Aug 28, 2019

The #AEC2019 Daily: Wednesday

By Jessica Duffy - USEA Staff

Things are beginning to heat up here at the Kentucky Horse Park with five divisions dancing in the sandbox and another five taking their turn around Derek di Grazia’s cross-country courses.

The Intermediate and Preliminary riders will be tackling cross-country today. Intermediate is first out at 8:30 a.m., concluding at 11:54 a.m. The four Preliminary divisions will follow beginning at 12:20 p.m. and continuing until 5:32 p.m.

Junior Training, Training Amateur, Training Rider, Training Horse, and Equistro Modified/Training competitors join the competition today with dressage across five different arenas. Competition begins at 7:30 a.m. and concludes at 6:16 p.m.

Following along from home? Here’s what you need to know:

All horses and riders at every level will perform their respective Test B for their level. Check out Training Test B and Modified Test B.

Interested to see what the Intermediate and Preliminary riders will be facing on cross-country? Check out the virtual course walks for Intermediate and Preliminary courtesy of CrossCountryApp!

Intermediate and Preliminary cross-country will be livestreamed on the USEA website. Click here to access the livestream and click here for more information on the livestream schedule.

Follow the live scores here.

Ride times are available here.

The USEA will be posting updates throughout the day on Instagram. Follow @useventing to keep up with the action on our story.

You can also follow along with updates on the USEA Facebook page and USEA Twitter.

On-site at the AEC? Don’t miss out on the USEA Event College presented by LandSafe!

All sessions take place at the LandSafe booth in the vendor village. For more details about the USEA Event College schedule for the week, click here.

  • 10:00 a.m. - LandSafe live demonstrations
  • 12:00 p.m. - Buck Davidson and Derek di Grazia on cross-country
  • 3:00 p.m. - Tony Sandoval on fitness for the equestrian athlete and basic posture/ neck strengthening exercises to help reduce the risk of injury
  • 5:00 p.m. - Buck Davidson and Derek di Grazia on cross-country

There are also Novice, Training, and Preliminary cross-country course walks taking place today with USEA ICP certified instructors. Meet at the respective start boxes for the course walks.

Novice

  • Wednesday 5:00 p.m. - Jennifer Rousseau (ICP Level III)

Training

  • Wednesday 4:00 p.m. - Bernard Morauw (ICP Level II)

Preliminary

  • Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - Angela Bowles (ICP Level III)

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About the USEA American Eventing Championships

The USEA American Eventing Championships (AEC) presented by Nutrena Feeds is the pinnacle of the sport for the national levels. Held annually, the best junior, adult amateur, and professional competitors gather to vie for national championship titles at every level from Beginner Novice to Advanced. This ultimate test of horse and rider draws hundreds of horses and riders from around the country to compete for fabulous prizes, a piece of the substantial prize money, and the chance to be named the National Champion at their respective levels. This year, the AEC will be held August 27 – September 1 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Click here to learn more about the USEA American Eventing Championships.

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