United States Eventing Association

With the start of the 2027 competition year just around the corner, the United States Eventing Association (USEA) would like to remind members of an important rule change taking effect on Dec. 1, 2026. Beginning on that date, all horses competing at United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) lice...

For many of us, our experience with eventing is limited to being a rider, a competitor, or a fan. We enjoy the sport by doing it or watching it, cheering for the successes and bemoaning the losses from personal enjoyment or disappointment. Some of us may be lucky enough to compete at the upper le...

I’ve never met an eventer without an opinion. We are all obsessed with our horses and our sport, and we will freely share our thoughts on eventing-related topics with anyone who will listen. But too few of us direct this enthusiasm toward the sport’s most crucial feedback mechanisms: the event an...

What if improving your partnership with your horse started long before you ever stepped into the saddle? This week on the USEA Official Podcast, renowned horseman, author, and eventer Tik Maynard joins us to explore the power of groundwork and how it can transform the way we communicate with our ...

Center Line Success, sponsored by Team Tate Academy and hosted by USDF, provided its 80 attendees with a wealth of knowledge to put into practice. Jeanne McDonald, USEF “S” Dressage judge, and Heather Gillette, USEF “S” Eventing judge, generously took time out of their day to present and all atte...

Last month we began discussing the fact that many of the fears we experience today can be attributed back to the survival instinct born in all of us thousands of years ago. We even talked about how the fear of being watched (the spectator effect) can be attributed back to the fear our caveman and...

Remember how the start of a new school year always made you want to learn something new? Maybe it was the fresh clean notebooks. Maybe it was the new day planner.

There are quite a lot of new and exciting things happening in the USEA Eventing Coaches Program (ECP) this summer! First of all, we now have a social media presence with the addition of a Facebook page and