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Mar 27, 2025
2025 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event Entries Announced
Just like that, let the official countdown to the 2025 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event begin! This year's entry list for the CCI5*-L was revealed today, and the star studded list includes former Kentucky champions, six of the world's top 12 eventers, Olympians, and so much more.
In total, 42 riders from six countries are set to compete at the event, held April 23-27. Nine are cross-entered at the MARS Badminton Horse Trials which takes place May 7-11 in Gloucestershire, England.
Last year's winners, Oliver Townend (GBR) and Cooley Rosalent, are entered at Badminton this year.
Jennie Brannigan, recent winner of the SRF Carolina International, has two horses on this year's list in FE Lifestyle and Twilightslastgleam. She also has FE Lifestyle entered in the five-star Badminton.
Boyd Martin has three entries for the U.S. with Luke 140, Commando 3, and Fedarman B. British rider Harry Meade and New Zealand rider Tim Price also have three entries.
Tom McEwen (GBR) has two entries cross-entered at Kentucky and Badminton in JL Dublin and Brookfield Quality. This would be Brookfield Quality's first run on U.S. soil, but JL Dublin is no stranger to having success stateside, having earned second place both in 2023 and 2024 at Kentucky.
Michael Jung (GER) who hasn't been back to the Kentucky Horse Park since he won the event in 2022 with fischerChipmunk FRH, is returning again with "Chip." Jung also picked up wins in Kentucky in 2017, 2016, and 2015, and was second in 2018.
Brooke Burchianti (Cooley Space Grey), Mary Bess Davis (Imperio Magic), Shannon Lilley (Eindhoven Garette), Cassie Sanger (Redfield Fyre), Arden Wildasin (Sunday Times), Lucienne Bellissimo (Dyri), and Julie Wolfert (SSH Playboy) will all be making their five-star debuts at Kentucky.
Entries for the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S have not been revealed yet.
You can view the full entry list here.
May 19, 2025
Eventing News
MARS Bromont Rising U25 Grant Recipients Announced for 2025 MARS Bromont CCI
The MARS Bromont Rising U25 scholarship program, administered by the USEA Foundation, is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s grant funding for riders aiming to compete in the MARS Bromont CCI (Quebec, Canada) taking place June 5-8.
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Interscholastic
USEA Podcast #387: Flashbacks to the USEA Intercollegiate & IEL Eventing Championships
Were you one of the competitors at this year's USEA Intercollegiate & Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL) Eventing Championships? Or do you dream of the day that you can participate yourself? Are you just a huge eventing superfan and love seeing young riders of all ages enjoying the sport? No matter where you fall, you will love this week's episode of the USEA Podcast where we chat with a member of the USEA IEL champion team and the president of this year's Intercollegiate Spirit Award winners, the University of Georgia. Get a behind-the-scenes look at what it feels like to participate in one of these championships from Olive Dumais and Katlyn Parker.
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Education
How to Ride the Horse You Thought You Bought
In this excerpt, trainer and educator Anne Buchannan explains bit contact connection and why it matters for true collection and healthy movement.
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Education
Eventing 101: The Show Secretary is Your New Best Friend. Here’s How to Keep Them Happy
Familiarizing yourself with the key players at each horse trial is an important step to your success at your next competition. One of those important figures is the show secretary. Think of the show secretary as the mastermind behind most of the organizational efforts related to each horse trial. They manage entries, the show schedule, ride times, stabling, and so much more. Without the hard work of the show secretary and their office staff, a horse trial simply would not be able to operate.
