Long Live the Long Format at Southern Eighths Farm, located in the middle of USEA Areas II & III on the North and South Carolina border in Chesterfield, SC, the Heart of the Carolinas Long Format Three-Day is the amateur rider’s “Rolex”. The place where Beginner Novice through Training level riders can ride their ultimate long format test in a recognized event. It is unlike any other horse trial.
The facility is designed to accommodate and maximize the long format experience. From its centrally located “holds” and “starts”, two steeplechase tracks and groomed “roads and tracks” to the special derby course used for show jumping, the Heart of the Carolinas event is the ultimate test. Whether it is testing your horse at speed on the Steeplechase or riding technically challenging cross country courses, this event will be memorable.
This is the opportunity of a life time for the amateur rider, the time where you, your horse and your support team all function as one to complete the traditional test of horsemanship. That moment where education and exhilaration meet.
To sign up for this great opportunity to participate in a rare USEA Recognized Training Three-Day, Novice Three-Day, and Beginner Novice Three-Day Long Format Event contact Foy Barksdale at (203) 605-5303 or email [email protected]
Classic Eventing programs are held at Southern Eighths Farm, a brand new state-of-the-art eventing facility that has been built with the pledge of educating the adult amateur. The 300-acre venue with pristine turf, boasts of two steeplechase tracks, hand-groomed trails for roads and tracks, and superior cross-country courses designed by Tremaine Cooper.
Heart of the Carolinas is the first SmartPak Equine/USEA Classic Series Event of 2011. For more information about the series visit the Classic page on the USEA website.
Seventeen-year-old Carolyn Rice, a high school junior from Johns Creek, Georgia, has spent the last 10 years riding at Willow South Riding School—the very place where she first sat on a horse. What started as a casual introduction quickly became a lifelong passion.
A field of top veteran riders is entered in this year’s Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S, a US Equestrian Open Eventing Series Qualifier, at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, which returns to the Kentucky Horse Park, April 24-27.
Trainers are some of the most important people in our lives. They develop our skills, ensure that our horses receive quality care, and look out for our best interests as equestrians.
The USEA is saddened to hear of the passing of Margaret Joyce Good of Leesburg, Virginia. Margaret passed away peacefully Thursday, February 27, 2025. Born October 8, 1929, in Clay Township, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Clark and Jane Pfiefer.
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