United States Eventing Association

For me, qualifying for the AEC this year has been a true story of overcoming. Like most adult amateurs I balance training, my family, and my career. It has been a true blessing to have all these things in my life, it just means I must hustle hard.

The United States Eventing Association (USEA) is pleased to announce details for the 2026 USEA Young Event Horse (YEH) Championships, which will once again bring together some of the most promising 4- and 5-year-old event horses in the country at championship events on both coasts this October. T...

I got Je T’aime Opera, or "Minko," a 9-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare (Je T'aime Flamenco x Foxy Cleopatra R) in 2024 as I was retiring my previous horse due to medical issues. From the first trial she felt like my heart horse, and while being fancy enough to go up the levels, she also was safe ...

When people see Haunted Blessings and me competing today, they see a horse-and-rider team that qualified for the 2026 USEA American Eventing Championships. What they don’t always see is the patience, trust, and hard work it took to get here.

My name is Adilyn Cartwright, and I will be competing in the 2026 AEC on Chasing Gold, owned by Jessica Saari. "Chase" is a 14-year-old Quarter Horse who I have had the opportunity to event the past several years.

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.

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.