United States Eventing Association

The first episode of the USEA Official Podcast was released in December of 2012 and now, 249 episodes later, the podcast is entering a new chapter. On February 3, 2020, the 250^th episode of the Official USEA Podcast will debut with a new style and new hosts from the team at EquiRatings joined by our own USEA President Max Corcoran and USEA CEO Rob Burk.

In this first episode of the USEA Podcast in 2020, Jo Whitehouse joins us first to discuss some new and existing initiatives of the USEA Foundation, including the Poggio Horsemanship Study, and shares news of the silent auction that was held at the 2019 USEA Annual Meeting & Convention.

Take a walk down memory lane on this final edition of the USEA Podcast for 2019 with eventing legend Jim Wofford. Wofford discusses the history of eventing and how it has evolved into the sport we know today, all the way from its first appearance at the Olympic Games in 1912 to the present.

We are joined on the USEA Podcast this week by Diarm Byrne and Sam Watson of EquiRatings to discuss some year-end statistics for U.S. eventing. Byrne provides a background on how the company got started for those who may not be familiar with EquiRatings before diving into facts and figures about the 2019 U.S. eventing competition season.

USEA CEO Rob Burk joins us on the USEA Podcast this week to preview what’s in store for attendees at the 2019 USEA Annual Meeting & Convention. Burk works his way through the Convention schedule, talking about the different sessions that convention-goers can attend.

On this week’s episode of the USEA Podcast, we hear from Olympian Mary King on how best to care for your equine athlete during the winter months, whether he is taking a complete break or remaining in light work. She provides advice for different ways you can keep your horse “ticking over” without doing too much work in the ring.

This week on the USEA Podcast, get to know the four champions of the USEA Young Event Horse Championships.

This week's episode features USEF "S" and FEI Level II eventing judge Valerie Vizcarrondo Pride and FEI and Grand Prix dressage judge Christian Landolt sharing their tips and tricks for how to get the most out of your dressage test, including common mistakes they see and ways to squeeze out a few extra points.

With the 2019 Pan American Games just over one month away, we took some time to catch up with US Equestrian Eventing High Performance Director Erik Duvander and US Equestrian Sports Director Will Connell about the preparations leading up to Lima.

Tune into this special episode of the USEA Podcast for an exclusive interview with Major General Jonathan R. Burton. This interview was recorded in 2011.