Mill Spring, N.C. – Nearly 170 horse-and-rider combinations took to the White Oak Cross-Country course at The Dutta Corp. Tryon International Three-Day Event on Saturday, including contenders for The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI4*-L Eventing National Championship title and Adequan®/USEF Eventing Youth Team Challenge – East Coast Final. Woods Baughman and C'est La Vie 135. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian After rain earlier in the week, Saturday brought cool, clear skies to Tryon,...

Kansas City, Mo. – Alayna Applegate had a standout weekend, winning the USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final against some of the top saddle seat equitation riders in the U.S. and joining the ranks of a handful of elite equitation riders in history to win the Saddle Seat Triple Crown. Alayna Applegate, 2021 USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final champion Riders faced a rigorous challenge on Saturday, November 13, as they competed for top honors in the USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final at the United Professional...

Thermal, Calif. – Grace Belmont (Watsonville, Calif.), closing out the final two weeks of her junior career, entered the 2021 USEF/NCEA Junior Hunt Seat Medal Final on a whim with her mount Quirin, and surprised herself with an impressive two round score of 174. The duo took the win over 27 other entries and finish out their junior equitation career with one final win. Belmont and her own Quirin, a 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding, have been partnered for several years and originally...

Mill Spring, N.C. – With the second day of competition at The Dutta Corp Tryon International Three-Day Event in the bag, Area II is dominating the leaderboards in the inaugural Adequan®/USEF Eventing Youth Team Challenge – East Coast Final. The Youth Team Challenge invited athletes ages 14-25 to compete as team members and individuals in the CCI1*, CCI2*-L, and CCI3*-L divisions. Teams consist of three or four members and may be composed of members from different USEA Areas to...

Kansas City, Mo. – The country’s top saddle seat equitation riders have arrived in Kansas City, Mo., for the USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final this Saturday, November 13. Held during the United Professional Horseman’s Association (UPHA)/American Royal National Championship Horse Show , the class features 18 horse-and-rider combinations who will go head-to-head in pursuit of the title. The USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET with preliminary ride-offs,...

Will Coleman and Chin Tonic. ©Shannon Brinkman Mill Spring, N.C. – The first day of competition at The Dutta Corp. Tryon International Three-Day Event was a busy one, with more than 100 horse-and-rider combinations taking to the dressage arena in the CCI1*, CCI2*-L, CCI3*-L, and The Dutta Corp. USEF CCI4*-L Eventing National Championship. Will Coleman (Gordonsville, Va.) and Chin Tonic HS, a 2012 Holsteiner gelding owned by Hyperion Stud, LLC, were the first four-star entry in the...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian (USEF) Eventing has several standard rule changes approved for the 2022 competition year coming into effect on December 1, 2021. A complete list of the approved rule changes can be found here . Also, effective December 1, 2021, is the addition of an Annex 5. Annex 5 will house the USEF/USEA Eventing Competition Standards which were written, reviewed, and approved by the USEA Board of Governors and the USEF Eventing Sport Committee, International Disciplines...

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) will welcome some of the country’s top horses and riders to Lexington, Ky., from Nov. 11-14 for the 2021 edition of US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® . The event is a favorite for competitors and spectators alike, with riders in the junior/young rider, adult amateur, and open divisions vying for national titles in Training Level through Grand Prix, including the popular musical freestyles. ©SusanJStickle....

Dear USEF Members, Thank you all for supporting USEF’s efforts to ensure a safe environment for all our athletes and participants. We all have an important role to play. To this end, we want to take a moment to inform you about changes to the Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policies (MAAPP ) that go into effect January 1, 2022. As a reminder, the MAAPP were developed to limit on-on-one interactions between minor athletes and adults as a strategy to minimize opportunities for grooming...

Lexington, Ky. - The 2022 US Equestrian Annual Meeting will take place in Naples, Fla., at the Naples Grande Beach Resort, January 13-15, 2022. Members of the media who would like to attend should submit a request for credentials by January 5, 2022. The US Equestrian Annual Meeting hosts council meetings as well as the Pegasus Awards Celebration and SmartPak/USEF Horse of the Year Awards Celebration, which wrap up the 2021 competition year across all breeds and disciplines. US Equestrian...