United States Eventing Association

It's cross-country day at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event! Easily the busiest day the Kentucky Horse Park sees each year, make sure to get there early, grab your coffee, and go ensure you get the viewing spot you want for both the CCI4*-S and CCI5*-L divisions today.

Ask any U.S. eventing fan what the biggest day in the sport all year is, and they will most definitely respond with, "cross-country day at Kentucky." Saturday is by far the busiest event, normally averaging around 40,000 people at the Kentucky Horse Park, which is nearly 50% of the event's total ...

New Zealand’s Monica Spencer found herself in a familiar position at the end of the second day of dressage at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event today—in first after dressage in the five-star aboard her longtime partner Artist.

Try as they might, not a single horse and rider pair could top overnight leaders Tamie Smith and Danito’s dressage score of 27.0 in the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, however there were two new pairs who joined them on the leaderboard following the second day...

Will Coleman’s competition history with the 14-year-old Holsteiner gelding Diabolo (Diarado x Roulett M) has had some major highs and some major lows. The horse had a hard time acclimating to life in the United States after Coleman imported him from Australia in 2023, but every time the rider bro...

Despite not being able to ride Danito for the past couple of days, Tamie Smith and her longtime partner put in a solid dressage test on the first day of dressage in the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day event to take the early lead.

Golf has the Masters. Football has the Super Bowl. U.S. eventers have the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event (K3DE), and today marks the first day of the 2026 event at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The Bluegrass is about to be bombarded with eventing lovers from all over the world, and we ...

There are 30 talented horse and rider pairs on the docket in this year's Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, and we've rounded up all the information you need to get to know them each a little better. Be sure to scan through our 2025 USEA #K3DE Rider Cards below in preparation for the Best Weekend...

If it didn't work out for you to travel to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, for the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, you can see wall-to-wall coverage of the event through USEF Network and ClipMyHorse once again this year.