In the aftermath of the Tokyo Olympic Games, where a new three-rider team format debuted to mostly negative reviews, U.S. show jumping Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland presents a potential solution: adding a speed competition at future Games. I have been very familiar with the new procedures for the last couple of years, and I know […]
As a junior, Samantha Schaefer was a prominent winner in the hunters, jumpers and equitation, winning the 2009 Washington International Horse Show Equitation Classic (Washington, D.C.), the 2011 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—East (New Jersey) and the individual gold at the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (Kentucky). After aging […]
The Tokyo Paralympic opening ceremonies have happened, and the lights are back on in Baji Koen Equestrian Park as riders from 27 countries prepare to take to the main arena for Paralympic dressage. The first jog took place Wednesday morning, and all of Team USA’s horses passed without problem. Here’s everything else you need to […]
Editor’s Note: Para-dressage competition at the Tokyo Paralympic Games begins Thursday. Check our handy “What You Need To Know” for information on how to follow the competition from home, and read on for predictions on how the competition could shake out from former Irish Paralympian James Dwyer. The para-dressage teams at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, […]
Rich Fellers’ Rolex FEI World Cup Final winner Flexible died on Aug. 23. He was 25. “We are saddened to announce the passing of the legend Flexible,” said a post on Flexible’s Facebook page. “He died yesterday peacefully of natural causes in his sunny paddock. He was 25 and still in work, occasionally jumping which […]
This article was updated on Aug. 24 at 3:45 p.m. to include statements from Peggy Fackrell. The U.S. Equestrian Federation has rescinded the judging and stewarding licenses of hunter/jumper judge, steward and competition manager Peggy Fackrell for improper social media posts and comments relating to the organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and related offensive […]
Dressage riders will descend on Lamplight Equestrian Center in Illinois during the last weekend of August for the 2021 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions and Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Dressage National Championships. Junior riders will also have the opportunity to compete in the USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals. In total, 14 dressage national champions will […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 23 Eleven years after Hunt Tosh scored his first derby championships win with Lone Star in 2010, he picked up his second Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby title on Aug. 21 with Cannon Creek, a horse who looks remarkably like Lone Star. You can read about their win here and then watch […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the selected athlete-and-horse combinations for the Aachen CDIO5*, hosted as part of the prestigious CHIO Aachen from Sept. 10-19 in Aachen, Germany. Competition will begin on Friday, Sept. 17, with the Grand Prix and continue through Sunday, Sept. 19, concluding with the Grand Prix freestyle. The following combinations for The […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the competitions approved by the USEF Board of Directors Ad Hoc Committee to host the CCI4*-L level events during the 2023-2027 competition cycle under the new eventing calendar process. All U.S. organizers were invited to bid to host the CCI4*-L, CCI4*-S, CCI3*-L and advanced levels through a bid process. Only venues […]
In the aftermath of the Tokyo Olympic Games, where a new three-rider team format debuted to mostly negative reviews, U.S. show jumping Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland presents a potential solution: adding a speed competition at future Games. I have been very familiar with the new procedures for the last couple of years, and I know […]
As a junior, Samantha Schaefer was a prominent winner in the hunters, jumpers and equitation, winning the 2009 Washington International Horse Show Equitation Classic (Washington, D.C.), the 2011 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—East (New Jersey) and the individual gold at the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (Kentucky). After aging […]
The Tokyo Paralympic opening ceremonies have happened, and the lights are back on in Baji Koen Equestrian Park as riders from 27 countries prepare to take to the main arena for Paralympic dressage. The first jog took place Wednesday morning, and all of Team USA’s horses passed without problem. Here’s everything else you need to […]
Editor’s Note: Para-dressage competition at the Tokyo Paralympic Games begins Thursday. Check our handy “What You Need To Know” for information on how to follow the competition from home, and read on for predictions on how the competition could shake out from former Irish Paralympian James Dwyer. The para-dressage teams at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, […]
Rich Fellers’ Rolex FEI World Cup Final winner Flexible died on Aug. 23. He was 25. “We are saddened to announce the passing of the legend Flexible,” said a post on Flexible’s Facebook page. “He died yesterday peacefully of natural causes in his sunny paddock. He was 25 and still in work, occasionally jumping which […]
This article was updated on Aug. 24 at 3:45 p.m. to include statements from Peggy Fackrell. The U.S. Equestrian Federation has rescinded the judging and stewarding licenses of hunter/jumper judge, steward and competition manager Peggy Fackrell for improper social media posts and comments relating to the organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and related offensive […]
Dressage riders will descend on Lamplight Equestrian Center in Illinois during the last weekend of August for the 2021 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions and Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Dressage National Championships. Junior riders will also have the opportunity to compete in the USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals. In total, 14 dressage national champions will […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 23 Eleven years after Hunt Tosh scored his first derby championships win with Lone Star in 2010, he picked up his second Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby title on Aug. 21 with Cannon Creek, a horse who looks remarkably like Lone Star. You can read about their win here and then watch […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the selected athlete-and-horse combinations for the Aachen CDIO5*, hosted as part of the prestigious CHIO Aachen from Sept. 10-19 in Aachen, Germany. Competition will begin on Friday, Sept. 17, with the Grand Prix and continue through Sunday, Sept. 19, concluding with the Grand Prix freestyle. The following combinations for The […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the competitions approved by the USEF Board of Directors Ad Hoc Committee to host the CCI4*-L level events during the 2023-2027 competition cycle under the new eventing calendar process. All U.S. organizers were invited to bid to host the CCI4*-L, CCI4*-S, CCI3*-L and advanced levels through a bid process. Only venues […]
