Hickstead, West Sussex, UK (July 31, 2015)— When top-scoring American dressage rider Katherine Bateson-Chandler returned to her native United Kingdom this summer, she was ready to take on international competition with her partner Alcazar— a ten-year-old KWPN gelding (Cantango X Polin, Ferro) owned by Jane Forbes Clark. Having just stepped Alcazar [...] Continue reading →

        The FEI European Championships Aachen 2015 are going to be big. Very big: 30 nations, 475 athletes and more than 1,654 sport and show horses. These are just some of the figures that the organisers presented at a press conference at Aachen’s Town Hall one week before the European Championships kick [...] Continue reading →

Beezie Madden and Cortes ‘C’ (© Julian Portch Photography 2015) Hickstead, GBR – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team put forth a great effort in Friday’s Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup of Great Britain presented by Longines at CSIO5* Hickstead. At the end of the two rounds, the U.S. team, consisting of Laura Kraut, Charlie Jayne, [...] Continue reading →

      Lexington, KY (July 29, 2015)— Para-Equestrian Sydney Collier took the North American Junior Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC) by the reins this month, claiming the Individual Gold medal in the first-ever Para-Dressage phase aboard her horse, Wentworth. Collier earned scores of 67.65 percent and 67.112 percent for an impressive cumulative of 134.76 points. She was also awarded the [...] Continue reading →

  Gladstone, NJ – July 29, 2015 – The United States Equestrian Team Foundationis pleased to announce a new fundraising effort, the “Elizabeth B. Juliano &Havensafe Farm Human Sport Science and Medicine Challenge,” to help preparethe United States Equestrian Team for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.   Juliano will match contributions, dollar [...] Continue reading →

USEF Communications Department Lexington, Ky. – An exciting week of competition took place at the 2015 USEF/ AVA Vaulting National Championships at The Ranch Events Complex in Loveland, Colo., July 16-19. The country’s top vaulters put on an excellent display of athleticism and grace with the hopes of claiming a title. The top level of [...] Continue reading →

July 28, 2015 USEF Communications Department Lexington, Ky. – American horses and athletes departed the Caledon Equestrian Park in Ontario, Canada, having represented their country with great success at the 2015 Pan American Games. The United States entered the games needing to qualify two out of three equestrian disciplines for the 2016 Olympic Games. The [...] Continue reading →