United States Eventing Association

The United States Eventing Association (USEA) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2026 USEA Emerging Athlete (EA21) Program will open on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Athletes who meet the requirements are encouraged to check the EA21 webpage for the official application link ...

Welcome back to the USEA Official Podcast! For this New Year special, we’re taking on one of the biggest conversations in equestrian sport: social license. What it is, why it matters, and how every one of us plays a role in the future of eventing. Olympic champion, five-star winner, USEF Chief of...

Are you following along with the action from home this weekend? Or maybe you're competing at an event and need information fast. Either way, we’ve got you covered!

The U.S. Eventing Association (USEA) is dedicated to ensuring that the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill presented by Brown Advisory, one of only seven five-star competitions in the world, continues to take place each year in Cecil County, Maryland.

Twelve talented young riders headed to Ocala, Florida, from Dec. 30-Jan. 3 for the USEA Emerging Athletes U21 (EA21) National Camp. The riders were selected by the EA21 Task Force after the completion of the five EA21 Regional Camps that took place in summer 2025.

The USEA Emerging Athletes U21 (EA21) 2025-2026 National Camp concluded five days of theory-intensive lectures and riding instruction with a finale cross-country day. “I'm thinking it'll probably take a day or two to process all the information!” Hannah Willford, National Camp participant, said wit...

The premise of Day 4 of the USEA Emerging Athletes Under 21 (EA21) National Camp was simple. After a quick morning lecture, head down to the show jumping ring and warm up as if at a show with one of the EA21 coaches. Ride one show jumping course without any input or instruction then ride it a sec...

The motto of day 3 of the USEA Emerging Athletes Under 21 (EA21) National Camp was simple. “You can be bad or you can be great,” EA21 Director of Coaching David O’Connor told participants. “Make mistakes; we can fix that. Do well, and we’ll be happy. But whatever you do, don’t be average.”

There are three phases before reaching the level of mastery. The first is technique, or the how. The second is theory, or the why. The third is instinct, or the do. When all three come together, the boundaries of what is possible are limited only by the imagination.