Chasing the Long Format
Hello, my name is Emily Worth and today I am writing to tell you about my experience with the long format three-day event. I live in Selma, North Carolina, and am 15 years old. Three years ago, in 2015, I competed in an assisted Beginner Novice division, and while I was there I got to see the lon...
Heart of the Carolinas Three-Day Event and Horse Trials Discontinued
After ten fabulous years celebrating the traditional eventing long-format, The Heart of the Carolinas Three-Day Event and Horse Trials is sorry to announce that the competition is cancelled for the foreseeable future.
USEA Events A-Z: Heart of the Carolinas Three-Day Event and Horse Trials
Every year on the first weekend in May, Southern 8ths Farm in Chesterfield, South Carolina (Area III) hosts the Heart of the Carolinas (HOTC) Three-Day Event and Horse Trials. Heart of the Carolinas offers USEA Classic Series divisions for Beginner Novice through Preliminary levels and...
Four Finish with Full Hearts at the Heart of the Carolinas Classic Three-Day Event
Spanning from coast to coast, north and south; the United States Eventing Association (USEA) Classic Series season is in full swing. The Heart of Carolinas at Southern Eighths Farm in Chesterfield, S.C. is the only event in the country to offer the USEA Classic Series at all four levels: Beginner...
The USEA Classic Series is the Backbone of the Heart of the Carolinas
For the Heart of the Carolinas, the Training Three-Day, Novice Three-Day and Beginner Novice Three-Day are just more divisions – they are the heart of the competition.
Young Horse Divisions Added to 2017 Heart of the Carolinas Event
USEA Young Event Horse and Future Event Horse divisions have been added to the 2017 Heart of the Carolinas (HOTC) Three-Day Event and Horse Trials at Southern 8ths Farm May 3-7.
Heart of the Carolinas Assembles New Course Design and Build Team
The Heart of the Carolinas (HOTC) Three-Day Event and Horse Trials is pleased to welcome a new design and build team for the May 4-7, 2017 competition at Southern 8ths Farm in Chesterfield, SC.
Carolina Horse Park and Southern 8ths Farm Welcome Back the Carolina Eventing Challenge
The Carolina Horse Park and Southern 8ths Farm event organizers are pleased to announce that the Carolina Eventing Challenge (CEC) will return for the 2017 spring competition season
Heart of the Carolinas 2016: Education, Horsemanship and Big Dreams Made This the Best Year Yet
The sixth annual Heart of the Carolinas (HOTC) Three-Day Event and Horse Trials featured new divisions, exceptional clinicians and revealed long-term plans for the Southern 8ths Farm property in Chesterfield, SC where the event takes place. Farm owner Brad Turley proclaimed 2016 to be the event’s...
It Takes A Village: Introducing Coaching Allowed Division at Southern Eighths
The Heart of the Carolinas Three-Day Event and Horse Trials at Southern 8ths Farm in Chesterfield, S.C. was the first horse trials in the country to offer the newly developed Coaching Allowed Division (CAT) at its May horse trials.
