Santiago, Chile – Four stellar rounds from members of the U.S. Eventing Team kept the team secure at the top of the leaderboard ahead of tomorrow’s final phase of jumping, as they sit on a team total of 86.2. Brazil continues to hold second place overnight on a 101.5, while Canada is in third on 105.2. The U.S. also sits in the top three individual placings, with Caroline Pamukcu and HSH Blake in first, adding nothing to their dressage score of 26.8. Liz Halliday and Miks Master C...

Gladstone, N.J. – Competition at the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals – East concluded on Sunday at the USET Foundation Headquarters with a 2023 champion after Phases III and IV. Athletes rode a jumper-style course for judges Anne Kursinski and Ronnie Beard during Phase III, the jumping phase, which had a multiplier of two for the overall weighted scores of the competition. After calculating the scores, Luke Jensen, Carlee McCutcheon, Joe Craver, and Amira...

Christine McCrea and Romantovich Take One (Spruce Meadows Media Services) Calgary, Albert – Riders at the Spruce Meadows 'Continental' Tournament had to deal with incoming rain and storms today, but it didn't dampen the level of competition. McLain Ward (USA) and Grant Road Partners' Super Trooper de Ness were fastest in a large field of 75 to win the $33,000 AltaGas Cup 1.45m. Christine McCrea (USA) and Romantovich Take One, owned by Candy Tribble, were best in the...

Wayne, Ill. – The third day of competition at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions featured exciting action in four divisions, including the first national champion title of the show won in the Adequan ® /USEF Para Dressage National Championship and the first of the young and developing horse classes with the Markel/USEF Seven-Year-Old Dressage National Championship. Codi Harrison and Katholt's Bossco. ©SusanJStickle.com Neue Schule/USEF Grand Prix Dressage National...

Mill Spring, N.C. – The cones phase brought an exciting weekend to a close at the Tryon Fall CDE, which hosted the 2023 USEF Combined Driving National Championships for intermediate divisions. Athletes and their horses and ponies competed in the International Ring at the Tryon International Equestrian Center Louise Fox and Hidden Hollow William. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Intermediate VSE National Championship Louise Fox (Haughton, La.) and her 2009 Miniature gelding, Hidden Hollow...

Santiago, Chile – The U.S. Dressage Team currently holds first place on a team total of 224.338 after the first day of dressage concluded at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, with tomorrow’s competition set to determine team medals. Brazil is currently in second on a 221.151, with Canada in third on a 214.277. With both Small and Large tour combinations competing, scoring for Large Tour combinations adds three points to their final percentage as part of the championship format....

Lexington, Ky. – The US Equestrian Federation (USEF) is accepting applications for the U.S. Dressage Technical Advisor position currently held by Robert Dover. Dover will retire following the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 as planned when he agreed to continue to serve in the position in 2016. Dover initially accepted the position in 2013. The USEF Dressage Sport Committee has approved a comprehensive search process aimed at identifying the best individual to continue...

Dublin, Ireland – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team has won gold at FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Dublin on Friday. The team consisted of Lauren Hough and Ohlala, The Ohlala Group’s 13-year-old Swedish Warmblood mare, Lillie Keenan and Super Sox, Chansonette Farm LLC’s 11-year old Hanoverian gelding, Laura Kraut and Confu, St. Bride’s Farms’ 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding, and Beezie Madden and Darry Lou, Abigail Wexner’s nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood...

Liz Halliday & Fernhill by Night (USEA/Leslie Mintz) Norwood, N.C. - When the ride times were changed at The Fork Horse Trials in Norwood, N.C., Liz Halliday-Sharp ended up with only five minutes of warm-up for her and Deborah Halliday’s 12-year-old Irish Sport Horse Gelding, Fernhill by Night. It turned out those five minutes were all she needed, as she was able to secure the overnight lead with a score of 41.8 – besting 41 other horse and riders. “I walked up about five...

Buck Davidson and Petite Flower (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Tyler, Texas – Clear rounds were the order of the day at the Texas Rose Horse Park over Richard Jeffrey’s testing show jumping track at the 2014 USEF National Open Horse Trial Championship held as part of the Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships presented by VTO Saddlery. Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team veteran Buck Davidson proved why he is regarded as one of the best in the game guiding Petite Flower to the only...