Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has updated the entry for the USA II Team for the Stillpoint Farm Nations Cup CDIO3*, run in conjunction with the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, March 24-28, 2015 in Wellington, Fla. Chris Hickey and Ronaldo will replace Tina Konyot and Wyoming as one of the two Small Tour combinations. USA II Team The USA II Team will be composed of the following combinations: Big Tour Shelly Francis (Loxahatchee, Fla.) with Patricia...

Lexington, Ky . - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations representing the United States at the Stillpoint Farm Nations Cup CDIO3*, running in conjunction with the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, March 24-28, 2015 in Wellington, Fla. The U.S. will field two teams each composed of two Big Tour and two Small Tour combinations. USA I Team The USA I Team will be composed of the following combinations: Big Tour Laura Graves...

Wellington, Fla. - Competition in the CDI5* presented by Diamante Farms came to a conclusion on Saturday at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival with the United States leading the way in the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle Test. After a third-place finish on Thursday in the Grand Prix, Kathleen Raine (Murrietta, Calif.) and Jennifer Mason, David Wightman, and her own 14-year-old Hanoverian mare, Breanna, went two spots better to earn victory for the Americans. The pair completed the Grand Prix Special...

Wellington, Fla. – Friday evening at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CDI5* presented by Diamante Farms hosted 15 combinations from six nations in Grand Prix Freestyle competition. The United States’ three-time National Champions, Steffen Peters and Four Wind’s Farm LLC’s Legolas 92, led the way for the home nation finishing in second-place. Peters (San Diego, Calif.) and the 14-year-old Westphalian gelding earned a score of 76.200% to finish less than three points...

Wellington, Fla. - The Adequan Global Dressage Festival CDI5* presented by Diamante Farms got underway Thursday evening with 20 combinations from five nations completing the FEI Grand Prix Test. Kathleen Raine and her veteran, Breanna, were the top performers of the 10 U.S. entries, slotting into third-place. "I was so happy with her, it was a really fun ride in a great atmosphere," reflected Raine. "I'm so lucky to have such a special horse." Read more here .

Wellington, FL – United States dressage competitor Adrienne Lyle has announced the retirement of Wizard, her Olympic and World Equestrian Games partner. The 16-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Weltmeyer-Pica, Classiker) is owned by Peggy Thomas. Highlights of Lyle and Wizard’s long partnership include representing the United States at the 2012 London Olympic Games as well as at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, where they contributed to a fourth place team...

Lexington, Ky. - Nineteen promising dressage athletes took part in USEF Dressage Observation and Strategy Sessions over two weeks in November. As Big and Small Tour combinations worked with USEF Chef d’Equipe/ Technical Advisor Robert Dover at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, N.J., November 3-4 and at Epona Farms in Thousand Oaks, Calif., November 12-13. "These back-to-back sessions were a huge boost to my certainty that America is growing infinitely in its depth of top,...

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The U.S. Dressage Team closed out an extremely successful 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games with two top 10 finishes in Friday’s Freestyle. Fifteen of the world’s best combinations headed into the d'Ornano Stadium to stake their claim on the final medals of the FEI World Dressage Championships. Laura Graves continued her meteoric rise to the top level of the sport by earning a fifth place finish on Friday afternoon, while Steffen Peters once again demonstrated why he is so...

"Just being patient and doing what you know is right, can get you where you want to go." Listen to Laura Graves chat with Rupert Bell after her 5th place finish in the Dressage Freestyle today