Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) regrets to announce the cancellation of the 2016 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions, USEF Grand Prix and Intermediaire I National Championships. Slated to run October 12-16, 2016 in Paso Robles, Calif., the USEF High Performance Dressage Committee made the difficult decision to cancel the event following a series of challenges and logistical hurdles. In 2016, U.S. dressage marked numerous international successes including...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the athletes representing the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final at CSIO5* Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, September 22-25. Robert Ridland will serve as the Chef d'Equipe. The following athletes will represent the U.S. (in alphabetical order): Audrey Coulter (San Francisco, Calif.) Lucy Davis (Los Angeles, Calif.) Lauren Hough (Wellington, Fla.)...

Columbus, Ohio -- The Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) has partnered with the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA), Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) and the American National Riding Commission (ANRC) to bring more knowledge to IEA members on how to prepare for college riding through the "Collegiate Connection" education series. A combination of live webinars and Twitter TakeOvers will offer an interactive platform with the leaders of these major college...

Ali Wolff and Caya on their way to a $34,600 Saugerties Jumper Classic win. (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - The most prestigious week of the season at HITS-on-the-Hudson, The HITS Championship, commenced on Wednesday with the $34,600 FEI Saugerties Jumper Classic. Riders and horses from half a dozen nations descended on the Grand Prix Ring at HITS Saugerties to contend for the first big victory of the jam-packed week. Many talented names filled the order of go, including 2016 Olympic...

2015 Recipient Anna Ford (center), Chrystine Tauber, USEF President (left) and Lynn Coakley, EQUUS Foundation, President (right). (Adam Brennan Photos) Westport, Conn. - The EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award was jointly established by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and the EQUUS Foundation in 2009 to celebrate the humanitarian achievements made by members of the equine community. The award will be presented at the Pegasus Awards Dinner on Friday, January 13, 2017, during the...

Lexington, Ky. - Each year, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) awards a $1,000 US Junior Hunter National Championships educational grant. In 2016, the grant went to Virginia Millie Stearns of Watkinsville, Ga. Stearns competed at the US Junior Hunter National Championship - East Coast in the 3’3” Junior Hunter division with THS Enterprise’s THS Pia-Lena. Virginia Millie Stearns riding THS Pia-Lena (Cathrin Cammett Photo) The grant is awarded annually to the...

Katherine Strauss and Capacity Win $25,000 Campbell Stables Show Jumping Derby (Shawn McMillen) Bridgehampton, N.Y. - Local rider Katherine Strauss won the $25,000 Campbell Stables Show Jumping Derby defeating Cloe Hymowitz, of New York, NY, in a two-horse jump-off from a field of 24 entries at the 41st annual Hampton Classic Horse Show. "It feels great, said the Southampton, NY, resident. "I have been working with my horse for a long time and it feels really great to have this result. I...

Laura Chapot and Thornhill Kate on their way to a $50,000 HITS Grand Prix win. (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - As the curtain closed on Week VII at HITS-on-the-Hudson, riders descended on the Grand Prix Ring to try their luck in Sunday’s $50,000 HITS Grand Prix. The team to beat was Neshanic Station, New Jersey equestrian Laura Chapot and Thornhill Kate, co-owned with Mary Chapot. Chapot has been the winningest rider on the Grand Prix tour at HITS Saugerties this season, with 12 wins...

Ryan Wood and Powell (Shannon Brinkman Photography) Mill Spring, N.C. - As the final day of the 2016 Nutrena® USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Land Rover (AEC) came to a close at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC), Ryan Wood graced the George H. Morris Arena after capturing first and second place in the Adequan® Advanced Gold Cup Finals aboard Powell and Woodstock Bennett respectively. Doug Payne and Vandiver earned third place, while the final four amateur...

Stamford, England – A world-class field of 71 combinations competed in the 2016 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, including five U.S. combinations. At the end of Sunday’s show jumping phase, Land Rover/USEF Eventing Competition Grant recipient Phillip Dutton as well as Holly Payne-Caravella and Elisa Wallace finished in the top 20 of the field after four grueling days of competition. Phillip Dutton and Fernhill Fugitive (RedBayStock.com) Dutton (West Grove, Pa.) and Ann Jones and...