United States Eventing Association

Ebay had a nice pre-wedding gift for his owner Helen Bouscaren. It took the form of what the bride-to-be described as a “very brave” run over Ian Stark’s CCI4*-S course at the Woodside International Horse Trials, where the international divisions concluded in Woodside, California.

Steering clear of the spooky-fun graveyard in the middle of this afternoon’s Woodside International show jumping course, CCI4*-S, CCI3*-S, and CCI2*-S contenders vied for pole position on Saturday’s cross-country in front of a VIP dinner crowd. The mood was festive, but the competition fierce while navigating course designer Marc Donovan’s creative multiple-choice test of skill and scope.

“The Woodside International Horse Trials brings out the best in competition at all levels,” says organizer Robert Kellerhouse as he and his team make final preparations for the October 4-6 Woodside International Horse Trials. The location is a West Coast favorite: The Horse Park at Woodside in the San Francisco Peninsula area’s Woodside.

Entries for the Woodside International Horse Trials, October 4-6, are filling fast as the September 17 deadline nears. Contenders from Intro to CCI4*-S will converge in one of the West Coast’s horsiest havens, The Horse Park at Woodside, for top competition at a super venue and to socialize during Friday and Saturday ringside dinners at the Grand Prix Arena.

The newly minted Pan American Games team gold medalist Tamie Smith; Olympic silver medalist Gina Miles; and World Cup Finalist Jennifer Macouzet-Wooten are among the equestrian stars bound for this weekend’s Summer Event at Woodside. But a different level of riders will dominate the spotlight thanks to tremendous response for the inaugural Modified Training Challenge, the centerpiece of the August 9-11 competition at The Horse Park at Woodside.

The inaugural Modified Training Challenge is attracting strong entries for The Summer Event at Woodside. The eventing competition is set for August 9-11 at The Horse Park at Woodside, one of the country’s premier equestrian venues.

On the heels of a sold-out Spring Event at Woodside, organizer Robert Kellerhouse announces another competition innovation: The Modified Training Challenge. The “M-Training Challenge” is the centerpiece of The Summer Event at Woodside, August 9-11 at The Horse Park at Woodside.

Winning an Advanced division anytime is a big deal. It was even bigger for Canadian professional Sara Sellmer, who did so at the Spring Event at Woodside aboard Jill Walton’s PDQ Leigh. In 2016 at the same venue, Sara’s horse, TF Kreisler, died following an incident on the CCI3* course and Sara hadn’t been back since.

With two very competitive mounts, 15-year-old Meg Pellegrini finished first and third in the rider division of the Preliminary Challenge, the marquee event of the Spring Event at Woodside at the Horse Park at Woodside.

Long trips have paid off for young eventer Madison Langerak. Two years ago, on a family vacation in Hungary, she fit in a horse shopping trip and found the Hungarian Sport Horse Normandy’s Kivalo. He was a very green 5-year-old, but Langerak saw potential that’s proven true.