United States Eventing Association

US Equestrian announces a substitution for the Defender U.S. Eventing Squad ahead of the 2026 FEI Eventing World Championships. Phillip Dutton (West Grove, Pennsylvania) has formally withdrawn Possante, who will now be replaced by Dutton’s other mount, Denim.

We found The Riddler when I had fallen out of love with riding. He was kind of my mom’s last effort to keep me in the saddle. If it didn’t work, it didn’t work, and I’d go play volleyball.

In April 2019, I adopted a Thoroughbred gelding named Master Rudy (Fusaichi Pegasus x Sacred Sue) from Heart of Phoenix Equine Rescue in West Virginia. At the time, I wasn’t searching for my next event horse. In fact, I wasn’t searching for a competition horse at all.

When students arrive at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, they're joining more than just a USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Team. They're stepping into a community that begins welcoming riders before classes even start and continues supporting them long after graduation.

Water is a feature at every level in eventing from Starter through Advanced, so teaching a young horse how to navigate it safely and confidently is key to success on cross-country.

US Equestrian has been monitoring the use of two commonly-used therapeutic medications – cetirizine (commonly known by the brand name of the human product Zyrtec), and methocarbamol (commonly known by the brand name Robaxin) -- taking into account member questions and concerns about those substan...

Before the first horse heads down the centerline and the first dressage score is awarded, one group of volunteers helps ensure every competitor enters the ring on a level playing field: the dressage bit checkers.

Arielle Aharoni had a quiet confidence about show jumping today at the Millbrook Horse Trials, despite jumping last as the overnight leader in the Advanced division with no rails in hand aboard her own, Christina Aharoni, and Filly’s Hope LLC’s Cooley Baltic Sea.

If you’re at Millbrook Horse Trials this week, you may have noticed the smallest competitor trotting by—Holly Go Lucky, a 12.2-hand Welsh mare ridden by 12-year-old Thayer Mudge. “Holly” and Mudge are a multi-talented pair—they both compete in eventing and pony racing and go foxhunting in their h...