Inaugural TEAPRO Grants Announced
At the end of 2025, the USEA Foundation established the TEAPRO Grant (Training and Education in the Art of Pace and Riding in the Open). This grant is available to organizers, trainers, education groups, and others to provide opportunities for riders and horses to practice galloping, trot sets, a...
MARS Bromont Rising U25 Grant Program Returns to MARS Bromont CCI for 2026
The MARS Bromont Rising U25 scholarship program, administered by the USEA Foundation, is pleased to announce that up to 10 grants of up to $2,500 each will once again be available for talented young riders aged 25 and under aiming to compete in the MARS Bromont (Quebec, Canada) U25 CCIs in June 2...
Double the Legacy: A Matching Challenge for the Richard Picken Memorial Grant
The Richard Picken Memorial Grant was established in memory of the late Richard Picken by his loved ones to support intensive training in the show jumping phase of eventing. The grant is aimed at riders aged 25 and under who are competing at the FEI CCI2* level or higher.
Moving Forward Together: An Update on USEA Online Services
In August of 2025, we introduced HorseConnect as a new membership platform with the goal of improving your experience and modernizing how members interact with USEA. Since its launch, many of you have taken the time to share thoughtful, candid feedback about the system.
Get Involved with the USEA Poggio Horsemanship Fund
The USEA Poggio Horsemanship Fund is a USEA Foundation program designed to fund educational programming to improve horsemanship and horse’s lives. Poggio II, for whom the Fund is named, lived to age 29 after a storied career that took him, his devoted rider Amy Tryon, and an army of other members...
AK Dragoo Photography Selected as Official Photographer of the 2026 USEA American Eventing Championships
The United States Eventing Association, Inc. (USEA) received several highly qualified bids for the role of Official Photographer at the 2026 USEA American Eventing Championships (AEC) presented by Nutrena Feeds. Careful consideration for the overall competitor experience was taken into account wh...
USEA Office Closure for the Holidays
The USEA office will close at 5:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, and will reopen again on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. The USEA staff will return emails and phone calls when the office re-opens on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 or at their earliest convenience.
2025 Marks a Banner Year for ShowConnect
2025 marked another incredible year of growth for ShowConnect, the innovative event management system for equestrian events powered by the United States Eventing Association, Inc. (USEA). The USEA IT Department dedicated countless hours to not only hosting 36 events throughout the year, but also ...
The Seema Sonnad Junior Rider Grant Closes Out with Community Support
For the last 10 years, the Seema Sonnad Junior Rider Grant, facilitated by the USEA Foundation, has kept alive the memory of Seema Sonnad, an extraordinary person who the eventing community was lucky to have in our midst. Seema was a dedicated rider, volunteer, ‘r’ technical delegate, and leader ...

























