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Education

Join the USEA's Roster of Licensed Officials - 2022 Training Program Schedule for Eventing Officials Has Been Announced

Do you have dreams to become a licensed eventing judge, technical delegate, cross-country course designer, or eventing show jump course designer? One of the goals of the USEA Eventing Licensed Officials Committee (ELOC) is to encourage and educate the next generation of officials. You can be part...

August 15, 2021
Education

Interested in Joining the Next Generation of Eventing Officials? Attend the Dressage Session I Training Program!

The USEA Training Program for Eventing Officials (TPEO) educates the next generation of officials and encourages members of the community to give back to the sport by becoming licensed officials, including judges, technical delegates, and course designers. Quality officials are vital to the safe ...

October 21, 2019
Education

Official's Journal: The Final Examination

I was very excited that the final exam for licensed officials would be held at the Kentucky Horse Park. Having never been to one of our sport's most important venues, I was eager to get on grounds and check everything out. The first morning we were required to go out and walk cross-country and gi...

September 26, 2019
Education

Official's Journal: Final Exam Preparation

The final exam for licensed officials is right around the corner! In preparation for the final exam during the USEA American Eventing Championships (AEC) in Lexington, Kentucky, I have been reviewing all information received from our training sessions as well as all of the rules that officials ar...

August 19, 2019
Education

Official's Journal: Learning Outside the Classroom

The next step for potential judges after attending the training sessions is your apprentice judging. Apprentice judging takes all of the important information learned during the training session and shows how to apply it in real-world situations. While shadowing licensed officials, you get a much...

June 7, 2019
Education

Official's Journal: “r” B & C Jumping/Course Design Training Program

I attended the “r” B & C Jumping/Course Design Training Program on March 1-3, 2019 in Aiken, South Carolina. This training session was for course designers, technical delegates, and eventing judges.

March 29, 2019
Education

Do You Want to Learn How to Think Like an Eventing Judge? Audit the Dressage Session II Training Program!

The USEA Training Program for Eventing Officials (TPEO) educates the next generation of officials, providing them with the skills they need to support the sport as licensed officials, including judges, technical delegates, and course designers. Competitions can’t occur without quality officials t...

April 12, 2018
Education

The Art of Design: The B & C Jumping/Course Design Training Program

Last weekend, 25 prospective “r” judges, technical delegates, and course designers gathered at Lara Anderson and Daniel Brown’s Full Gallop Farm in Aiken, South Carolina for the B & C Jumping/Course Designing Training Program. This training program is a requirement for prospective “r” Eventin...

March 15, 2018
Education

So You Want to Be a Judge, Part I: Learning a Foreign Language

As I suspect is the case for many event riders, I have a recurring nightmare about dressage. I’m walking out of the ring at an event, where I’ve just ridden the test of my life. So good, in fact, that on my way back to the trailer I’m already congratulating myself, bragging to friends that I’ve d...

March 6, 2018