Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce Elizabeth “Lizzy” Traband as the 2016 Junior Equestrian of the Year. Growing up on a sport horse breeding and training farm, horses have always been a part of 18-year-old Traband's life. Despite being born with only one hand, Traband has not let anything limit her passion for horses. She has successfully competed in dressage, hunters, jumpers, and para-dressage. Traband is also an...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce Lawrence “Larry” Langer as the winner of the 2016 USEF Lifetime Achievement Award. Langer, of Burbank, Calif., has been part of the horse industry for 66 years, from starting lessons as a child to his induction into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame. For his years of service, Langer will be awarded the 2016 USEF Lifetime Achievement Award at the Pegasus Awards Dinner. Larry Langer (USHJA Archives) As...

Lexington, Ky. - In preparation for the 2017 U.S. Saddle Seat Invitational/Test Event, the U.S. Saddle Seat Young Riders Teams attended their first training sessions at Cascade Stables in New Orleans, La., and High Caliber Stables in Greensboro, N.C. This was the first opportunity the riders and coaches came together to work and train as teams. It also afforded riders the opportunity to prepare for competition by riding multiple horses unfamiliar to them, just as they will at the...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the participants for the 11th annual USEF USEF Horsemastership Training Session presented by the USHJA and sponsored by Adequan, Ariat, Practical Horseman, and Equestrian Sport Productions. The Training Session will be held at The Stadium at Equestrian Village, the home of the Global Dressage Festival, in Wellington, Fla., January 3 – 7, 2017. The Training Session is designed to develop the next...

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) voted at the November 22 FEI General Assembly to support changes to the Olympic format for equestrian sport. The biggest change in format across all three Olympic disciplines involved the number of riders per team and how they are scored. In the previous format there were four riders that participated on each team with a drop score in each round of competition. Under the newly approved format there will be three riders per team and no drop score....

Lexington Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce that Victoria "Vicki" Lowell has been appointed Chief Marketing and Content Officer. Vicki Lowell Lowell specializes in brand re-stages that transform businesses and is known for developing collaborative and passionate teams who deliver memorable creative and measurable results. She brings nearly 25 years of brand marketing and senior leadership experience to the USEF including 15 years at Discovery...

Lexington, Ky. - The second annual $100,000 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship presented by Deeridge Farms, Elm Rock LLC, the Strauss Family, and Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, & Friedman LLP is set to begin at the CP National Horse Show. Held November 3-6 in the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena, the championship will consist of three competitions with fences up to 1.50m in height. Twenty-eight athletes between the ages of 16 and 25 will compete in the championship in hopes of...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is excited to announce the 11th annual USEF Horsemastership Training Session, to be held at The Stadium at Equestrian Village, the home of the Global Dressage Festival, in Wellington, Fla., January 3-7, 2017. The training session is designed to identify and develop the next generation of top U.S. Equestrian Team talent through instruction in a variety of aspects of horsemastership. Past participants have gone on to represent the U....

Shelburne, Vt. - The 2016 Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show® is shaping up to be another monumental event in the show's 43-year history. Nearly 1,000 of the world's finest Morgan horses from across the United States, Canada, and overseas will meet in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 8-15 to compete for $250,000-plus in prize money. Since 1973, this show has represented the pinnacle of achievement in the Morgan horse world. Matt Kwapich of Bernalillo, New...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) proposed rule changes for consideration by the USEF Board of Directors at the 2017 USEF Annual Meeting are now available to view in the Rule Changes section of the USEF website . Members may submit their comments by logging in to their My USEF My Way accounts .