Equestrian News

David O’Connor Takes Eventing Lead On First Day at Fair Hill International

Sydney Olympic Gold Medalist David O’Connor of The Plains, VA holds the lead half-way through the dressage phase of the U.S. Equestrian Team (USET) Fall Eventing Championship at the Fair Hill International.

Kriss and Blackwell Victorious at Mid-South Three-Day Event

Jocelyn Kriss, riding Mystical Illusion, claimed the Harry T. Peters Trophy
for the USA National Junior Eventing Championship, held at the Mid-South
Three-Day Event and Team Challenge in Lexington, Kentucky, October 17-20.

USET Approves Selection Criteria for First-Ever FEI World Pony Driving Championship

The United States Equestrian Team (USET) has approved selection criteria to choose the U.S. squad for the first-ever Fédération Equestre Internationale (International Equestrian Federation – FEI), World Pony Driving Championship, scheduled for August 14-17, 2003 in Karlstetten, Austria.

USET’s History-Making World Equestrian Games Performance To Be Shown on Outdoor Life Network

The history-making performance of the United States Equestrian Team (USET) at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, will be shown on television in early December. U.S. riders, drivers and vaulters won a total of eight medals, doubling the U.S.’s best previous performance.

Dressage Canada Announces Adoptation of USA Equestrian Inc. Dressage Tests to be used in Canada in 2003

The Dressage Canada Board recently announced that effective January 1, 2003, the dressage tests for use in competitions will be the new, recently adopted USA Equestrian Inc. 2003 tests.

U.S. Grand Prix Freestyle Championship

The 2002-2003 U.S. Grand Prix Freestyle Championship/U.S. League Final will
be held in conjunction with the Miami Dade Winter Dressage CDI***. This
event will be held at the Tropical Park Equestrian Center in Miami, Florida
from February 21 - 23, 2003.

Valerie Kanavy Wins USET Endurance 100-Mile Championship

Two-time World Endurance Champion Valerie Kanavy, who has previously won the USET Endurance 50-Mile and 75-Mile Championships, won the first USET Endurance 100-Mile Championship held October 19 at the Fair Hill Natural Resources Area in Fair Hill, MD.

Global Dressage Forum

Further to the successful Forum organised last year, A Global Dressage Forum will be organised again on 21 and 22 October 2002. Among the main items on the agenda: evaluation by a judges panel, chaired by Mariette Withages (chairman of the FEI dressage committee), a trainers panel of the results of the WEG in Jerez. and a breeding seminar, presented by Dr. Klaus Miesner, breeding manager of the German National Federation at Warendorf.

McLain Ward Wins NAL $25,000 Open Jumper Speed Finals

McLain Ward of Brewster, NY defended his North American League (NAL) championship title winning the North American League $25,000 Open Jumper Speed Finals riding Galant at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in a time of 51.971 seconds.

FEI Delegation's Visito to Athens Greece

On 15 October 2002, a delegation composed of the FEI President, HRH The Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón Freddy Serpieri, 1st Vice President, and Catrin Norinder, Manager of the Olympic Department visited Athens Organising Committee for the 2004 Olympic Games (ATHOC).