USEF Bans Participation of Russian And Belarusian Athletes, Horses And Officials In National Competition

The U.S. Equestrian Federation board of directors approved a resolution yesterday condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the attack on its innocent people, and Belarus’ support of such actions. The USEF joins in solidarity with the International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee, Fédération Équestre Internationale, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee Athletes’ Advisory Council and the […]

A Day In The Life With: Peruvian Eventer Diego Farje

Diego Farje, 28, recently began working as an assistant rider for Boyd Martin. Farje learned to ride as a child in his native Peru, where his father was a police officer and rode on a show jumping team sponsored by the police force. Farje spent his childhood and junior career competing exclusively in show jumping—until his father […]

Nations Cup San Juan Capistrano Canceled As California EHV-1 Cases Pass 60

Correction: This story originally misstated the date a horse in Orange County was euthanized. The second horse from that barn was euthanized March 2. As equine herpesvirus-1 continues to spread through multiple California counties, with San Juan Capistrano a current hot spot for the virus, organizers announced the cancelation of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations […]

Laura Kraut Awarded USET Foundation’s 2022 Whitney Stone Cup

On March 5, 2022, two-time show jumping Olympic medalist Laura Kraut of Royal Palm Beach, Florida, was awarded the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation’s 2022 Whitney Stone Cup at a special ceremony during the $150,000 Nations Cup CSIO4* in Wellington, Florida, during the 2022 Winter Equestrian Festival. The Whitney Stone Cup is awarded annually by the […]

Mimi Gochman Receives USET Foundation’s 2022 Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy

On March 5, 17-year-old Mimi Gochman of New York, New York, received the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation’s 2022 Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy at a special ceremony during the $150,000 Nations Cup CSIO4* in Wellington, Florida, during the Winter Equestrian Festival. Each year, the Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy is awarded to a junior/young rider in an Olympic discipline […]

Watch Why They Won: Boyd Martin And Fedarman B Win $50,000 Grand-Prix Eventing

It was a fairy-tale finish for Boyd Martin and Fedarman B today at the $50,000 Grand-Prix Eventing at Bruce’s Field when the pair held onto yesterday’s lead with a blazing fast and clear cross-country round to clinch an emotional victory. Martin also finished second on Tsetserleg. “Sometimes fairy tales don’t work like this, but this […]

Fedarman B Rises To The Occasion On Day 1 Of $50,000 Grand-Prix Eventing

After Boyd Martin took the reins of Fedarman B last summer in memory of his previous rider Annie Goodwin, it took the pair a bit of time to build a partnership. But Friday, on the first day of the $50,000 Grand-Prix Eventing at Bruce’s Field, all the pieces came together in a perfectly suited place: […]

EHV-1: California State Vet Asks Riders To Stay Put; 2 More Horses Euthanized

A second barn in Orange County has been put under quarantine after two horses there had to be euthanized and six others tested positive for EHV-1, the California Department of Food and Agriculture reported Thursday, March 3. The facility is home to 350 horses. In response to the worsening outbreak, the California state veterinarian has issued a […]

Meet Cynthia Smith, USEA’s Record-Setting Volunteer Of The Year

Although she has not ridden in over 20 years, Cynthia Smith volunteered so much of her personal time to eventing last year—537 hours, or the equivalent of about three months of full-time work—that she nearly doubled the previous hours-donated record set for the U.S. Eventing Association Volunteer Incentive Program. Much of that time was spent at […]