Twin Rivers Ranch in Paso Robles, California, hosts the first of its two FEI events in 2023 on April 13-16. Two weeks after the Galway Downs International H.T. kicked off the calendar of international events in Area VI, the Twin Rivers Spring International represents the final FEI competition before California-based riders and horses travel to other parts of the country and around the world to compete at the FEI levels during the rest of the spring and the summer.
In 2022, Helen Alliston and Ebay (Escudo x Contessa) won the CCI4*-S at Twin Rivers in the rider’s comeback to the level after breaking her hip and pelvis the year before. Alliston Equestrian’s gray Oldenburg gelding and Helen went on to win the $60,000 Adequan USEA Advanced Final at the AEC at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana. Alongside national levels up to Advanced, the 2023 Twin Rivers Spring International will feature a CCI4*-S, CCI3*-L, CCI3*-S, CCI2*-L, CCI2*-S, and the first ever CCI1*-L in Twin Rivers’ history. The CCI3*-L serves as the first Selection Trial of 2023 for the U.S. team that will compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, at the end of October.
The USEA will be provide on-site coverage of the Twin Rivers Spring International.
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