving his team to victory in the Advanced Horse Fours at the Hermitage Classic in Louisville, Kentucky. (PicsofYou.com) Ocala, FL – Combined Driver Chester Weber, the nine-time USEF National Four-In-Hand Champion, rocked the results in Europe over the summer – driving away with the Individual Silver and Team Bronze medals at the 2012 FEI Four-in-Hand World Driving Championships. Now...