In 1964, 25-year-old Lana duPont Wright became the first woman to compete in eventing at the Olympic Games, winning team silver and immediately etching her name in the annals of equestrian sport as a trailblazer. But she never saw herself that way, say the people who knew her best. Instead of making the trek to the Tokyo […]
Region 3 earned the first dressage gold medals of the 2025 FEI North American Youth Championships, topping the Junior Team test on Wednesday, the first day of competition in Williamsburg, Michigan. In the Discover Dressage/FEI North American Youth Dressage Championship, Region 3 took top honors with strong efforts from all four team riders. The team posted […]
Like most stables around the country, my little riding facility in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, depends upon extra help during summer camp season. The bulk of our counselors are our own teenage lesson students who drag themselves out of bed early a few weeks every summer to help campers glue plastic gemstones to horseshoes, steer school ponies […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation is updating the 2025 USEF Eventing Pathway Program Lists. Eventing Elite Program: The following athlete-and-horse combinations, listed in alphabetical order, have been added to the Eventing Elite Program List. Will Coleman (Ocala, Florida) and Chin Tonic HS, a 13-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Chin Champ—Wildera, Quinar Z) owned by Hyperion Stud LLC Boyd Martin (Cochranville, Pennsylvania) […]
U.S. team show jumper Cathleen Driscoll is recovering at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta following a fall last month at a show in Deauville, France. Driscoll and Idalgo fell at the first fence in the jump-off for the $69,000 Sotheby’s International Realty Grand Prix at the Sotheby’s International Realty Deauville CSIO3* on June 22. Driscoll, […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to represent the U.S. jumping team in the Jumping Nations Cup Dublin CSIO5* as part of the Dublin Horse Show, a Rolex Series event. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and team leader Lizzy Chesson. The following athletes have been named to […]
Raised on his family’s hunter/jumper farm in Walpole, Massachusetts, Aidan Kennedy says he grew up abiding by the rule that there are “no days off” with horses. So when the unthinkable happened earlier this month—a fire that destroyed a historic barn and killed eight horses at the Kennedy’s Mor Linn Farm—Aidan woke the following morning […]
As a helicopter flight nurse tasked with taking care of critically ill patients mid-air, Jill Ekis knows about the necessity of unwinding after a long day at work. But as a dressage-crazy mother of two, Ekis’ so-called “free time” looks a little different. When she’s on the ground, Ekis’ life is dominated by horses. Whether […]
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that positive test results will be released once they go through USEF’s complete testing and disciplinary process. Overall statistics on testing locations and results will not be publicized until year’s end. The U.S. Equestrian Federation enacted an extraordinary rule change July 1 to allow hair testing […]
As a three-time Olympic medalist, Guenter Seidel has spent his entire career pursuing competitive excellence in dressage. His next chapter will be no different. Seidel, alongside Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, was appointed as a U.S. Equestrian Federation dressage assistant pathway coach last month. He will support the coaching efforts of Chef d’Equipe Christine Traurig and USEF Dressage […]
In 1964, 25-year-old Lana duPont Wright became the first woman to compete in eventing at the Olympic Games, winning team silver and immediately etching her name in the annals of equestrian sport as a trailblazer. But she never saw herself that way, say the people who knew her best. Instead of making the trek to the Tokyo […]
Region 3 earned the first dressage gold medals of the 2025 FEI North American Youth Championships, topping the Junior Team test on Wednesday, the first day of competition in Williamsburg, Michigan. In the Discover Dressage/FEI North American Youth Dressage Championship, Region 3 took top honors with strong efforts from all four team riders. The team posted […]
Like most stables around the country, my little riding facility in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, depends upon extra help during summer camp season. The bulk of our counselors are our own teenage lesson students who drag themselves out of bed early a few weeks every summer to help campers glue plastic gemstones to horseshoes, steer school ponies […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation is updating the 2025 USEF Eventing Pathway Program Lists. Eventing Elite Program: The following athlete-and-horse combinations, listed in alphabetical order, have been added to the Eventing Elite Program List. Will Coleman (Ocala, Florida) and Chin Tonic HS, a 13-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Chin Champ—Wildera, Quinar Z) owned by Hyperion Stud LLC Boyd Martin (Cochranville, Pennsylvania) […]
U.S. team show jumper Cathleen Driscoll is recovering at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta following a fall last month at a show in Deauville, France. Driscoll and Idalgo fell at the first fence in the jump-off for the $69,000 Sotheby’s International Realty Grand Prix at the Sotheby’s International Realty Deauville CSIO3* on June 22. Driscoll, […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to represent the U.S. jumping team in the Jumping Nations Cup Dublin CSIO5* as part of the Dublin Horse Show, a Rolex Series event. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and team leader Lizzy Chesson. The following athletes have been named to […]
Raised on his family’s hunter/jumper farm in Walpole, Massachusetts, Aidan Kennedy says he grew up abiding by the rule that there are “no days off” with horses. So when the unthinkable happened earlier this month—a fire that destroyed a historic barn and killed eight horses at the Kennedy’s Mor Linn Farm—Aidan woke the following morning […]
As a helicopter flight nurse tasked with taking care of critically ill patients mid-air, Jill Ekis knows about the necessity of unwinding after a long day at work. But as a dressage-crazy mother of two, Ekis’ so-called “free time” looks a little different. When she’s on the ground, Ekis’ life is dominated by horses. Whether […]
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that positive test results will be released once they go through USEF’s complete testing and disciplinary process. Overall statistics on testing locations and results will not be publicized until year’s end. The U.S. Equestrian Federation enacted an extraordinary rule change July 1 to allow hair testing […]
As a three-time Olympic medalist, Guenter Seidel has spent his entire career pursuing competitive excellence in dressage. His next chapter will be no different. Seidel, alongside Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, was appointed as a U.S. Equestrian Federation dressage assistant pathway coach last month. He will support the coaching efforts of Chef d’Equipe Christine Traurig and USEF Dressage […]
