Tips From Your Event Organizer: The Importance of Volunteers with Loch Moy Farm’s Carolyn Mackintosh
Eventing couldn’t exist without volunteers, and according to Loch Moy Farm’s owner and organizer Carolyn Mackintosh, there’s a very simple answer to attracting and retaining them at her events—take an interest in the people.
Earn Year-End Achievements on the All New USEA Combined Test Leaderboard
The United States Eventing Association (USEA) is pleased to announce the establishment of a new national Combined Test (CT) leaderboard, creating an additional pathway for recognition within the existing competition framework. This initiative, created by the USEA Membership Committee and approved...
The VAP Series – Dressage Scribes
The USEA Volunteer Achievement Program (VAP) was created by the Volunteer Committee in 2025 to recognize the sport’s volunteers for their education, experience, responsibility, and commitment in dif...
Behind the Scenes with Volunteer Coordinator Melissa Rundt
Volunteers are the backbone of the sport of eventing and behind every successful competition is a dedicated volunteer coordinator making it all happen. For Melissa Rundt, that role has grown into a full-time career built on relationships, organization, and a passion for the sport. From recruiting...
The VAP Series – Show Jumping Warm-Up Stewards
The USEA Volunteer Achievement Program (VAP) was created by the USEA Volunteer Committee to recognize volunteers for their education, experience, responsibility, and c...
Diamond Dog Shines Bright as USEA Preliminary 6-Year-Old Horse of the Year
When Jesslyn Woodall’s Intermediate horse started showing signs of tendonitis a few years ago, she made the decision to let him enjoy a lighter career for a longer future. “He had done all he needed to,” she recalled.
USEA Podcast #408: Volunteers Make Eventing Possible
Eventing couldn’t run without dedicated volunteers, and this week on the USEA Official Podcast, host Nicole Brown speaks to Caroline Greathouse, longtime volunteer at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, and Liz Poole, experienced British five-star volunteer who’s now based in the U.S. They cha...
Patience and Planning Lead Kokoleka to 2025 USEA 7-Year-Old Horse of the Year Title
The economics of being a professional rider often mean selling your top horse to fund the next group of young horses, and that’s exactly what brought Kate Brown to Ireland four years ago on a cold, stormy night. Brown had just sold one of her Advanced horses and was looking for a young horse who ...
'Friesian From the Dryer' Kimberlake Jophiel Wins 2025 SmartEquine USEA Pony of the Year Title
In her earlier eventing years, Molly Smith competed up to the Intermediate level primarily on off-the-track Thoroughbreds. These days, however, you can find her competing at the Beginner Novice level on a very different mount— Kimberlake Jophiel, a 12-year-old Fell Pony gelding (by Kimberlake Gab...























