United States Eventing Association

The members of the USEA Foundation’s Rebecca Broussard Grant Committee met on Wednesday, July 3 and awarded travel grants totaling $22,975 to 19 US riders entered in The Event at Rebecca Farm.

This is what you say when it does not go the way you dreamed it up. But sometimes it is even more than that. Sometimes the U=universe does you a favor, makes you take a step back, and forces you to decide if that happening is for better or for worse.

This year the USEA is following 23-year-old Savannah Fulton as she spends the season training and competing in Europe. Fulton was the recipient of the 2018 USEA Foundation Wilton Fair Grant and is using the funds to bring her CCI5*-L mount, Captain Jack, to Europe.

The Captain Mendívil-Yucupicio Award was presented by the USEA Foundation for the first time at the 2018 USEA Annual Meeting & Convention. This new award, generously donated by Pam Duffy of Temecula, California, honors an international rider competing in the United States who has demonstrated integrity and good sportsmanship. Australian rider Ryan Wood was the inaugural recipient.

Oh, California! This winter has been unlike any other I remember ever eventing, and the start to the 2019 season has been VERY WET. My usually perfect indoor is half full of wet footing and water, and I feel like everything I own is covered in mud.

The applications for the 2020 Worth the Trust Educational and Sports Psychology Scholarships are now available. The deadline for applications is October 5, 2019.

In 2018, adult amateur rider Frankie Thieriot Stutes was awarded the $50,000 Rebecca Broussard International Developing Riders Grant. Frankie will be sharing her eventing experiences with the USEA Foundation this year.

The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded the 2019 Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant to up-and-coming eventing rider Ryan Keefe of Sandy Spring, Maryland.

After sitting at the USEA Awards luncheon last month, seeing the many awards and grants being handed out, I was compelled to write about the Rebecca Broussard grants, the meaning of being selected and what it truly means as a recipient.

The Worth the Trust Educational Scholarships are awarded annually to one Adult Amateur and one Young Adult Amateur to help amateurs master the ever-challenging mental side of the sport. Below is the winning essay of the 2019 Worth the Trust Sports Psychology Scholarship. Congratulations to Krista Wilson and best of luck in the future!