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Dec 15, 2021
US Equestrian Announces Athletes Invited to 2022 Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 Assessment Sessions
US Equestrian is pleased to announce the list of athletes who have been invited to the 2022 Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 Assessment Sessions. The Eventing Sport Committee met on December 11, 2021, to review the applications for the 2022 sessions, which will be used to determine the 2022 Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 Program List.
The USEF Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 Program offers athletes 25 years of age and under access to coaching and instruction, high-intensity training sessions, and continued mentorship to further support the development of the Eventing Pathway. The program aims to provide fundamental skills necessary for future team athletes and athletes focused on reaching Elite status.
Participants in the assessment sessions are eventing athletes age 25 and under who have completed a Minimum Eligibility Requirement at a CCI3*-L or have been talent spotted into the program.
Assessment sessions will take place in Ocala, Fla.; Aiken, S.C.; and Temecula, Calif. Eventing Performance Advisory Team members may be present to help evaluate the athletes. Upon conclusion of the assessments, the 2022 Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 List will be named, and the athletes selected will continue to work with USEF Developing and Emerging Athlete Coach Leslie Law throughout the year.
The following athletes have been invited to participate in the 2022 Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 Assessment Sessions:
Charlotte Babbitt
Alexandra Baugh
Isabelle Bosley
Sarah Bowman
Sophie Click
Jack Curtis*
Cornelia Dorr
Mia Farley
Victoria Garland
Alexa Gartenberg
Cosby Green
Tommy Greengard*
Savannah Gwin
Cole Horn
Gabrielle Hutchison
Ryleigh Leavitt
Katie Lichten
Benjamin Noonan
Alina Patterson
Meg Pellegrini
Georgia Phillips*
Rebecca Roth*
Audrey Sanborn
Cassie Sanger*
Sydney Shinn
Madison Temkin
Haley Turner*
*Indicates talent-spotted athlete
To learn more about the Eventing Pathway Program, please contact Christina Vaughn, Director of Eventing Programs and Program Support, at [email protected].
Jun 07, 2023
Eventing News
Fast Facts: MARS Bromont CCI
After not running in 2020 and 2021, the MARS Bromont CCI Three-Day Event returned to the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Center in Quebec, Canada, in 2022. America's Jennie Saville (née Brannigan) and Twilightslastgleam won the CCI4*-L, as the chestnut Thoroughbred gelding (National Anthem x Royal Child) bred and owned by Nina Gardner moved up from eighth after dressage into the lead after cross-country with the fastest round on wet ground over the tracks designed by Derek di Grazia. Canada's Lindsay Traisnel and Bacyrouge, a bay Selle Français gelding (Mylord Carthago x Lelia) owned by Patricia Pearce, finished second, and they are among four from the top-10 in the CCI4*-L in 2022 that return in 2023.
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Eventing News
Hollberg Takes Top Honors in Open Intermediate and Preliminary Divisions at 2023 Essex Horse Trials
Hannah Sue Hollberg of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, was on a winning streak at the Essex Horse Trials on Sunday, claiming victory in both the $10,000 Open Intermediate and Open Preliminary divisions with two horses that are fairly new to her. Some difficulty on cross-country did not stop her mount Hachi from claiming victory in the Open Intermediate with a score of 101.6, while Open Preliminary partner Rockster finished on his dressage score of 27.3.
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Profile
“And again, and again, and again”: Knowing When to Come Again and When to Switch Up an Exercise
The great football coach Vince Lombardi said, “We win our games in practice.” With the goal of having the most effective practices possible for horses, their riders, and their coaches, Cathy Wieschhoff explains some signs that can indicate when horse and rider should repeat an exercise, switch it up, or be done with that activity. Wieschhoff brings perspective as a five-star rider that has competed at the Kentucky Three-Day Event and Burghley Horse Trials, a USEF “R” Course Designer for eventing cross-country and show jumping, a former Area VIII chair and member of the USEA Board of Governors, and a Level V USEA ECP Certified Coach based out of Carriage Station Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Eventing News
USEF Announces Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for FEI Eventing Nations Cup Poland CCIO4*-NC-S
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the FEI Eventing Nations Cup Poland CCIO4*-NC-S at the Strzegom Horse Trials (Poland) from June 21-25, 2023. The team will be under the direction of USEF Eventing Emerging and Development Coach Leslie Law.
