Eventing began today at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, with 82 riders presenting their perfectly turned out mounts for the multi-national ground jury. While Kim Severson’s Tipperary Liadhnan was withdrawn before the trot up due to a case cellulitis, the five remaining U.S. horse and rider combinations passed, and Karen O’Connor and Mandiba were selected to take Severson’s place in team competition. With three horses from this morning’s jog up held for reinspection, Mexico’s Escipion Mendivil and Azteca were unfortunately the only pair not to pass. Josh Walker photos.
New Years Eve 2015. I was laying in bed, waiting for the ball to drop in Times Square, thinking about the previous year, and listening to my husband snore. A few months before, I had lost my heart horse to ring bone. He’d had to permanently retire before he was even 10 and went back to his breeders to be a pasture puff for the rest of his life.
The United States Eventing Association, Inc. (USEA) is thrilled to announce Dubarry of Ireland returning as a “Bronze Sponsor for the USEA American Eventing Championships” in 2024.
An avid eventer for years, University of New Hampshire (UNH) Horse Trials organizer Liz Oertel Johnson has kept the twice-yearly event running smoothly since her undergrad days at UNH. Now a Senior Lecturer at UNH in the Animal Science degree program where she primarily teaches courses in Equine Studies, Johnson has been utilizing the United States Eventing Association’s (USEA) ShowConnect software since its inception in 2021 to keep the UNH Horse trials running smoothly.
Upon completion of the flatwork session during the first day of the USEA Emerging Athletes U21 (EA21) Central Clinic, EA21 coach Bec Braitling allowed the 12 participants to play a heavy hand in designing the show jumping course for day two.