Lexington, KY- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has seated three new eventing committees. The Eventing High Performance Committee and Eventing Selection Committee are both pending approval of the USEF Executive Committee. The election for the Eventing Eligible Athletes has been finalized.
Eventing High Performance Committee (Pending approval of the USEF Executive Committee)
Derek DiGrazia, Chair
Jan Byyny (Elected Athlete)
Robert Costello
Buck Davidson (Elected Athlete)
Phillip Dutton (Elected Athlete)
Roger Haller
Malcolm Hook
Mike Huber
Robert Kellerhouse
Marilyn Payne
Brian Sabo
Eventing Eligible Athletes Committee
Phillip Dutton, Chair
Buck Davidson, Vice-Chair
Jan Byyny
Will Coleman
Sinead Halpin
Becky Holder
Jon Holling
Michael Pollard
Allison Springer
Eventing Selection Committee (Pending approval of the USEF Executive Committee)
Robert Costello, Chair
Bruce Davidson
Derek DiGrazia
Marcia Kulak
Kim Severson
For further information regarding the USEF High Performance Eventing Program visit; http://usef.org/_IFrames/breedsdisciplines/discipline/alleventing/hpeventing.aspx
For additional information please contact Joanie Morris at (859) 225-2052, or via email at [email protected].
Germany’s Michael Jung hasn’t competed in a five-star since the last time he won the Kentucky Three-Day Event in 2022 with his longtime partner fischerChipmunk FRH, but his love for this event and his horse’s readiness compelled him to return this year and break an all-time record for lowest dressage score at this event (which they set at that 2022 event with a score of 20.1) at the same time. They lead the five-star field with a nearly 10-point lead on a score of 18.6.
“It's day 1, so I'm not getting too excited yet. There's a long, long way to go in this competition,” said Phillip Dutton after his dressage test aboard Denim in the Cosequin CCI4*-S leaving the pair in the overnight lead upon the conclusion of the first day of dressage at the 2025 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event.
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And they're off! The first official day of competition at the 2025 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event (K3DE) begins today and we have a schedule jam-packed with dressage for both the four- and five-star fields.