At 7:50 pm last night the Loudoun County Fire department was called out to Morven Park Equestrian Center in Leesburg, VA for a large barn fire. The structure which burned was the "D" Barn which is used only for shows and was empty at the time so no animals or humans were injured. The barn is completely destroyed and the cause of the fire is still being investigated.
WUSA9 has a video report of the fire on their website.
Photo courtesy of the Morven Park Facebook Page.
We don't call it the "happiest horse trial in the world" for no reason, and the first day of competition at the 2025 USEA Intercollegiate & Interscholastic Eventing Championships proved just that. Those competing in the Advanced, Intermediate, Preliminary, Modified, and Training divisions got their first day of competition started as they executed their dressage and show jumping tests. Their teammates in the remaining divisions will get to experience the thrill of the show ring starting tomorrow, but all Intercollegiate and Interscholastic competitors had the opportunity to participate in this afternoon's parade of teams to give everyone a taste of their school spirit!
The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation announced that the 2025 Jacqueline B. Mars National Competition and Training Grant was awarded to eventer James Alliston of San Ramon, California.
The USEA Executive Committee has approved an important update to the qualification criteria for the 2025 USEA American Eventing Championships (AEC), presented by Nutrena Feeds. This update expands the placing qualifications across the Starter through Preliminary levels.
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