The 2018 Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International Three-Day Event took place last weekend amid the crisp fall weather at the Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area in Elkton, Maryland. Fair Hill hosted both the USEA Young Event Horse (YEH) East Coast Championships as well as the Dutta Corp./USEF Eventing National Championships for the CCI2* and CCI3* level, and the USEA was there in the thick of the action to take it all in. Want to see what we saw? Take a look through the lens! Plus, if you missed any of the USEA’s coverage of the USEA YEH East Coast Championships you can click here to catch up, or click here to read coverage of the Fair Hill International CCI2* and CCI3*.
From the classroom lecture to the riding sessions, the focus on the final day brought those final finishing touches to bear on the athletes of the 2024-2025 Emerging Athletes Under 21 (EA21) National Camp held at Sweet Dixie South.
“There are 385 million people in the U.S., and only 3.8 million have horses,” David O’Connor said as he began the classroom session on day 4 of the Emerging Athletes Under 21 (EA21) National Camp. “Not all of them are into eventing.”
A change in the original schedule of the Emerging Athletes Under 21 (EA21) National Camp brought cross-country day forward to the third day instead of the original final day. Alongside his work with the U.S. Equestrian Federation and the FEI, EA21 Director of Coaching David O’Connor advises the Caisson Detachment of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment on horsemanship and will be traveling to Arlington, Virginia, to attend the state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. But no one was disappointed by the change.
Having established clear lines of communication yesterday on the flat, it was time to take those tools to the jumping arena during day two of the 2024-2025 Emerging Athlete Under 21 (EA21) National Camp held at Sweet Dixie South in Ocala, Florida. The curriculum for the second day focused on the rider’s responsibilities and maintaining rideability.