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U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

Wayne, Illinois

Aug 19 - Aug 25 2024

The 2024 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions is an invitational event that will take place August 19-25 at HITS Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Ill. FOC includes the following national championships:

  • Neue Schule/USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship
  • Neue Schule/USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship
  • Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship
  • Adequan®/USEF Brentina Cup Dressage National Championship
  • Horseware Ireland/USEF Young Rider Dressage National Championship
  • Adequan®/USEF Junior Dressage National Championship
  • Aspen Leaf Farm/USEF Pony Rider Dressage National Championship
  • Aspen Leaf Farm/USEF Children Dressage National Championship
  • Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage National Championships for four-, five-, six-, and seven-year-olds
  • Markel/USEF Developing Horse Grand Prix and Prix St. Georges Dressage National Championships
  • USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals for the 13 & Under and 14-18 divisions

Learn more here.

Penultimate Day of the 2024 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions Brings Six New National Champions to the Spotlight

by US Equestrian Communications Dept. | Aug 25, 2024, 8:00 AM EST

Wayne, Ill. – With the final days of the 2024 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions underway, a new crop of national champions has emerged from the exciting competition at HITS Chicago Lamplight Equestrian Center. Sarah Mason-Beaty with Kanjer and Sabine Schut-Kery with Gorgeous Latino. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Markel/USEF Developing Horse Prix St. Georges Sabine Schut-Kery (Oceanside, Calif.) took Gorgeous Latino (Glock’s Toto Jr. x Blackmanda), a 2016 stallion owned by...

Three New National Champions Emerge on Day Five of the 2024 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

by Leslie Potter/US Equestrian | Aug 24, 2024, 7:00 AM EST

Wayne, Ill. – Friday at the 2024 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions brought another three new national champion titles. The juniors and 7-year-old horses both completed their second and final tests to determine overall placings, and the USEF Dressage Seat Medal Final for the 13 & under age group had their turn in the main arena. Virginia Woodcock and Mollegardens Sans-Souci. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian Adequan ® /USEF Junior Dressage National Championship The iconic duo of...

Sabine Schut-Kery and Sonnenberg’s Jersey Win Neue Schule/USEF Intermediaire I National Championship as Competition Continues at the 2024 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

by Leslie Potter/US Equestrian | Aug 22, 2024, 11:00 PM EST

Wayne, Ill. – Thursday marked the midway point of the 2024 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions and brought the second national championship title as the Intermediaire I division wrapped up with their freestyle tests. A full day of competition in two rings at HITS Chicago Lamplight Equestrian Center saw a total of seven divisions contested. Sabine Schut-Kery and Sonnenberg's Jersey. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Neue Schule/USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship A trio...
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Photo showcasing the Dressage4Kids Brings Unlimited Opportunities to Young Riders

Dressage4Kids Brings Unlimited Opportunities to Young Riders

by Debbie Elliot | Aug 22, 2024, 5:25 PM

Olympic dressage rider Lendon Gray grew up in Old Town, Maine, as a dedicated member of the Pony Club. While she went on to have a highly successful equestrian career as a rider and trainer, and was inducted into the United States Dressage Federation Hall of Fame in 2011, the broad depth of education about horses that she learned in the Pony Club has always remained important to Gray. It inspired her to launch Dressage4Kids in 1999 after she noticed that many young riders she encountered had...
Photo showcasing the Meet the Mares of the 2024 Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship

Meet the Mares of the 2024 Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship

by Leslie Potter | Aug 20, 2024, 10:00 PM

The competitors in the 2024 Adequan ® /USEF Para Dressage National Championship are all talented, dedicated athletes. Another thing they have in common? All three are mounted on mares as they vie for the national championship title, and their talented equine partners are proving that they have what it takes to succeed in this discipline. Kimique and Paige Schmidt. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Kimique: The Matriarch Paige Schmidt (Lake Geneva, Wisc.), rides Kimique, a tri-color pinto...