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...

Welcome back to the horse park, eventing family! Dressage will wrap up today, and there is the potential to see some shakeups on the leaderboard. First up for the CCI4*-S at 8:30 a.m. is the Oldenburg gelding Bounce 6, owned by Linda Graves and Alice Lawaetz and ridden by Lynn Symansky. Rounding ...

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.

Derek di Grazia been the cross-country course designer at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event since 2011, and this year, as always, he's put together a masterful track for the feature CCI5*-L division. In addition, di Grazia has designed the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S track since the division w...

The United States Eventing Association (USEA) is excited to unveil a fresh lineup of official merchandise at the 2026 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, offering eventing fans the perfect opportunity to represent our sport in style. From high-performance apparel to everyday essentials, this year’...