Dear riders and competitors,
With eventing season well underway, we would like to bring a few important reminders to your attention:
1. Qualification Responsibility: It is the competitor's responsibility to ensure they are properly qualified to compete at the level they are entering. While the USEA will make every effort to verify qualifications, it is ultimately up to the rider to confirm their eligibility.
Need to freshen up on your knowledge on qualifications? Please refer to the USEF Rules for Eventing.
2. Horse Ownership Update: If you are the owner of a USEA-registered horse, please ensure your ownership information is up to date in the USEA database. There is currently no fee for changing ownership details.
To update your horse's ownership, you will need the horse's USEA registered name and a copy of your bill of sale. Please search the USEA horse database before creating a NEW registration for your horse, to prevent duplicate registrations and incomplete competition results history. Transfer of ownership remains PENDING, until a copy of your Bill of Sale is either uploaded or submitted to the USEA office for approval.
Accurate ownership information is crucial to prevent any discrepancies at your next event and for accurate reporting in all USEA related media. You can update this information online through USEA Online Services or by contacting Member Services at [email protected].
3. Contact Information Update: Members, competitors, and owners, please ensure your email address and phone number is updated in your USEA account. Email is our primary method of communication, and keeping your contact information current is essential for receiving important information and updates from the USEA.
You can update this information online through USEA Online Services or by contacting Member Services at [email protected].
4. SafeSport Certification: Please ensure that all required SafeSport trainings are completed at the start of your competition season. Please review the SafeSport section of our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information on SafeSport requirements.
Thank you for your attention to these matters. We wish you a successful and enjoyable eventing season!
Best regards,
USEA Member Services
If you are wanting to get a good parking spot at the Kentucky Horse Park this morning, you better be on your way as early as possible! Cross-country day at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event is easily the busiest day the Kentucky Horse Park sees each year, so it's time to grab your coffee and go ensure you get the viewing spot you want for both the CCI4*-S and CCI5*-L divisions today.
Riders in both the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S and the Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L are sharing similar sentiments about this year's cross-country courses: course designer Derek di Grazia didn't play around this year. Here is what some of the riders across both divisions had to say about the tracks they will aim to conquer on Saturday.
Off The Record decided not to let Michael Jung be the only record-breaking entry at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event this week and delivered a career-best score in the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S on Friday morning. He and Will Coleman delivered a test that received a score of 21.8, not only marking a personal best for the horse but also securing their position at the top of the leaderboard going into cross-country tomorrow.
Boyd Martin and the 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding Commando 3 were the last pair to go in the Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L field on Friday afternoon and were warmly greeted to the bluegrass with an impressive downpour that outshined anything the other horse and rider pairs had to combat throughout the day. But that didn’t stop this pair from putting their best foot forward and impressing the judges enough to earn them a score of 26.0, just 0.2 points ahead of second-place pair Tom McEwen (GBR) and Brookfield Quality.